Many Conservatives can get a bit ratty about those of us in the Labour and Lib Dem parties jumping up and down and pointing the finger when there is a racist in their ranks.
Well just to show that here in the Labour Party we are doing so out of decency and not bias, I have to declare I am not impressed with Councillor Bob Piper's latest wheeze about the Conservatives!
I am sure that this was a moment of stupidity and thoughtlessness (at least I hope so), but I hope he apologises to all concerned and removes that offending post a.s.a.p because there is no place for that in the Labour Party!
UPDATE: Bob has apologised and removed the offending post. I doubt he was being deliberate (at least I hope not), but I humbly ask all fellow Labour activists to stop and engage with their brain before attacking Cameron in a satirical fashion! Because clearly one or two seem to have been so enthusiastic at participating in the fine and noble art of Tory bashing ,that they have failed to look at their choice of weapons!
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I think the post originated over at Ministry of Truth. I'm not sure whether it is racist (and I'm sure it wasn't intended to be) but I agree with you that it is distasteful and worse than that not very funny.
Unity at Ministry of truth has a convulated explanation as to why it is ok to offend in this way but I am not convinced. I believe Bob has took the post down because someone at the race equality board has complained.
What does annoy me is that if the Tories did this then there would be an uproar from the same people!
>>> What does annoy me is that if the Tories did this then there would be an uproar from the same people!
You presume to know a lot about how I'd react to such an image had it been produced by a Tory, despite the fact that I think I've long since established that I'm not the kind of person to follow the herd.
If a Tory produced a racist image, then of course I'd condemn them.
If, however, they produced an image that uses racially loaded iconography to make a serious point, whether its about the current state of race relations or some other matter, then I'd judge the image on its merits and respond accordingly - even to the point of defending them against other Labour members who cannot or will not look beyond tired political tribalism.
I'm quite capable of defending myself, and if needs be, I'll be standing up for Bob Piper if the CRE or SBE want to make something of it.
And as for a certain person from a local Race Equality body - when he and his organisation get off their backsides to do something about the local BNP presence in our area, then he earns the right to criticise. And I'm certainly not the only local member to feel that way.
http://conservativemindblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/message-from-councillor-rowdy-bobby.html
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