Disability Discrimination on ITV This Morning

ruby88
ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener
edited July 18 in Coffee lounge

on Thursday 10th July 2025 Alice Beer the presenter was talking about hose pipe bans and then she went on to say how most people are compliant. Then, and this is her direct quote, she said,

“Apart from blue badge holders will be out in their gardens” then she slightly raised her eyebrows and implied while gesturing with her hands she was watering with a hose pipe.

I am shocked! The minimum should be a National apology. I contacted Ofgem and tried various other bodies who proved to be uncontactable, so I rang my MP whose secretary has said she will write to ITV on my behalf,

is there anything else I should be doing please? As this must not be swept under the carpet and the piece be removed from itv. Some accountability is needed as it is blatant discrimination on a national tv.

Thank you

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  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener
  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing

    Are you sure that's what Beer said? That 'joke' doesn't make any sense to me.

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    hello ranald

    yes I am absolutely positive that is exactly what she said on National tv, and I have given an exact quote word for word.

    Thankfully I was not the only person in the UK to have heard her say it. There are witnesses

    Do you have a suggestion on where else I can share this? As that is what I have asked the community for,thank you.

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    PS to Ranald

    It is not a joke

    There is nothing funny about disability discrimination

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing

    I know that, and is why I put 'joke' in inverted commas.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing

    A very strange occurrence, not sure why she would say that, as it doesn't make sense.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 264 Empowering

    It's strange how this kind of talk seems to be allowed, where if she said a particular race instead of blue badge holders, or if it was a man who said women instead of blue badge holders there'd be outrage and it wouldn't be allowed at all.

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    I agree it is awful , and to say that on national tv.

    I will share the letter when I receive it from my MP once he has received a reply from the head of ITV

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing
  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Ross 1975

    thank you for your input

    it Is shameful and there should be outrage regardless as it is discrimination

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing
    edited July 18

    @Ross1975 But what does it mean, Ross? It's too subtle for me.

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Ranald thank you for your input

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Ranald

    Yes Ofgem have elevated it up to their content and standards group who will put their findings up online after 15 working days . They don’t reply to individuals apparently

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Ranald

    Apologies I meant Ofcom in my last post NOT Ofgem! Sorry

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 10,798 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited July 18

    It does seem like the disabled community are the latest punching bag, which is stupidly unfair.

    IF you wanted to make a complaint, I'd also recommend getting in touch with ITV themselves, even if your MP is writing to them. I do think it's great your MP is stepping up like that, I love to see it.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing
  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 356 Pioneering

    Is Alice Beer the one who does those history programmes? I think they're interesting. I won't watch anything else from her,unless she's held accountable and she apologises.

    I fail to see the correlation between being a blue badge holder and hosepipe bans.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 3,011 Championing
  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Ironside1990

    no she isn’t the history woman.

    Alice Beer is a presenter on This Morning programme - she has a consumer slot

    I agree with you - she must be made to be accountable and at the very least apologises

  • ruby88
    ruby88 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Albus_Scope


    Yes I forgot to mention that I have also complained to ITV personally - on the day - last Thursday - I have had no response from them todate.
    Im sorry that I am not as efficient as you and Ranald are - i dont know how to reply to each message - I just send a new one each time