Paul Gascoigne is to stand trial accused of making a racist joke at a comedy show.
The former England international pleaded not guilty to a racially aggravated offence when he appeared before Dudley magistrates court on Wednesday morning.
The ex-footballer allegedly made the remarks during an evening billed An Audience With Paul Gascoigne at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton on 30 November last year.
He is alleged to have made a joke about a black security guard whom he spotted in a darkened corner of the stage, saying he could not tell “if he is smiling or not”.
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HANG HIM!!
People forget that in England there is no constitutional guarantee of free speech.
gfy, unless you’re an imam on a street corner preaching kill the infidel
@:: Um, addressing “greetingsfromyonkers” as “gfy” caused me a bit of mental disorientation for a minute there.
Just fyi.
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vietvet, good catch
no disrespect intended
Umm…I’d say LOCK UP THE ACCUSER and COURTS!
THEY’RE the racist ones!
Otherwise, concerning a dark-skinned person,
it would be obvious if you could see
their white teeth(contrasting colors).
To assume otherwise is the racism…AHEM.
If memory serves, twice the English fought for and won the right to keep and bear arms that was granted by Magna Carta and again by the Constitution after their civil war, twice they gave that right away.
I’m surprised they have any right left at all, least of all free speech.
I bet Don Rickles is happy that he lives in America! He hit everyone below the belt and we all laughed! Those English people need to loosen up.
Coming to America soon with Judge Poser presiding at your kangaroo trial
WHen I was in Basic, we’d often joke about one of the Drills. We’d joke that the only way you could tell if he was hovering over your bunk at night was if he was smiling. Yeah, you can figure the rest.
I’d better stay out of the U.K. then. They’d have to draw and quarter me for my jokes.
A black guy, a Mexican and a Jew walk into a bar. The bartender says: “What is this, some kind of f****** joke?” Rim shot. Straight to the hoosegow in Jolly Olde England.