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Brickbats

Brickbat: No Irish Need Apply

Charles Oliver | 6.9.2016 4:00 AM

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The BBC has two junior scriptwriting jobs open, but only for blacks, Asians or other ethnic minorities, not for any white people. BBC officials say such discrimination is legal under the Equality Act.

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