One thing to bear in mind with Alan Davies is that he suffered psychological damage as a kid.
It's thought to go back to him losing his mum when he was six.
Now, I'm not excusing this latest garbage for one minute. Just pointing out that he's not the most stable of characters - there are deep psychological problems there.
As for these dickheads on Twitter, issuing death threats... well done lads, you've been a great help to the cause
While I agree that the threats of idiots only aid these views that Davies holds, I think his own grief at losing his mother would be all the more reason for understanding the grief of people that lost their loved ones in a senseless tragedy caused by terrible policing.
No. There is no excuse for the man. He wasn't trying to get a cheap laugh and bolster his ailing career. This was the man's true views, delivered with much glee. The backtracking (and lack of appology) are nothing but damage limitation and self preservation.
The days of Scousers being fair game are coming to an end. As Sir Roger Hunt has just pointed out, the media has used us to replace Blacks, Asians, Irish, Gays, etc, as the acceptable faces of prejudice and biggotry for a long time now. But the days of every Scouse man being called a Thief and any Scouse woman being portrayed as some sort of scrubber are no longer being tolerated.
It isn't harmless banter. There's far worse than Davies around, who can do much more damage than some no mark comedian. They still hate us and believe we are all shiftless, theiving, scrounging shite, but they are hiding their views and trying to distance themselves from them. I hate them worse than Davies. At least this moron comes out with it because he isn't smart enough to keep it to himself or within his little circle. But don't forget... "Liverpool will be the toughest nut to crack," and "Managed Decline."
As I said, this is not some harmless banter. The views that Davies had just been stupid enough to express in public are the very same opinion that prevents the families getting justice for their loved ones.
Don't wear it. I don't. I live down South. I will not tolerate it. If anybody comes out with the usual shite, I tell them they have just insulted my Wife, my children, my Mother and Father, all my family and loved ones. It's usually met with the usual... "It's only a joke."
Well, that joke isn't funny any more.
It never was. Being born where I was and talking the way I do, has cost me many opportunities in life. It's been used as an excuse to stop me getting a fair crack at things. It is nothing but biggotry and there is no place for it, in this so called PC society.
Fuck him and all who think like him.