Remove Katie Hopkins from all programmes and interviews

Originally Posted by nomadking

You could add "that lot will do anything to avoid the question". Doesn't it raise an important issue? Why is life expectancy 59.5 years in Scotland?

It isn't. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24866266

She is just an idiot.

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Damien

It isn't. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24866266

She is just an idiot.

She is the one that used the 59.5 years figure.

The tweet about Scotland referred to an official document detailing life expectancy trends across the country - although 59.5 is in fact the 'healthy' life expectancy for Scottish men, not the total figure.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by nomadking

You could add "that lot will do anything to avoid the question". Doesn't it raise an important issue? Why is life expectancy 59.5 years in Scotland?

It's because we stay up all night drinking Tennants super lager, smoking heroin and eating deep fried Mars bars whilst sitting in squalor listening to the Proclaimers greatest hits. See you Jimmy and all that lark

Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11

Within 24 hours of this happening Katie Hopkins posted vile remarks on Twitter about how long the people of Scotland live for.

Do please explain how posting an unrelated fact about life expecancy in Scotland is "vile".

Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11

This is unacceptable and distressing to those who lost friends and family.

Did they all tell you that then ? or are you just another one of these people who likes to get offended on behalf of others, who more than likely dont really care, or even know about it, since they have much more important things to worry about.

Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11

We the undersigned are sick and tired of ITV and Channel 5 giving her airtime and want her banned from all tv shows on your channels such as This Morning and The Wright Stuff.

We the undersigned are sick and tired of losers on twitter who have nothing better to do than hound people they disagree with. I think they should all be banned. Twitter has a very appropriate name in the case of some of its users.

[Nidge41]

Originally Posted by Matt D

This is the first I have ever heard of this woman.

Same here.

[richard s]

Anyone got any pics of the aforementioned woman.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11

On the 30th of November 2013, Scotland was still in shock and trying to come to terms with a horrible crash that took the lives of innocent people. Within 24 hours of this happening Katie Hopkins posted vile remarks on Twitter about how long the people of Scotland live for.

This is unacceptable and distressing to those who lost friends and family.

I presume you are either a friend or family member of one of the deceased? If not, what give you the right to be offended on their behalf?

We the undersigned are sick and tired of ITV and Channel 5 giving her airtime and want her banned from all tv shows on your channels such as This Morning and The Wright Stuff.

This woman is nothing more than an attention seeker who does not deserve to be a celebrity

While I personally don't like her, this women is doing something legal. She is expressing her opinions. If you don't her, do what I do, don't watch her. If people weren't watching, she wouldn't be on. You can bet that even in a program such as This Morning, ITV would be doing their best to track the viewing figures throughout the programme, rather than just relying on a final figure, so people clearly do watch her.

There is, IMO, too much willingness to be offended with no real need, and too many calls to ban something. This is wrong, Not because I feel some silly woman needs to be able to have a pop at the Scottish. I don't. What is worrying me is that people seem to be becoming increasingly scared of offending people which could cause them to restrict what they are saying. While we've never had truly free speech in this country (and there are good reasons we don't), this could ultimately restrict that free speech even more than it is. That is not good for society as a whole.

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Originally Posted by richard s

Anyone got any pics of the aforementioned woman.

For a picture, and her "apology", see http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ash-apprentice

[tweetiepooh]

Originally Posted by nomadking

You could add "that lot will do anything to avoid the question". Doesn't it raise an important issue? Why is life expectancy 59.5 years in Scotland?

Simple - combine the national dress of Scotland with the dreaded vertical take-off thistle.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by nomadking

You could add "that lot will do anything to avoid the question". Doesn't it raise an important issue? Why is life expectancy 59.5 years in Scotland?

Because thrifty Scots don't like drawing their pensions?

Congrats to you OP you've just made her aware to more people that never heard of her but some will now look her up good job on limiting her exposure. I don't do twitter or facebook seen enough of what goes on with both of them to never want to bother plus i don't have the ego to think anyone gives a rats about what i'm doing. Like so many others i am getting heartily sick of this whole "we're offended" culture that seems to be exploding right now and always from social media. If your truly offended don't read\watch it's really not hard and once enough people do that wollah it will go away.

Causing offence it seems is at epidemic proportions i can only attribute this to the two widely known medical conditions of "too much time on our hands" and "thin skin syndome" as most of what is supposedly causing offence in the grand scheme of things is nothing offensive of the sort just a different opinion. There are things in life that are really offensive this and the hundreds of others like this are not in that category.

[richard s]

Originally Posted by Stuart

For a picture, and her "apology", see http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ash-apprentice

An ex-apprentice intern... now I know who she is, cheers for that.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Congrats to you OP you've just made her aware to more people that never heard of her but some will now look her up good job on limiting her exposure. I don't do twitter or facebook seen enough of what goes on with both of them to never want to bother plus i don't have the ego to think anyone gives a rats about what i'm doing. Like so many others i am getting heartily sick of this whole "we're offended" culture that seems to be exploding right now and always from social media. If your truly offended don't read\watch it's really not hard and once enough people do that wollah it will go away.

Causing offence it seems is at epidemic proportions i can only attribute this to the two widely known medical conditions of "too much time on our hands" and "thin skin syndome" as most of what is supposedly causing offence in the grand scheme of things is nothing offensive of the sort just a different opinion. There are things in life that are really offensive this and the hundreds of others like this are not in that category.

Sorry but I find that grossly offensive!!!

[Mick Fisher]

Wow!! What a kerfuffle...

Who is Katie Hopkins, I still don't know.

Don't tell I really couldn't care less.

All I know about her, from this thread, is that she is yet another good reason for not bothering with FaceBook or Twitter.