Katie Hopkins

Dear Mrs Hopkins,

I came across your article and found the way you are writing about people trying to flee a country torn by war very insulting. You use offensive language such as “cockroaches” to describe them: in fact has it ever occurred to you how many people believe you are the “cockroach”? In your article you said that we need a tougher approach on migrants, however what you are suggesting is meeting violence with violence. This shows that your knowledge does not stretch far, and neither does your compassion as a human. Additionally, I note that with this article you are promoting racial hatred which again proves your lack of education and empathy.

In the next few sentences you mention some more harsh words such as, “aggressive young men at Calais spreading like norovirus on a cruise ship”. They are not “aggressive” but struggling and hustling to get a better life for themselves where they may have a chance of being free to live a life without being oppressed or manipulated to believe in something they do not want to. What you must understand is that as migrants they hope and believe that by moving away from all that violence,terror and war it will give them a better chance of survival. This includes a better life which will enable them to do things we “British” take for granted. For example things like education,food and shelter were unavailable to them while the war was raging on. Has it ever crossed your mind that the very clothes you buy and the food you put in your mouth all come from different countries? Or has that just bypassed your comprehension?

You claim that, “Watching them try to clamber on to British lorries and steal their way into the UK, do I feel pity? Only for the British drivers, who get hit with a fine every time one of this plague of feral humans ends up in their truck”. You forget that some of these British lorries that accept migrants actually do it for money. Furthermore I do not feel pity for the driver as it is his choice as to whether he wants to take the risk and jeopardise his job. Additionally, you again launch an offensive attack upon the migrants, calling them “feral humans” and “plague”. How does “feral” equate with the plight of people who are desperate to achieve something that will secure their safety into a better life? Would you not do the same? It would be interesting to see you in their shoes, just to see if you would be able to do what these truly desperate and brave people are doing to survive.

In conclusion, I hope by reading this letter I will be able to appeal to your sense of empathy and compassion. We as the people of Britain have to be grateful for the blessed opportunity to live in a democratic society which is not engulfed in war. As humans we should stand by each other and try to help those less fortunate than us. This can be done through the promotion of articles which would encourage the reader to help and to make a small but valuable difference in an ongoing battle. The mentality of “we should not care as it is not our problem” is narrow minded. if we start to care we might in turn make a difference and, yes, maybe we might not stop an entire war but we might help save some lives. After all, the article which you wrote was most likely written with the aid of an Apple computer. Need I remind you that Steve Jobs was the son of Syrian migrants? So in turn we owe these people so much more than you think.

Kindest Regards,

Milos Petrovic