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Rod Liddle condemned as he leads
the complaints against the BBC
for focusing on death of Mandela instead of the weather]
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[Liddle's comment was aimed at the
BBC as the broadcaster came under
fire for its round-the-clock coverage
of the liberation hero's passing while
storms batter Britain's North Sea coast.
He wrote on his Spectator
blog: 'For Christ’s sake BBC,
give it a bloody break for five minutes, will you?
'It’s as if the poor bugger now has
to bear your entire self-flagellating
white post-colonial bien pensant
guilt; look!
Famous nice black man dies!
Let’s re-run the entire history of South Africa.
'That’s better than watching the
country we’re in being flattened by a storm.'
The former editor of Radio 4's
Today programme added:
'Look; I'm sorry Nelson Mandela is dead.]
Bloody Right Rod