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Radio host Ash Gould claimed that only Britons who earn £50,000 a year should be allowed to vote because they are the only ones with a “stake in society”. The shocking remark came after talkRADIO host and Remain supporter James Whale insisted that Britons were “very thick and stupid”. Conservative Brexit supporter Mark Francois snapped back at the comments claiming he disagreed with the host on principle.
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The Tory MP said: “You’re saying essentially that the British public are a bit thick?”
Radio host Whale replied: “Oh no, absolutely.
“Ash and I agree. Ash doesn’t think that anybody who doesn’t earn over £50,000 a year should be allowed to vote.”
Ash stepped in saying: “Well that’s not because they are thick, it’s because they don’t have a stake in society.”
Ash doesn’t think that anybody who doesn’t earn over £50,000 a year should be allowed to vote
Whale insisted that there are “lots of very thick and stupid people around.”
He added: “None of them listen to this program, the thick and stupid people are watching inane television at this moment.
“There are a lot of people who shouldn’t have the vote.
“This is the whole thing about ‘oh you can’t call them stupid, it might offend them’.
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“Let’s stop worrying about offending people, not everybody actually weighs everything up and thinks about things seriously.
“Some people just think ‘oh I heard that I might do this’ and that is not good for democracy, is it?”
Conservative MP Mark Francois stepped in insisting the pair would have to “agree to disagree”.
He said: “I disagree with you on principle.”