Kevin Royal
Just watched Victoria Derbyshire make a fool of herself on the BBC.
Interviewing an Indian Doctor who is working for the NHS in Plymouth. He is not a British National, not a permanent British Resident, he is working in the U.K. on a temporary visa. An absolutely lovely guy.
His wife and children who were living with him in Plymouth went back to India in January for a eight weeks holiday to spend time with their families. She also has a temporary U.K. visa. Unfortunately due to Coronavirus virus, she has not been able to get back to the U.K., and doesn’t qualify for repatriation flights, due to not being a British National, or a permanent British resident. An absolutely lovely lady.
This is where it gets interesting;
Victoria Derbyshire tried every which way to get them both to criticise the British Government. They just wouldn’t do it. Instead she said it must be very difficult for the Government. Not the answers Victoria Derbyshire wanted.
Having failed miserably once, she then moved on to a different subject, which was not part of the original discussion, but one which was bound to provide a cheap headline.
She asked the Doctor, with him being in the ethnic minority and working in the NHS, how scared he was going to work each day?
His reply totally dumbfounded her, “Not at all, we don’t have much Coronavirus in the southwest, and our hospital and health authority have both been excellent.”
The look on Victoria Derbyshire’s face was like thunder, she hadn’t been told before the interview by the producers she would be talking to well educated, intelligent, reasonable people.
Shame on you Victoria Derbyshire, this is not journalism, it is cheap and lazy scaremongering journalism.
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