[arista]

[Pat Glass apologises for her comments after a
gaffe reminiscent of Gordon Brown's "bigoted woman"
remark during the 2010 election.]



http://news.sky.com/story/1698925/sh...orrible-racist

Lucky it was Radio



[It came during a radio interview when she described an
exchange with a voter who said a Polish family
living in the town were “scroungers”.
“The very first person I come to was a horrible racist,”
she told BBC Radio Derby. “I’m never coming back to wherever this is.”]

[Crimson Dynamo]

just shows you what a total farce half of the "oh i was speaking to voters on the doorstep this week" bollocks that politicians come out with

This ridiculous woman had no idea where she was or could care less about their concerns

Typical labour - oh they expressed a concern about immigration=racism

disgusting

[arista]

[Typical labour - oh they expressed a concern about immigration=racism

disgusting ]


Bang On Right LT

[user104658]

If they were banging on about "Polish Scroungers" I'd be willing to hazard a guess that she wasn't far wrong about this person. I know the type. They bloody well are bigots and racists

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If they were banging on about "Polish Scroungers" I'd be willing to hazard a guess that she wasn't far wrong about this person. I know the type. They bloody well are bigots and racists

They may well be polish scroungers or that person may not have said that or in the context we expect, or they may well be misinformed but that is bye the bye

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

They may well be polish scroungers or that person may not have said that or in the context we expect, or they may well be misinformed but that is bye the bye

The unironic use of the Tory gutterpress term "scroungers" in any context tells me everything I need to know about a person, to be honest.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If they were banging on about "Polish Scroungers" I'd be willing to hazard a guess that she wasn't far wrong about this person. I know the type. They bloody well are bigots and racists

ah right!



that will be why she apologised.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

ah right!



that will be why she apologised.

She apologised because politicians have to keep up a good public image, and the general public is full of these Sun-reading, thick-as-pig-**** plebs. If you want to play the politics game you have to appease these people.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

She apologised because politicians have to keep up a good public image, and the general public is full of these Sun-reading, thick-as-pig-**** plebs. If you want to play the politics game you have to appease these people.

so she's basically weak and hollow.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

so she's basically weak and hollow.

Naturally; she is a politician, after all.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

She apologised because politicians have to keep up a good public image, and the general public is full of these Sun-reading, thick-as-pig-**** plebs. If you want to play the politics game you have to appease these people.

I agree TS.

That is very sadly true and even sadder still is while admittedly there are bad Politicians in all political parties, there are also some truly offensive and thoroughly unpleasant voters too.
Who in my view, often warrant responses to their bigotry and prejudice which appear offensive back,from politicians or indeed anyone else.

[the truth]

More reverse racism and reverse bigotry from this awful party.Earth to Labour your time is up. They're the most bigoted party of all.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by the truth

More reverse racism and reverse bigotry from this awful party.Earth to Labour your time is up. They're the most bigoted party of all.

Reverse racism doesn't exist, dear. It's a concept made up by people who desperately want to be opressed.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Reverse racism doesn't exist, dear. It's a concept made up by people who desperately want to be opressed.

Yes it does dear you just choose to ignore it as it's not part of your agenda or self interest

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by the truth

Yes it does dear you just choose to ignore it as it's not part of your agenda or self interest

You brand anyone who doesn't agree with your misogyny a bigot.

Pot and Kettle springs to mind.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

You brand anyone who doesn't agree with your misogyny a bigot.

Pot and Kettle springs to mind.

Your misandry exposes your true agenda

[Kizzy]

Gordon was right too, it is bigotry. So like it or not she was right. To say she wasn't going back to wherever it was is wrong, why tar everyone with the same brush?

[joeysteele]

Unbelievable that she forgot where she was, although I have at times when rushing around.

The general acceptance of the incident was that the person said they were Polish scroungers.
Had that been said about anyone from Pakistan or India for instance,they would have likely, and rightly in my view, had a talking to or been even arrested for a possible racist or offensive public comment.

Politicians really need to be careful of what they say now anywhere, as depending on the party,mainstream or not any unguarded comments will be headline news it seems.
UKIP have suffered badly from that in the past for silly comments made by their supporters or candidates too.

If the person who said they were Polish scroungers as a family without really knowing them but just knew of them, then maybe what this MP said back was justifiably what that person warranted being said to them.

Does this sort of thing affect voters,probably not, the mentioning of Gordon Brown's incident from 2010,still resulted in the lady he had the problem with,supporting Labour and indeed them still winning the seat of Rochdale too.
Another storm in a teacup.

[Northern Monkey]

This caller may actually have Polish scroungers on their street

Plus if the claim was unfounded then it would be xenophobia not racism.

The problem with politicians is that they live in their nice little houses in their lovely areas and they don't see what goes on in the average persons daily life.So they band about words like "racist" when people are voicing their legitimate concerns.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

This caller may actually have Polish scroungers on their street

Plus if the claim was unfounded then it would be xenophobia not racism.

The problem with politicians is that they live in their nice little houses in their lovely areas and they don't see what goes on in the average persons daily life.So they band about words like "racist" when people are voicing their legitimate concerns.

Monkey, banging that old nail on the head again...

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Livia

Monkey, banging that old nail on the head again...

Just call me.......


The carpenter

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

This caller may actually have Polish scroungers on their street

Plus if the claim was unfounded then it would be xenophobia not racism.

The problem with politicians is that they live in their nice little houses in their lovely areas and they don't see what goes on in the average persons daily life.So they band about words like "racist" when people are voicing their legitimate concerns.

This caller may have had a Polish family on their street, how that gives them an insight into their financial affairs I don't know.
The problem with bigots is they don't know enough about the average persons daily life so they band about words like 'scrounger' and have no legitimate concerns.

[DemolitionRed]

Its not racism, its ignorance and the problem with ignorance is, it can easily come over as a bigoted political attitude. Instead of Labour walking away from or even apologising for insulting an ignorant person, its time they came up with a plan to make these numb skulls more financially literate about how immigration works within our economy because until they do that, they are on a hiding to nothing. One things for sure...you can't argue with ignorance.

[Northern Monkey]

It is correct that "reverse racism" is bollocks and does'nt exist.

It is just racism and anybody white,black,brown or yellow can experience it and perpetrate it.Nobody is immune from racism.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

It is correct that "reverse racism" is bollocks and does'nt exist.

It is just racism and anybody white,black,brown or yellow can experience it and perpetrate it.Nobody is immune from racism.

Total contradiction. Reverse racism does exist. Its still just racism only its the previously oppressed people choosing to be racist against the perceived previous oppressors. Reverse sexism also exists as we see the ill-treatment of men and fathers in particular who have far less rights than mothers. women only shortlists totally sexist, illegal and anti democratic, even this storm over male only clubs, there are 1000s more women only clubs and no one says a word. double standards, reverse bigotry