like i said before, you are setting the bar very low. pidgin speakers are completely capable of learning english as well as you and me. but the BBC is sending a message that says, "its okay to just get by with pidgin." thats insulting to pidgin speakers. pushing high expectations from every person forces all people to succeed.
many indians from india speak perfect english in india without resorting to a broken english. they were, as you say, "messed up" as a nation by colonialism.
by the way, ad hominem attacks during a debate... its disappointing that youd stoop to that.
It's not a question of capabilities, language is a lot like music, it has different rhythms and rhymes, certain aspects of English such as asking questions or expressing concern or joy, require intonation. Many non native speakers speak English in the rhythm of their native tongues, which makes it seem like they're speaking broken English but they're not.
It's difficult but possible to train the tongue and mind to adapt to a new rhythm and rhyme so many people just learn English by the book and carry their accent. They're speaking English with the rhythm of their own language.
There's no such thing as perfect English, Brits are anal about grammar but even as a native speaker I'm always using colloquial language.
What's insulting is creating a standard of competency which is what you're doing. The BBC is catering to people who find it easier to read in pidgin, and others who speak pidgin variants. I don't see how this is lowering them, the fact we're referring to them as 'them' is problematic in itself
Indians have one of the strongest accents out there, they don't include articles and prepositions sometimes when talking (non-native speakers of English) and this can be similar to pidgin English speakers. From experience the Indians I've taught grammar too had problems with intonation and pronunciation so when speaking or writing they confuse their phonemes. Again, pidgin English speakers are the same, it's not so much an issue when you can perfectly understand what the individual is saying