AndrewNeil is furious

What is a gammon supposed to be apart from meat. I've no idea without googling.

What? What is the gammon race?

I bet he is the kind of person who bangs on about others 'playing the race card', too.

Anyone that uses the term gammon is gammon themselves. Man or woman. Ghastly term. We need to grow up and stop talking BS

fairfraise

What is a gammon supposed to be apart from meat. I've no idea without googling.

Gammon is a term given to 'little Englanders' who are red in the face (like gammon) because of all the shouting about foreigners and feminists and so on that they do.

Does he need a good basting?

I see.

Well I suppose Neil is self identifying as a gammon to be so annoyed about its term and claim racism.

Apparently the term was first used by that well known racist Charles Dickens.

He doesn't half ham it up

?

JaneJudge

He doesn't half ham it up

Is this thread for real?

I'm not a Neil fan, but he's not stupid enough to say something like that, surely?

Doodledog

JaneJudge

He doesn't half ham it up

Is this thread for real?

I'm not a Neil fan, but he's not stupid enough to say something like that, surely?

Yes it is real and he did, although because of the reaction he got of a lot of merriment etc, he seems to be rowing back saying it was not meant to be taken seriously, which I think makes his remark even weirder.

It’s a racist term!

He did indeed say it. On twitter...

He's rumoured to be intelligent, but I have my doubts...

tickingbird

It’s a racist term!

Since when was 'gammon' a race?

tickingbird

It’s a racist term!

I wonder what race the Gammons are?

They come from crackle glaze region of Birmingham

It’s even older than Charles Dickens.. Gammon-faced has been around as an insult for a long time.

Doodledog

JaneJudge

He doesn't half ham it up

Is this thread for real?

I'm not a Neil fan, but he's not stupid enough to say something like that, surely?

He blocked the person on Twitter who used it about him. What a snowflake ?

I think Neil absolutely epitomises a Gammon.

It is the original prototype?

Fair fa’ your ruddy, angry face,
Great chieftain o’ the gammon race.

Said no poet ever

It’s disrespectful and unpleasant to call people names, but I think he would have done better to ignore it.

It is simply name-calling by ignorant people.

eazybee

It is simply name-calling by ignorant people.

Shall we dig up Neil’s name calling?

He can out-ignorant most people by the score.

Good grief - when you think about the words the right use about the left. He’s getting off lightly imo given what a **** he is. I presume people have picked up the word his mate Fox tweeted to describe 3 named people who now, joy of joys, are taking legal action against him.?