Hugh Sykes has long been one of the BBC's most opinionated reporters. For those of you (like Sue) who aren't Twitter aficionados and, therefore, only get to hear Hugh's opinions on the radio, thus missing out on all of his Twitter pensées, here's a small selection to show you what you're missing.
#British austerity problems are real, but not caused by immigrants.
An honest party that accepts, confronts, & changes this can beat @UKIP.
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) November 23, 2014
'Foreigners'!
Immigration 'surge'!
'Concern' at the 'scale'!
@DailyMailUK?
No! It's @thetimes scaremongering:
http://t.co/dWLienTWLQ
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) November 19, 2014
#drugsdebate Prohibition never works. Prescribing diamorphine cuts needle infection & eliminates crime.
Search: Marks, Widnes, Heroin.
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 30, 2014
#swamped
Pretty nasty word to apply to fellow human beings.
= flood, overwhelm.
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 27, 2014
"We need to address people's concerns about #immigration:" @davidcameron
Does that mean aggreeing with them? Or arguing that they're wrong?
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 26, 2014
Pls RT if you agree that @TheGreenParty should appear in the TV election debates https://www.change.org/p/bbc-itv-sky-channel-4-fair-representation-for-uk-political-parties-at-general-election-leadership-debates … #TVdebates
#UK #Xenophobia 1:
Me: Why don't you like immigrants?
Young man: "They're always speaking in them foreign languages."
#Clacton-sur.Mer.
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 10, 2014
#UK #Xenophobia 2:
Me: What do you think they might be saying in their foreign languages?
Young man: "Well, you dunno do you?"
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 10, 2014
Bonjour #Clacton! (Clactonne?)
Alors, c'est un moment historique, hein mes braves #Europhobes? Mais - #Farage c;'est un nom français, non?
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) October 10, 2014
