It's not a stereotype. By global standards Britain is one of the most tolerant nations on earth when it comes to race, religion, sexuality, freedom of speech and I believe this ingrained trait is a prevalent as it ever was, perhaps more so now.
Stripping the guy of his knighthood after a...
One of the supposed great British traits is tolerance. Where is your tolerance over what was a silly mistake by Sugar for which he has profusely apologised?
1. Well it's how they've both been making a living for the last decade.
2. Anything from 'The Comedians' in the 70s' would have been far more racist, and probably have involved bananas, using trees to get to work and getting them out of the wardrobe with a chocolate biscuit.
Fine margins. If Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr had tweeted "I swear the Senegal keeper sold me a Rolex in Ibiza last summer" no one bats an eyelid and plenty have a chuckle.