The BBC was last night investigating the possibility of transmitting an alternative "vuvuzela free" version of its World Cup coverage as the fierce debate over the buzz of the horn looked set to be heading for football grounds all over Britain. The BBC has received 220 complaints and, while it is committed to reflecting the atmosphere in the stadiums on its main coverage, it is believed to be looking into providing a so-called "clean" feed that would strip out the majority of crowd noise, via the red button.
Fucking things
South African organisers have hit back encouraging visitors to export them back to their own countries. Sainsbury's sold 22,000 red vuvuzelas in twelve hours before England's game, that's one every two seconds. The supermarket chain has ordered 25,000 extra horns but thinks it may run out before Friday's game against Algeria. "Vuvuzelas are here to stay and will never be banned," said Rich Mkhondo, a spokesman for the local World Cup organising committee. "People love the vuvuzelas around the world. Only a minority are against vuvuzelas."
Yes, dear, but I think you will find that in countries outside of South Africa, minorities have a voice?
