Comments on: Labour are still afraid of the BNP

By: JuliaM

JuliaM — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:34:52 +0000

I'd be interested to know, LfaT, if you still consider Denham one of the 'smarter and more impressive members of the Cabinet' after reading this..?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:20:57 +0000

Well a few years back I worked for a certain “ethical” bank, when I was told (after obtaining two degrees, one part time and te other as a scholarship) that I would not be eligible for promotion as the new policy was to give preference to ethnic minorities and women I told them where to stick the job and left. Most people could not care less about the race or gender of their colleagues provided that they have the necessary skills to do the job. “Positive discrimination” demeans many of those who are selected to benefit, did they have the skills or are they just there to “tick the boxes”?
The likes of the BNP thrive when they can claim that your job/lifestyle is being given to somebody else (generally foreign and there is enough “evidence” to support the viewpoint.

By: Shaun Pilkington

Shaun Pilkington — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:52:46 +0000

Well, LFAT, *my* pet sectional interest group *is* obviously more important than yours and deserves a bigger piece of the pie!

And so on.

I’ve got industrial amounts of popcorn in to watch what should really be the last legalised bloodsport in the UK: Lefty-Fight!

By: LFAT

LFAT — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:46:44 +0000

Well, quite, but deciding what needs to be done always seems to trip up Labour in spectacular style.

By: Bill Quango MP

Bill Quango MP — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:40:09 +0000

There’s always more to be done. And old inequalities and prejudices take a long time to melt away.
As my Irish Grandad said when when he phoned the council to fix a leaking roof, and was fobbed off,
“Well, Dat’s jus typical. First, Potato Famine and now dis!”

By: LFAT

LFAT — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:00:50 +0000

Julia, he is still a smart dwarf, though.

Shaun, not sure Harriet was involved. I think Denham is trying to carve a niche for himself and he doesn’t want to be seen anywhere near Harman’s loony agenda.

Talwin, I expect Denham will happily watch Old Labour fade, just like Mandelson.

Scan, thanks.

VR, here we go again – are the BNP left or right-wing? Discuss….

By: vulpus_rex

vulpus_rex — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:09 +0000

“acknowledged that the far-right gains where”

Where were these gains then? I can’t think of any far-right party making any gains anywhere.

I can on the other hand think of places where the left-wing BNP are making much capital out of Labour’s failures.

By: Scan

Scan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:04:43 +0000

LFaT, an eloquently and precisely targeted argument for what is a very common train of thought. Top post.

By: Talwin

Talwin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:54:26 +0000

LFAT, I think the comment in your the last paragraph about the Labour leadership probably best identifies what’s going on here. As Denham is one of the more anonymous members of the government the chances are he sees this as a calculated chance to put down early his own leadership marker.

Expect much more of this sort of thing over the next few weeks.

By: Shaun Pilkington

Shaun Pilkington — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:26:59 +0000

I think Harriet has been out with the cattle-prod again…