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Similarly, and not wishing to come across as homophobic, but why was Crufts presented by Claire Balding and Alan Carr? A gay man and a woman, not sure in which order. Please, why? Don't we have any straight presenters? This is surely unrepresentative of the population.

 

I know some of the dog handlers are gay (I used to exhibit afghan hounds and there were/are a few there - well known to everyone in the breed) but I suspect one would find more gays in rugby. Does she commentate on/present rugby by any chance?

To be fair though stick she is good at her job; she's everywhere

 

Nothing against gays but what I do object to is having it thrown in your face on just about every TV soap/series. Can't think of one where they don't have blokes falling for each other and even kissing FFS. Not in my face thank you and especially when I'm having a meal. I've had enough and can't watch any more just in case. I mean, there is no warning is there. But if there is going to be a program with some bare boobs it warns they will be some nudity (or is that just to let me know it's worth watching?)

 

This political correctness will be the end of us all! Society has deteriorated since teachers lost control of the class room, parents gave up parenting but gained child allowance! Police lost control of the streets to the scooter gangs! Bring on Brexit, show me your passport

 

My fiver would be on Trump and Putin.

 

Just tell her you're taking a shower. If she comes in ............ BOOM

 

When you were at school there were always two guys that said "I'm gonna" they never did!

 

This isn't for a black eye though Gaz. I do hope your right but those 2 sure scare the **** out of me. And that other prick from Korea has been quiet recently. That won't last long he'll want some air time soon no doubt.

 

For political correctness purposes, the concept of being representative of the population went out the window years ago.

A quick look at the last census tells us that the UK population contains just under 7 per cent people of Asian ethnicity (mostly from the sub-continent Commonwealth countries) and under 3.5 per cent black people. So it would seem that both of these groups are over presented in the visual media.
There are no official statistics for how many people are not heterosexual (sexuality currently being proposed as a new question for the 2021 census) but the estimate from the Office for National Statistics in 2016 from the Annual Population Survey concluded that 93 per cent identified as heterosexual whilst only 2 per cent were not. I think we can see that the LGB crowd are massively over represented in the visual media.

Most people would not be bothered about levels of representation if everybody obtained their position thanks to talent rather than political correctness.

For UK City of Culture in 2017, the BBC in Hull appointed a young black man from outside the city as their Face of Hull 2017. When the city was at its prime back in the days of the deep sea fishing industry, I think there were as many black men putting to sea as there were in the Black and White Minstrel Show.

 

I thought there was already a rule prohibiting "linked clubs" (for lack of a better term) both competing in European competitions during the same season. Them drawing each other would certainly put Eufa in an awkward situation either way.

 

Sounds like that just happened Oddy