Bishop Hill
2009-02-10 02:05:01
An amusing riposte would be to make a mirror image programme with an American going round the UK. If Stephen Fry can visit slums and try to pass them off as representative, why not send PJ O’Rourke or someone like that to visit Easterhouse in Glasgow? Discover British culture in the bloodshed and drunkenness of a typical small town Saturday night out. The reactions would be interesting, particularly if you didn’t tell them what you were doing. Then when the BBC expresses outrage you can reveal your hand and revel in the hypocrisy.
