The BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson claimed that the long delays at Heathrow border control were because immigration officials were no longer allowed to use their discretion to wave certain passengers through. "Nobody is waved through any more. The result is plain for all to see. There's a two-hour wait. "And the problem is: the only possible solution is to introduce a bit of racism." ....He claimed that liberal attitudes prevented officials targeting only passengers deemed "high risk". "You can't get that sort of thing past the bleeding-heart liberals. They believe that … a hook-handed imam with fire in his heart and hatred in his eyes is just as likely to whip up anti-western sentiment as Joanna Lumley." (Daily Telegraph, 5 May) Clarkson is infamous for his prejudiced attitudes - once claiming that striking workers should be lined up and shot in front of their families - so his latest outburst in the Sun newspaper should surprise no one. RD
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