The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published 10:43 - May 25 with 2115 views | Steve_M | You'll all be surprised to know that anti-Muslim sentiment is a big problem within the party. There really is no need to deflect this post into Whataboutery about Corbyn and Labour btw. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:47 - May 25 with 1789 views | Swansea_Blue | Interesting 'apology' if he thinks that sort of language is only unacceptable to a Prime Minister. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:52 - May 25 with 1750 views | Basuco | It looks to me that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is happy to use the offending language but Prime Minister Johnson is not. Or have I read that wrong? |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:55 - May 25 with 1734 views | Steve_M |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:47 - May 25 by Swansea_Blue | Interesting 'apology' if he thinks that sort of language is only unacceptable to a Prime Minister. |
Yes, although it is perhaps, marginally more honest that the 'I was young and foolish' defence normally used in such circumstances. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:57 - May 25 with 1723 views | Beckets |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:55 - May 25 by Steve_M | Yes, although it is perhaps, marginally more honest that the 'I was young and foolish' defence normally used in such circumstances. |
Or the it was just banter excuse. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:57 - May 25 with 1723 views | Pinewoodblue |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:52 - May 25 by Basuco | It looks to me that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is happy to use the offending language but Prime Minister Johnson is not. Or have I read that wrong? |
A ‘good’ journalist targets his audience hence Boris found it acceptable to use such language when writing the likes of the Mail or Times. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 11:03 - May 25 with 1701 views | Swansea_Blue |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:55 - May 25 by Steve_M | Yes, although it is perhaps, marginally more honest that the 'I was young and foolish' defence normally used in such circumstances. |
I suppose so. I find it hard to look past the actions of the Home Office under his government. That says more about their views on racism than anything coming out of Johnson's mouth. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 11:11 - May 25 with 1666 views | BlueNomad | The hypocrites had no problem going after Labour when they were found to have anti-semiticism in the party......... [Post edited 25 May 2021 11:11]
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:09 - May 25 with 1593 views | Herbivore | Not sure this report has taken context into account. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:20 - May 25 with 1551 views | Radlett_blue |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 11:11 - May 25 by BlueNomad | The hypocrites had no problem going after Labour when they were found to have anti-semiticism in the party......... [Post edited 25 May 2021 11:11]
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And a survey of anti-muslim sentiment among Labour voters might also be interesting.... |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:24 - May 25 with 1541 views | HARRY10 |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 11:11 - May 25 by BlueNomad | The hypocrites had no problem going after Labour when they were found to have anti-semiticism in the party......... [Post edited 25 May 2021 11:11]
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The difference there being what was deemed anti-Semitic was anti Israel, spouted by certain sections of Labour activists Whereas anti Muslim views are right across the board within Tory members and voters And generally feed into a view of 'them' not belonging here, a view which is not unique to the above two groups. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:29 - May 25 with 1515 views | mrshallisfit | But surprise surprise there wont be a big fuss in the media as there would be over Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:35 - May 25 with 1492 views | Timefliesbyintheblue |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:24 - May 25 by HARRY10 | The difference there being what was deemed anti-Semitic was anti Israel, spouted by certain sections of Labour activists Whereas anti Muslim views are right across the board within Tory members and voters And generally feed into a view of 'them' not belonging here, a view which is not unique to the above two groups. |
I guess HARRY10 you are saying that Labour racism is not as bad as Conservative racism; and whereas Labour racism is kept within certain sections of the party and not spread to voters, Conservative racism is shared by all who dare to think Tory, get elected as a Tory, or vote Tory. Just asking..... |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:37 - May 25 with 1488 views | Beckets |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:29 - May 25 by mrshallisfit | But surprise surprise there wont be a big fuss in the media as there would be over Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. |
You cynic. I expect the Express will go big on this story. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:41 - May 25 with 1476 views | footers | It speaks volumes about the PM's character that he apologises for offence taken, but not for causing it in the first place. Any real man would hold their hands up and apologise properly, but not this cowardly cockwomble. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:46 - May 25 with 1447 views | Bent_double | It'll be interesting to see if this is picked up as one of the main stories on BBC/ITV news, or not. If it were Labour, it would be headline news, with any number of Tory MPs wheeled out to say how disgraceful it is. Any chance Starmer will be able to actually make life uncomfortable for the government for a while with this? |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:48 - May 25 with 1425 views | tractordownsouth | This may well be grounds for an EHRC investigation. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:50 - May 25 with 1411 views | Beckets |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:46 - May 25 by Bent_double | It'll be interesting to see if this is picked up as one of the main stories on BBC/ITV news, or not. If it were Labour, it would be headline news, with any number of Tory MPs wheeled out to say how disgraceful it is. Any chance Starmer will be able to actually make life uncomfortable for the government for a while with this? |
I’m confident Kuenessberg will be keeping her head down on this one. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:58 - May 25 with 1376 views | Bobbychase | The depressing thing is, the people who voted him in - a lot of them anyway - don't care. In fact they probably like him more for it. TELLS IT LIKE IT IS |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:03 - May 25 with 1357 views | Darth_Koont |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 12:35 - May 25 by Timefliesbyintheblue | I guess HARRY10 you are saying that Labour racism is not as bad as Conservative racism; and whereas Labour racism is kept within certain sections of the party and not spread to voters, Conservative racism is shared by all who dare to think Tory, get elected as a Tory, or vote Tory. Just asking..... |
Labour antisemitism is/was exaggerated. Tory racism across the board is largely ignored and/or normalised by a right-wing press. This of course is backed up by research and is apparent to anyone who has looked deeper than the very headlines of that same press. What we also need to do is ensure that the same normalisation doesn’t continue for the next minority to be fully in the sights of the right wing like refugees, travellers and the trans community. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:07 - May 25 with 1330 views | Beckets |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:03 - May 25 by Darth_Koont | Labour antisemitism is/was exaggerated. Tory racism across the board is largely ignored and/or normalised by a right-wing press. This of course is backed up by research and is apparent to anyone who has looked deeper than the very headlines of that same press. What we also need to do is ensure that the same normalisation doesn’t continue for the next minority to be fully in the sights of the right wing like refugees, travellers and the trans community. |
I think you’ll find they’ve already started on the refugees. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:18 - May 25 with 1297 views | Darth_Koont |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:07 - May 25 by Beckets | I think you’ll find they’ve already started on the refugees. |
Yeah, you’re right, of course. I meant more that when the major focus on Muslims slips away then they’ll be attacking refugees for being refugees. Before it’s often been as Muslims and as potential Islamist terrorists. Then it’ll be because the UK is seen as a soft touch and these “swarms” want to take advantage of “us” ... rather than because they’re refugees with rights and have even been displaced by our own foreign adventures. Of course, the truth is that the UK is already one of the least accommodating Western countries to refugees. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:27 - May 25 with 1260 views | Beckets |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:18 - May 25 by Darth_Koont | Yeah, you’re right, of course. I meant more that when the major focus on Muslims slips away then they’ll be attacking refugees for being refugees. Before it’s often been as Muslims and as potential Islamist terrorists. Then it’ll be because the UK is seen as a soft touch and these “swarms” want to take advantage of “us” ... rather than because they’re refugees with rights and have even been displaced by our own foreign adventures. Of course, the truth is that the UK is already one of the least accommodating Western countries to refugees. |
And the travellers via changes to legislation proposed and aired in March this year. |  | |  |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:35 - May 25 with 1237 views | Darth_Koont |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 13:27 - May 25 by Beckets | And the travellers via changes to legislation proposed and aired in March this year. |
Indeed. But I’m guessing that we’ll see more and more of this as we move away from BAME racism that has rightly been called out. It’s a form of politics that is often fuelled by “othering” minorities so we need to be vigilant and extra-protective of the minorities that will fill the void. |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 14:22 - May 25 with 1164 views | positivity |
The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 10:47 - May 25 by Swansea_Blue | Interesting 'apology' if he thinks that sort of language is only unacceptable to a Prime Minister. |
maybe he'll resign to spend more time with his racism? |  |
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The Singh report into racism in the Tory Party has been published on 14:24 - May 25 with 1159 views | Cheltenham_Blue | The key line in that is, "Now I am Prime Minister". When I am no longer Prime Minister I will be free to communicate my feelings fully. |  |
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