PREDICTABLY, new TV show If Katie Hopkins Ruled The World quickly hit the headlines after its first airing.

Well, the former Apprentice star has been described as a “professional provocateur” and has already upset thousands of people quite comprehensively.

She is, if you recall, the outspoken woman – sadly, fiercely intelligent – who enjoys airing extreme views. She particularly dislikes the overweight and/or those on benefits. She also has some charming thoughts on migrants that I won’t bother to repeat here.

On this opening show, she was espousing the unoriginal idea that overweight people pay more for their plane travel. Of course, she calls them “fat chubsters” and she tackled a large member of the audience who dared oppose this view in typical robust style.

The old argument that she is “only saying what people think” is really just a cheap way of trying to get away with insulting others with no consequences. However, the best way not to give oxygen to such extreme and damaging views is just to switch over.