Jeremy Paxman and Politics of race

COLTRANE · (#1 (**permalink**))

Paxman "Are you proud of ousting the only Black female MP?"
Galloway "Aren't you going to congratulate me?"
Paxman "Are you proud of ousting the only Black female MP?"
This goes on and on until Paxman says "congratulations" Galloway smiles and then says "Well, thank you very much, Jeremy" and then walks off!
Classic moment.

Click on the video link top right.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4519575.stm

CashMoney · (#2 (**permalink**))

isntr Dianne Abbott an MP

That is an irresponsible question from Jeremy Paxman

Why trhe **** should Galloway acre what race the bitch is. She supported the war and the constituents were pretty much 80% muslim. She could have at least flexed like she didnt support it in public but no, she went the whole hog

Irresponsible, idiotic question from Jeremy

COLTRANE · (#3 (**permalink**))

Paxo is a prick. I hate him a lot more than anyone in the media. It takes a bully to bully another bully - if you know what I mean. Paxo's face was priceless. It took the wind right out of his sails for someone to answer back for a change.

And on election day Paxman was a pratt all night and morning , he lost his cool so many times that no one cared about his questions. I've lost patience with the guy and I wish he would F off to somewhere else probably to Channel U

LadyDay · (#4 (**permalink**))

Paxman actually sai dto galloway is he proud of ousting one of only fe black female mp's and galloway refused to answer as he saw the question as beneath him. galloway used oona kings race as a way in black and jewish.

COLTRANE · (#5 (**permalink**))

infact Ooona is half black

Phantom Major · (#6 (**permalink**))

Paxman actually said "are you proud of ousting one of the Few black female Mps"

I gotta give it to Paxman, the Politicians try to get out of answering the question but he just doesnt give up.

Efenjee Posted:

The bit that killed it is when Paxman turned to Lammy and asked him what he thought of Galloway avoiding the question, as if Lammy would give a damn! I'm sure Paxman assumed that cos Lammy is blackhe would have been up in arms.

Actually he didnt ask him that.

COLTRANE · (#7 (**permalink**))

and whats your point?

calculator2 · (#8 (**permalink**))

Paxmans question was both insulting and patronising. Insulting to the intelligence of people involved in the body politic of this country who looked at the wider issues of the illegal war in Iraq, and the issues surrounding this election. Patronising to Black people as the implicit suggestion was that this heroic white man (Paxman) was 'defending' us against that 'racist usurper' (Galloway).Had I lived in Oona Kings constituency I would have voted for theRespect party primarily to register my disgust at both Ms King & her boss Tony BLiar. For Oona King/Paxman to use her colour as an excuse to keep her in parliament was a disgrace. The same Paxman attacked Robert Mugabe (Black) calling him a 'blood thirsty dictator' on the basis that white privelege was being attacked in Zimbabwe. Oona Kingwas many things to many people in this election but one thing she was not was Black.Oona wanted a separate racial classification for mixed raced people....remember that? Oona wore her 'jewishness' as a badge of pride. Oonais not Black. Oona is half white so Paxman was not correct in his assertion to Galloway. Paxman the new defender of Blacks in parliament? Pass me the sick bag.