Kenny Everett did something very similar with the Royal Family making a joke about the Queens Knickers .... I wont repeat the Joke as I want to keep my twitter account
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The difference is Kenny Everett was funny Danny Baker isn't
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Yeah... tweet comparing a monkey to a mixed race child is perfectly forgivable with an apology. I mean, poor Danny Baker! He’s down to his last £10 million. I think blacks should listen to all the white media types here and agree that they know better. They were our masters once!
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Whilst I get why it was stupid, intent is also important. Manslaughter vs murder...
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I’ve no idea of his intent, and I find identity politics abhorrent. I actually don’t care about racists too much, it’s their problem ( until it spills over ). However, watching media lefties offering succour by accepting his bs excuses is vile. He knew exactly what the risks were
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Agreed. He was playing to a crowd, he miscalculated, no sympathy.
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Which you did your best to fuel.....disappointing.
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then changed tune when tides started to turn...opportunistic but i think that is her MO for job? But let’s not pretend she is leading the way on stopping the witch hunt...just good at hiding the lighter and tinder...
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Would Danny Baker, Dara O’Brien et al be jumping to the defence of a right-leaning, Brexit supporting public personality? Or would they have joined in the pile on?
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I think we know what would have happened had Jim Davidson tweeted it.
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I think we would know the intent if Jim Davidson tweeted it.....
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So different rules for different comedians.
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Welcome to the UK
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He's a total prat & made an obnoxious joke that backfired. He got the sack & that is punishment enough. So please, police, turn your attention to child abuse; stabbings; muggings; burgalry; rapes; assaults; domestic abuse; drug dealers; property theft; missing persons
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Im not a a Danny Baker fan, but I honestly do not feel it he intended any racial slant to his tweet. And his so called friends on
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Of course he did!
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But Julia, this idiot knew exactly wot he was doing; he gets no sympathy from me. 4once, I think the
#BBC made the right decision - & if he was getting a bit stale, as has bin reported - he's played right into their hands! This was v. bad misjudgement on his behalf;more fool him.pic.twitter.com/3VNu0RCMzo
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He's lying. He made a racist joke! He should apologise for that or not bother!
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You didnt really do him any favours did you julia, come on, you shared it with the caption that you really couldn’t give him the benifit of the doubt. I was concerned at seeing that from you as a speaker who walks the same tightrope he does.
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Sorry, no sympathy for anyone who works at the BBC.
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