‘Multiculturalism has killed the BBC’

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]I did get a good insight into I think why it's doomed to fail. It's not entirely their fault actually. I think um there's that you know the bus stop test you know the bus stop test it's like whether whether um a country has a united culture and the bus stop test can you go to a bus stop and the person sat next to you you can say hey what do you think about that game last night what do you think about that TV show Michael McIntyre's big show hey what do you think I think it's I mean quite obvious to anyone listening to any of us we would fail that bus test today I mean go down to the bus stop and say like yeah do you you know you're not going to have anything in common of anyone. So how can you have a state linked or statebacked in some way I don't know broadcaster that is supposed to represent the interests of everybody when everybody is so fractured in in our multicultural society. So again I think it is an issue to do with multiculturalism. Uh it's utterly utterly different. I've got some lovely people who live in my neighborhood um um really really nice people from different places. Not everything is that horrible Islam stuff.

[00:00:58]Some people are just lovely, lovely families. Uh, and but they don't have a clue if I ask them about, you know, the things I'm watching on TV or, you know, I can't just ask them about would I lie to you and David Mitchell. They don't know who that is. Um, they're living in a different a parallel world right now.

[00:01:13]So again, BBC cannot possibly represent that. So I think that's one huge part of the problem. You know, okay, yes, they could start putting out more of the stuff that we think is right. Well, then you know people who are a bit more on the left or the progressive side would also then feel well hang on that we're not happy with it. It can't suit. It can't work for everyone. Um the other thing is just again cults really. You've got an organization here full of just a tiered organization full of tens and tens of thousands of people around the world but predominantly in London offices. Everybody absolutely uh desperate not to lose their jobs.

[00:01:46]Everybody desperate to tow the line. Uh and I don't think it's necessarily a thought that's in their mind. Oh, I can't say that cuz I'll get fired. I think it's a very slow kind of bureaucracy and authoritarianism that gradually seeps in and you say, "That guy's my boss and he thinks that, so I should think it as well. I suppose I think it as well." And you just become more and more and more careful.