I have no idea how these things are handled these days, but I find it hard to believe that this particular script was sent upstairs for approval...
...because, surely, some well-meaning multiculti appeasement monkey would have spiked it: I very much doubt that the phrase "Islamist scumbags" has ever been broadcast by the BBC (unless used by some EDL thug in a documentary highlighting the dangers of - pause for a theatrical shudder - Islamophobia). To hear it uttered by a BBC presenter was extraordinary: it was as if the world had shifted on its axis. If any unsuspecting editorial policy wallahs were watching at home, they probably fainted at that point.
But, maybe I'm wrong, and the script was shown to editorial policy beforehand - and they gave it their blessing. In which case, thank you for showing some guts. Whatever led up to Neil's splendid defence of western civilisation, the BBC appears to have got right behind it: This Week tweeted the video, which has already garnered 10,000 retweets. Sacré bleu!
Bravo, Brillo Pad! I've been rude about you in the past, but I take it all back: that glorious 1'46" was worth the licence fee (I expect you've heard that once or twice in the past, give or take a few seconds).
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