Katie Hopkins at it again

[gleee58]

this time using Australia as a standout for her rather odd ball take on humanity.

[debra9275]

I don't know much about UK politics but I've noticed that murdoch is running a similar campaign to the ones he's run here....  does anyone take any notice of him and his papers any more?

[gleee58]

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@debra9275 wrote:

I don't know much about UK politics but I've noticed that murdoch is running a similar campaign to the ones he's run here....  does anyone take any notice of him and his papers any more?

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A few days ago they slammed Labor's efforts in a debate and declared Cameron the winner, before the debate started.

[monman12]

"I don't know much about UK politics but I've noticed that murdoch is running a similar campaign to the ones he's run here....  does anyone take any notice of him and his papers any more?

A few days ago they slammed Labor's efforts in a debate and declared Cameron the winner, before the debate started."

It would appear that the second paragraph answers  the first!

However,  whilst we are  keen to chatter about OS media articles I will  contribute this one from The Cornishman based in Penzance.:

A Hayle man has sent St Piran's Day wishes to his fellow Cornish men and women from the other side of the world.

Adam Orchard immigrated to Australia just two weeks ago and is already missing the Cornish traditions.

To celebrated the special day he proudly posed with a St Piran's flag across from the Sydney Opera House.

Mr Orchard, who lived in Hayle for 24 years, said: "I've been spreading the word to whoever wants to listen here regarding today's importance to the Cornish calendar. It's just a shame I can't find a decent pasty for my troubles!"

Trust a Cornish Pom to whinge about our antipodeian attempts to  serve  up a decent Cornish pasty.

[electric*mayhem*band]

He could have crossed over the Cornish borders here, and not been able to find a decent Cornish pasty, never mind in Oz. They're gross, and bear no resemblance whatsoever to the original. In fact I suspect yours in Australia are more in keeping with the true Cornish delicacy, than ours here are.

'I don't know much about UK politics but I've noticed that murdoch is running a similar campaign to the ones he's run here....  does anyone take any notice of him and his papers any more?'

Debra, 'The Sun' has never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, for their loyal Tory readership.

[debra9275]

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Debra, 'The Sun' has never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, for their loyal Tory readership.

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His papers are like that here too Emb

[debra9275]

I noticed that there is a petition asking for her removal as a columnist and it has 153,000 signatures within one day

[monman12]

That would indicate that there are around 153,000 not so bright signatories.

Newspapers thrive on controversy and circulation/readers, so what more would they need than figures indicating that both are doing well with a particular correspondent.    In fact the figure just as a result of the article  is nearly 4X better than the total circulation of the Jakarta Post

 

[debra9275]

You must be the only "bright" person around 😀

[cherry*135]

Conservative columnist Katie Hopkins reported to police over asylum seeker views

Controversial British columnist Katie Hopkins has been reported to police for allegedly inciting racial hatred in an article applauding Australia for threatening asylum seekers "with violence until they bugger off".

......On Monday, Hopkins and The Sun editor David Dinsmore were reported to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner's Office over the article by the Society of Black Lawyers.

In the complaint, published by The Independent, Society of Black Lawyers chairman Peter Herbert described Hopkins' comments as "some of the most offensive, xenophobic and racist comments I have read in a British newspaper for some years".

Herbert said that Hopkins' use of the term "cockroaches" echoed the use of the word to describe the Tutsi minority and Hutu moderates during the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

He wrote: "The Society of Black Lawyers (SBL) therefore requests that this matter is investigated as a matter of urgency under the Public Order Act 1986. I am aware that this section requires some intention but given the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding, the likelihood some of these migrants may already be in the UK having fled during previous  months or likely to land here in due course these comments can amount to incitement to racial hatred

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"We are in the process of writing formally to the International Criminal Court to petition for an investigation into these comments under the provisions of incitement to commit crimes against humanity.

"Given the huge circulation of these comments in The Sun and in the media generally, the propensity for racial violence against people of African descent in the UK is obvious. We request that these matters be investigated as a matter of urgency and the case file be passed to the [Crown Prosecution Service] for a decision to be made as to the merits of a prosecution."

A petition calling for The Sun to sack Hopkins over the article has attracted over 200,000 signatures. 

Read more:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/conservative-columnist-katie-hopkins...