Opinion | The Guardian•Yesterday
Shabana Mahmood’s expletive was shocking. But not for the reason you think | Zoe Williams
I f all you know about Shabana Mahmood’s interview with the comedian Matt Forde, which was recorded live at a West End theatre on Monday, is that she said a heckler should “fuck right off”, then it’s worth listening to the heckle itself. Mahmood’s next argument followed another familiar route, projecting her own victimhood on to the “valid, legitimate views of millions of people in this country”, as if by disagreeing with her, you marginalise all your unnamed, innumerable compatriots. “That’s why I said this individual can just fuck right off, because I know I belong in my own country.
