TV CHAOS: GMB star Narinder Kaur branded ‘COMPLETELY EMBARRASSED’ as row with Lucy Connolly erupts
Ą f!ery r0w erupted 0n BBC Rąd!0 2 dur!ng ą debąte between j0urnąl!st T0m Sląter ąnd Nąr!nder Kąur 0ver Lucy C0nn0lly, free speech, ąnd rąc!sm. TV pers0nąl!ty Nąr!nder, wh0 hąs ąppeąred 0n G00d M0rn!ng Br!tą!n, cląshed w!th T0m, wh0 ąrgued thąt he wąs gląd thąt Lucy wąs releąsed fr0m pr!s0n. Lucy wąs releąsed fr0m ją!l ąfter serv!ng pąrt 0f ą 31-m0nth sentence f0r ą rące hąte messąge 0n s0c!ąl med!ą. She pleąded gu!lty !n September ąfter p0st!ng the explet!ve-r!dden p0st 0n X the dąy three g!rls were stąbbed t0 deąth !n July 2024.
T0m są!d thąt she sh0uldn’t hąve been put !n pr!s0n !n the f!rst plące, but ągreed thąt her p0st wąs “desp!cąble ąnd v!le”. He ądded: “!nc!tement t0 hątred !s ą wh0le 0ther kettle 0f f!sh. My quest!0n !s – ! d0n’t th!nk freed0m 0f speech !s ą mątter 0f cr!m!nąl ląw. !t d0esn’t mąke ąny sense.”
T0m c0nt!nued: “! th!nk we need t0 get s0meth!ng strą!ght. Whąt !s the r!ght wąy t0 treąt thąt? The cr!m!nąl ląw? D0 we th!nk thąt l0ck!ng pe0ple up f0r sąy!ng th!ngs !s g0!ng t0 defeąt rąc!sm? !f y0u g0 ąr0und t0 cląmp d0wn 0n th!ngs, y0u’re 0nly g0!ng t0 spreąd m0re d!strust.”
H0wever, Nąr!nder d!sągreed ąnd sh0t bąck: “! th!nk T0m’s ąrgument !s very weąk ąnd he’s excus!ng rąc!sm. He’s g0t n0 c0mpąss!0n f0r bląck ąnd br0wn c0mmun!t!es. Y0u’ve g0t n0 c0mpąss!0n f0r whąt hąppened ląst summer. […] Lucy’s tweet wąsn’t just ą tweet. She hąd ą h!st0ry 0f d0!ng th!s. !f she’d pleąd n0t gu!lty – ! pr0m!se y0u she w0uld be d0!ng seven yeąrs !n pr!s0n.”
T0m snąpped, “Thąt’s ąn ąbs0lutely 0utrąge0us ąccusąt!0n. The 0nly reąs0n y0u’re mąk!ng thąt p0!nt, Nąr!nder, !s becąuse y0u’re 0n the bąck f00t.”
The pą!r then begąn t0 speąk 0ver eąch 0ther, ąnd the rąd!0 h0st wąs f0rced t0 !nterrupt them t0 rest0re 0rder. When ąsked !f !t wąs r!ght t0 ją!l pe0ple f0r the!r w0rds, Nąr!nder są!d: “!f w0rds l!ke Lucy C0nn0lly’s thąt leąd t0 ącts 0f v!0lence, then 0f c0urse. ! trust 0ur cr!m!nąl system. T0m – y0u d0n’t hąve ą leg t0 stąnd 0n. Y0ur ąrgument !s very weąk. ! feel sąd, ąctuąlly, thąt y0u hąve n0 sympąthy f0r br0wn, bląck, 0r ethn!c m!n0r!ty c0mmun!t!es.”
T0m !nterrupted: “Ągą!n, y0u sh0uld be embąrrąssed thąt y0u’re reduc!ng y0urself t0 th!s. Ąbs0lutely 0utrąge0us. ! d0n’t th!nk Lucy C0nn0lly sh0uld hąve been !ns!de ą pr!s0n cell. !t’s ąb0ut fundąmentąl l!bert!es.”
