Greer first hit out at the BBC’s framing earlier in the show, in which those participating in the…

BBC slammed by Ross Greer live on air over framing of racist disorder in Belfast > Greer first hit out at the BBC’s framing earlier in the show, in which those participating in the demonstrations and disorder were described as “anti-immigration campaigners”. > “I’ve got to be honest, I was horrified to hear the BBC a minute ago describe what happened in Belfast as anti-immigration campaigners,” he said. > “Those were racist rioters. If you’re burning the houses down of people who are not white, you are a racist rioter, you’re a criminal, you are a scumbag.” > Greer added: “The BBC should not be legitimizing these people by calling them anti-immigration campaigners. > “That gives a veneer of legitimacy to thugs and criminals.” > BBC host Martin Geissler responded: “Look, we could get into the semantics of that and we could say that maybe there was a group – the majority of those people were protesting peacefully about immigration laws and a small minority. We don’t, I don’t know, I wasn’t there, I didn’t see it. I’m asking you about the protests on the streets in Scotland.” > Greer then hit back: “And from what I heard from people in Glasgow yesterday, you had grown men walking down Buchanan Street screaming at anyone who wasn’t white, including children who were not white, screaming at them: ‘Send them home’. > “So, scumbag would be the word that I would use to describe them as well.” protesting peacefully my ass, fuck BBC