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Over on the Ouch Talk message board, there's been what Mrs Merton might have referred to as a heated debate about the dismal lack of wheelchair access during the "boot camp" stage of the UK X Factor.

Now, there's little doubt that the contestant in question has been, at best, patronised. And Lady Bracknell for one is definitely of the opinion that it should have occurred to the production team that there was every chance they might need an accessible venue.
But things are a whole lot more heated than that over at the Australian version of Pop Idol where judge Kyle Sandilands has described contestant Bobby Flynn as "a full mong". Oh dear.

Not surprisingly, the Down Syndrome Association of Queensland has demanded that Sandilands be sacked unless he makes a public apology. For the full story - and the chance to read Australian viewers comments about it - follow

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