David Starkey Calls Mehdi Hasan 'Ahmed' During BBC Question Time

#jesuisahmed

@bbcquestiontime

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 15, 2015

So confusing that David Starkey is a professor of history, presumably at the same university where Sauron is Professor of Ethics #bbcqt

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 15, 2015

David Starkey #bbcqt bingo

Calls Medhi by wrong name

Shouts down woman

Calls abused children seducers

Smears 1.6 billion people

— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) January 15, 2015

Well done Ahmed, you did us proud! @mehdirhasanpic.twitter.com/m6aFt4UBzJ

— HuffPostUKPolitics (@HuffPostUKPol) January 15, 2015

Mehdi Hasan : 'my name is Mehdi not Ahmed' slams David Starkey who will go down in history as an idiot. Except in his own books. #bbcqt

— Occupy London (@OccupyLondon) January 15, 2015

Time to stop giving David Starkey a platform. Addressing Mehdi Hasan as Ahmed is not on, on or off national television. #bbcqt

— Ryan Love (@RyanJL) January 15, 2015

Only men like David Starkey with in depth knowledge of Islam would know that every Muslim's second name is Ahmed. #BBCQT

— Junaid (@Its_JunaidS) January 15, 2015

Think only way David Starkey can recover embarrassing situation of calling @mehdirhasan "Ahmed" is to declare "je suis mehdir" PDQ #bbcqt

— Olly Grender (@OllyGrender) January 15, 2015

BREAKING! All historians 'to be held responsible' for David Starkey #bbcqt

— News Thump (@newsthump) January 15, 2015

Still cracking up at David Starkey calling Mehdi Hasan 'Ahmed'. Worth staying in for, that. #bbcqt

— Erin Brown (@BrownLeahErin) January 15, 2015

Trying to work out which League Of Gentlemen character David Starkey reminds me of most. #BBCQTpic.twitter.com/LItvFDyBQq

— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) January 15, 2015

Just to clarify, David Starkey did indeed call @mehdirhasan 'Ahmed' while trying to demonstrate his knowledge of Islam #bbcqt

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) January 15, 2015

Can't believe David Starkey just called @mehdirhasan 'Ahmed' - there's no way that was a genuine mistake. #bbcqt

— Barry McGee (@barrymcgee) January 15, 2015

Rampant xenophobe David Starkey calls @mehdirhasan 'Ahmed' on #bbcqt - you couldn't make it up. Could the BBC just stop inviting this idiot?

— Asim Haneef (@Asimhaneef) January 15, 2015

Lol, his name is Mehdi, not Ahmed David Starkey. #bbcqt

— Raza Saab (@RazaSaab) January 15, 2015

still cringing at david starkey calling mehdi hasan 'ahmed' #bbcqt

— Emilia Barter (@EmiliaBarter) January 15, 2015