What if PM Brown had said "Paki"?

There would have been calls for him to quit as PM.

So what will happen to Harry?

And David Milliband would be all like "yo, this is our Paki boss, Gordon" and everyone would be like "lol, you said Paki" and he'd be like "OMG nooooes!".

And then they'd all go eat a bloody big curry. Mmm, curry...

Meh, I'm half Pakistani, half Irish, second generation born into this country, and out of my group of school friends, there's one other Pakistani girl. The other people in our group are English (majority are Jewish) and there's one Czech/English girl. Between us, we use racial 'slurs' about Pakistani, Jews and Eastern Europeans because we all know we're joking and we're not prejudiced against each other's background.

This is like that, people need to lighten up. If Harry'd spat on the guy, or said it with disdain I'd be disgusted, but it's just banter between friends.

Golden Brown, texture like sun, would never say such a thing, and if he did, he would have to make a public apology, but may be okay. Remember that BoJo got elected into power after all of his racial and regional controversies.

Regardless.... there would have been calls for him to resign.

He can't quit being in his family.

And stop sensationalising this story, he was having a laugh with his mates, didn't mean any offence by it, get over it.

There are calls for him to resign when he stutters or gets his words mixed up in PMQs, I don't really think that's a good judge of how serious a situation is.

Anyway, if he said it in the same context as Harry - as a mutually understood banterous nickname, with absolutely no malice intended - then I wouldn't see the point in the whole fuss which would undoubtedly ensue. Saying certain words does not make someone racist, saying them with the intent to be racist makes them racist. I've met a few racist people, and they don't say 'Paki' while laughing with a big grin on their face, they say it with malice and aggression.

A banterous nickname, when racial is not banterous for the person on the receiving end. What if he were black, and was referred to as 'our little negro friend' ... funny ha ha ha no.

He can't quit being in his family.

And stop sensationalising this story, he was having a laugh with his mates, didn't mean any offence by it, get over it.

Alright you little honky

How do you know this person didn't find it banterous? Do you know him? Has he made any complaints or comments since the story has broken? Why do you assume that everyone suffers a complete sense of humour failure as soon as one of their friends makes a racial-themed comment?

I have friends that are Indian, Pakistani, Korean, Russian, Dutch, Chinese, Jewish, Scottish, Welsh, American etc, and yes the banter (from everyone, to everyone) sometimes strays into areas that could be termed racist if said in a completely different way by someone with a completely different attitude, but our friendship group is so beyond racism that it's the last thought on anyone's minds. I'd wager this video is simply capturing just the same kind of behaviour.

Little ?!?!

I'm 6'4" !

Big then

How do you know this person didn't find it banterous also? ...We are both judging from our own experiences, but i'm asian and I would find it offensive, its not a lack of humour really, i just think there are far more funny names to be called than a 'paki', i can sense the humour from the word already?

And you are God knows what? ...and you think it was a joke as your friends find it 'funny'. Yep, im sure they reeeeeally love it deep down

There would have been calls for him to quit as PM.

So what will happen to Harry?