Martin Hughes-Games, 60, ‘White And Middle-Class’ BBC Presenter, Needs To Strap On A Pair, If Only For Sam’s Sake

By Mike Buchanan: Appalling. Extracts:
In an interview with the Radio Times, Hughes-Games [left] said he understands the need for the BBC to try out new faces on screen. “Whatever I may think, it’s crucially important that high-profile shows like the Watches reflect diversity,” he said.

“Chris, Michaela and I are all white and middle class, so a more diverse team must present some of the films that go out. It’s hard for me because it’s my living, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought, ‘No, that’s the right decision, it has to be like that.’ ” [No, it doesn’t have to be like that. Merit can triumph over social engineering, if you stand up for merit.]
The news comes weeks after the BBC was criticised for axeing comedian Jon Holmes from Radio 4’s The Now Show, when he claims he was told: “We’re recasting it with more women and diversity”…
In April this year, the BBC introduced “tough” new diversity targets including an aim to have half the faces on screen be women by 2020, 15 per cent be black or minority ethnic, eight per cent disabled and a further eight per cent LGBT… [and 0.1% one-legged bald Welsh transsexuals with speech impediments, presumably.]
Of his exit, he admitted the timing was “just bl—- awful”, leaving him wondering at the age of 60 how he would provide for his newborn son Sam.

Instead of wondering, he could do something positive for Sam by strapping on a pair, and fighting for men’s and boys’ rights. But he won’t. He’s one of countless Neville Chamberlains in a world that needs more Winston Churchills.

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