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grossproffit

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Fri Nov 3, 2017, 07:45 AM Nov 2017

Labour MP Harriet Harman recounts vile 100 Jews in a mini joke live on BBC TV [View all]



The Labour veteran was shut down as she tried to make the joke, claiming that BBC's Andrew Neil would find it was "perfectly alright" - with the host immediately telling her to "be quiet".

The panel had been locked in a debate on Neil's late night politics show This Week, about whether making jokes about Adolf Hitler was acceptable.

Ms Harman then jumped in, saying she had been criticised as a "humourless feminist".

She said: "I'll give you two examples that I protested about because they were offensive and hurtful.

"This was a Guy's Hospital rag magazine back in the day and people like Andrew say that these things are perfectly alright."Two jokes - one was how do you get 100 Jews into a Mini - one in the driving seat, 99 in the ash tray.

"And that is not funny."

But Neil immediately stopped her, saying they would not continue with the second example - saying: "We won't bother with a minute's silence that you would dare to think what I would think about that because you have no knowledge of that at all."

When Ms Harman tried to again speak, Neil again shut her down, telling her: "be quiet".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4833966/andrew-neil-slams-harriet-harman-jewish-anti-semetic-joke-on-tv/






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