Left Foot Forward campaigned for an advertiser boycott when Hopkins demanded a 'final solution' after the Manchester attack
Katie Hopkins has been sacked by LBC, having called for a ‘final solution’ after the Manchester attacks.
LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately.
— LBC (@LBC) May 26, 2017
This follows a Left Foot Forward campaign, launched this week, calling for advertisers to boycott LBC until Hopkins was removed.
Our campaign was a response to Hopkins’s comments about the terrible attack in Manchester. Within hours, while most of us were still reeling at the tragic news, she was already whipping up hatred — attacking Muslims and calling for a ‘final solution’.
We wanted to make it clear that such hatred and division has no place in our society.
With the thousands of you who joined us, we made it clear to LBC that they couldn’t afford to give a loudspeaker to hate.
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28 Responses to “BREAKING: Katie Hopkins sacked by LBC”
Norrie
Another sad day for free speech. So much for the saying ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,’. Well, I don’t like the comments written here so I will play you at your own game and endeavour to get them erased.
John
Katie Hopkins has the right to say whatever she wants. She really does! But, what is important, is that she is not given a platform to spread hatred and bigotry – something people seem to believe when told! So, let her speak evil wherever her voice is heard, but lets make sure few hear her!
Freedom of speech is important! Very important! But not when it incites violent actions!
Anyone defending her clear allusion to Hitler’s mass murder of innocents in the 20th Century need not reply!
Tamara
LBC are a walking contradiction. This isn’t the first time Hopkins has spewed out hate-filled statements towards Muslims, what on earth did they expect when they employed her in the first place?
john Reed
the use of language is very unfortunate and taken as just that looks hateful…but I’m sure it was part of a broader argument she was making……we are living in denial if we think by getting about our daily business and holding vigils and posting our sorrow online makes any bit of difference to these people who want us dead……in fact they want the end of us…one could call it a final solution from their point of view…how do we deal with that threat?…if the Saudis don’t arm them someone else will…if we round the ones up who we are watching we are called nazis and they will only be replaced with hundreds more…this is a fight to the death that is going to last several generations…we are at war…so sooner we wake up to that the better
Alex from Carlisle
After all your leftist efforts – victory! How dare Katie Hopkins point out inconvenient things. So glad she’s silenced! Next target for the left wing social media heroes: Farage and Ferrari… yaaaay!
… What’s that you say? Salman who… ?