Tony Blair today spoke out against racism “in all its forms” after complaints about the treatment of one of the Celebrity Big Brother housemates.
The Prime Minister told the Commons he had not seen the reality TV show and could not comment directly on it.
But he agreed with Labour former Europe minister Keith Vaz that “we should oppose racism in all its forms”.
Mr Vaz said the programme had provoked 13,000 complaints and urged broadcasters to “take great care” before showing such material.
The exchanges came after it was disclosed that India was to raise allegations of racism against one of its Bollywood stars on Celebrity Big Brother programme.
The treatment of Shilpa Shetty by housemates will be raised with Britain by India, adding to pressure on Channel 4 bosses to halt alleged racism on the programme.
Media watchdog Ofcom said today that the number of complaints it had received by this morning about Celebrity Big Brother had risen to 13,000. A further 2,000 viewers have contacted Channel 4 to voice their dismay.
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