Chris McCausland to deliver Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message
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Comedian and Strictly Come Dancing winner will appeal for an end to discrimination against disabled people. This year’s alternative Christmas message on Channel 4 will be an impassioned appeal by the comedian Chris McCausland calling for an end to discrimination against disabled people.
Earlier in the month McCausland became the first blind person to win Strictly Come Dancing while being hailed as a saviour of the troubled programme, and will now give the alternative to monarch’s annual televised address, which was first initiated in 1993.
He will say in the speech that disabled people are “often some of the most resilient, creative and determined people you will ever likely meet”. The speech will begin with a metaphor about his love for mince pies and equality. “I don’t care if they’re the posh ones or the cheap ones, I don’t care if they’re the big ones or those tiny little dinky ones, whether it’s got a solid top or a lattice crown,” he will say.
“I will never discriminate against any sort of mince pie, all of them are equal to me and will no doubt meet the same undignified end as I try and fit it all in my mouth in one go.”. McCausland will appeal for more resources to be given to the government’s access to work scheme, which gives support to people with a disability or health condition so they can return to employment. It currently has a huge backlog.
