Katie Hopkins wants ‘euthanasia vans’ for the elderly

Katie Hopkins is “super-keen on euthanasia vans” and says there are “far too many old people”.

The media personality— who launches her own panel show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled The World, next month — said it is “ridiculous” to live in a country “where we can put dogs to sleep but not people”.

She recently admitted regretting the extreme language she used against migrants, in a column she wrote in The Sun entitled ‘Rescue boats? I’d use gunships to stop migrants’.

In an interview by Michael Buerk, in Radio Times magazine, Hopkins said: “We just have far too many old people.” She added: “It’s ridiculous to be living in a country where we can put dogs to sleep, but not people.”

Asked for her solution, she said: “Easy. Euthanasia vans — just like ice-cream vans — that would come to your home.”

The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant added: “It would all be perfectly charming. They might even have a nice little tune they’d play. I mean this genuinely. I’m super-keen on euthanasia vans. We need to accept that just because medical advances mean we can live longer, it’s not necessarily the right thing to do.”

The 40-year-old mother of three also voiced her support for separating children in class. “They split you into A and B streams, which was great because you knew you were with the bright ones.”