The Spectator...

[c032745y]

...has decided they don't like our LL

Cast astray | The Spectator

The BBC needs to pick the best person for the job – and that isn’t Lauren Laverne

www.spectator.co.uk

Is it time for a traditional SMB assault in the defence of one of. our own?

 

[Wearside Wanderer II]

I like her.
Writer sounds bitter and frustrated

 

[c032745y]

I like her.
Writer sounds bitter and frustrated

The thing with John Cooper Clark was excellent. Reeks of class & a hint of "Oooh, Northeners!"

 

[woollyback]

The thing with John Cooper Clark was excellent. Reeks of class & a hint of "Oooh, Northeners!"

It was indeed, superb piece of radio. I think she's a fab presenter of the show.

 

[mcq10]

It’s just pure snobbery.

Can’t have northern oinks broadcasting to the elite classes you know.

 

[Roger]

It’s just pure snobbery.

Can’t have northern oinks broadcasting to the elite classes you know.

The article even says so much "Youngish", "regional", "Northern" and complains about her being PC.

I haven't heard the programme, so can't comment how good it is, but I am not at all surprised by a right wing society magazine criticising it.

 

[RichD]

Snobs..

 

[Churchlanelad]

Don’t worry, people are fighting back.

Lauren Laverne has the perfect response for those Desert Island Discs comments — Stylist

She took over from Kirsty Young earlier this year.

apple.news

 

[Sandboy]

Awful and factually incorrect ( they had to edit it ) getting the backlash it deserves. Can't talk about the next Mrs Sandboy like that

 

[The King of Um]

There's a legion of interchangeable columnists who are basically just spiteful, bitter people given a platform to be all why oh why oh the modern world is terrible once a week in exchange for a lot of money.

 

[Deleted member 27897]

What you have here is a right wing (Conservative) rag essentially lashing out at the BBC for daring to choose a northern woman as a presenter, and accusing it of "Political correctness" for not choosing a white man who could have apparently done the job better.

 

[AC74]

Their website has published this in defence of her.

One quote stands out: "By referring to Laverne as, “lightweight and uncerebral”, I imagine I’m not alone in suspecting she meant, “northern and populist”."

Lauren Laverne is a national treasure | The Spectator

Change, for some people, is difficult. Hearing voices on the BBC that differ from the Etonian baritone of old must rankle for some. Lauren Laverne, who took over Desert Island Discs (DID) is about as different from a stuffed shirt as one can imagine. Bright, lively, and witty, her fabulous...

blogs.spectator.co.uk

 

[Cockney Mackem]

David Lammy MP sticking up for Mackems in the Twitter responses to the article. Wonder if he'll credit where it's due from his regular detractors on here

 

[Some Random Guy]

David Lammy MP sticking up for Mackems in the Twitter responses to the article. Wonder if he'll credit where it's due from his regular detractors on here

Though Laverne was canny but since Lammy has her back she must be awful and possibly a communist infiltrator.