The shameful treatment of Rohingya refugees hired as extras on Our Girl is new low for BBC

THE shameful treatment of Rohingya refugees hired as extras on the BBC TV show Our Girl is scandalous.

These are some of the most vulnerable people in the world, chased out of their homeland in one of the worst examples of ethnic cleansing since the Second World War.

They’ve been let down by the international community and seen their homes razed to the ground.

All these people have left is their dignity — yet spraying them with mud for ‘authenticity’ and forcing them to relive their treatment strips them of even that.

Michelle Keegan and her co-stars on the show deserve credit for demanding better.

The BBC pays its top stars millions of pounds but seems happy to treat vulnerable people as cheap labour.

Those responsible for this scandal have embarrassed us all.

Brex to the future

THE Prime Minister delivered the best possible message to those on the Continent wondering if we’ll change our minds on Brexit — “Nein”.

There is plenty still up in the air about our relationship with our neighbours, but our departure from the bureaucratic Brussels beast is a nailed-on certainty.

It’s vital we leave with a free hand. There’s no point still being members of the Single Market as it would stop us striking deals with the rest of the world.

And that, as a new report from Tory MPs shows, is where the prize is.

Most economic growth is happening far beyond the European Union and Britain has a real chance to get in on the action.

Trade with fast-growing economies is good for consumers, good for families and good for the country.

Amid the theatrics of our Brussels negotiations, it’s vital the Government doesn’t forget that.

Labour's bombshell bill

LABOUR have been dodging questions on how much their nationalisation programme would cost for months — and now we know why.

John McDonnell’s socialist paradise becomes a lot less appealing when the bill works out at £6,500 for every family.

With no evidence that ordinary Brits have anything to gain from bringing trains, energy and water into public ownership, the plan can be exposed for what it is.

A ruinous vanity project cooked up by long-in-the-tooth Marxists that would turn the British economy into an international basket case.

And it would be hard-working families paying the price.