Jeremy Paxman should have shown Dizzee Rascal more respect
Paxman's condescending attitude on Newsnight was a reminder of
why Barack Obama's success in the polls could not be repeated
here  Been away. Did I miss anything? Only joking. Yesterday's
election news is clearly the best thing to happen since Andrew
Sachs checked his answering machine. However, this paradigm
shift in global consciousness appears to have done little to
raise the spirits of Jeremy Paxman.  If his election night
grouchiness was bizarre, jarring horribly with the positivity
oozing from disbelieving Democrats as the results rolled in, his
treatment of Dizzee Rascal on yesterday's Newsnight beggared
belief. Like a sadistic QC determined to dispatch this young
ruffian to new digs in Wandsworth, he seemed eager to prove that
the overnight improvement in intergenerational, interracial
understanding has no place here.   Bemused by the response - an
articulate blast of common sense touching on Obama's mixed-race
background and the role of hip-