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When did reinforcing prejudice become entertaining?

WE'RE a small island and we need as much help as possible from outside forces.

To this end, helpful Channel 4 has plastered billboards across the land with pictures of three young girls and the slogan BIGGER. FATTER. GYPSIER across them by way of encouraging cultural understanding and integration. I was so gobsmacked by the poster on the hoarding next to Cathcart railway bridge I missed the traffic lights due to thumping my forehead off the steering wheel while wailing.