The Stuart Hall incident

The 'Stuart Hall incident'
Fighting Talk made national news with an episode broadcast on 12 March 2005. The panel consisted of Danny Kelly, Will Buckley, John Rawling and Stuart Hall. The presenter, Christian O'Connell, asked the panel "What other former all-conquering nations, clubs or individuals would you like to see have a renaissance?". Stuart Hall responded "Zimbabwe", and criticised what Robert Mugabe had done to the country, saying "...don your flannels, black up, play leather on willow with Mugabe cast as a witch doctor. Imagine him out at Lords casting a curse; tincture of bat's tongues, gorilla's gonads, tiger's testicles...". Shortly afterwards, O'Connell was heard to ask studio staff "Are we still on air?"

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[thebigwig22]

i have been waiting for someone to put this on for ages....quality.

[oakleykid1960]

Me Too!!!

O-Boy!!!

[oakleykid1960]

Great reaction from O'connell.

'Lets take a break for the news while we all think about our careers!'

[MrDoncos]

Stuart Hall along with Danny Baker Britains greatest broadcaster

[ivangrozny27]

@thescreamsmusic execute everyone? lol.....no, he's just a plain vanilla African dictator looking out for the interests of his clan or tribe at the expense of all the other clans and tribes in the country. TIA

[thescreamsmusic]

Mugabe is a megalomaniac dictator who happens to execute everyone in Zimbabwe.He's also a racist lunatic who is freely racist against whites.He couldn't give a damn about the native population of his country.Am I wrong?! Feel free to correct me.A Quote from Mugabe "This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources… If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold."

[peterpeterxxo]

for a start its called fighting talk so then they get on stuart hall... what did they expect..bagpuss ?..stuart hall is an icon and hes still on radio five..and theyve got a better presenter now with colin murray.

[kisbie]

Was this the same show where he described the anti-Glazer protests at Old Trafford as a 'fart in a colander'?

[kisbie]

@Punk1984Rock Erm, they didn't sack him. He's still on the radio.

[Eightbanger]

You are the best, & you were the best...your great flowery way of speaking and your fantastic infectious laugh.

Thank you dear Stuart Hall.

[midianholic]

BBC bunch of cunts.

[thescreamsmusic]

Funny....Mugabe must've heard him,because he's actually worse....