Our country is open and welcomes all cultures - except seemingly the reality the still class ridden and snobby one that is our own. Which we are quick to judge and try and distance ourselves from.

Shilpa claiming that she found our culture strange and wondering if it would accept her is a bit of joke when a recent poll established that the nation's favourite dish was Tandoori Chicken.

Jermaine Jackson's comments were put to him in a radio interview this morning. He claimed he was only stating was was said by others and that he liked and did not consider Jade to be racist.

To my best recollection, he was the only one in the house who referred to this and said that: in my country they would be referred to as white trash.