Diane Abbott loses Whip after racism row...

[SueEllen]

Just because you don't agree with their perfectly legal views doesn't make them vile! Abbots views were racist, its not the first time. Bravo for Labour's Blackshirts!

Oh did they not sit at the back of the bus?

Braverman's views have incited racial hatred.

Personally I view Braverman, Corbyn and Abbott all equally as ignorant and nasty.

[d000hg]

I have little nice to say about Diane and government will probably be better without her but this is clearly a case of the snake devouring itself as even the people arguing for tolerance and hyper-sensitivity are tripped up by the 'rules' changing faster than they can keep up.

What she actually said is exactly the sort of thing you might expect someone like Fabricant to say and it would get some furore but not much more.

They should find a ginger Irish Jew to interview about it

[xoggoth]

I bet that twat Harry has raised predudice against gingers.

[vetran]

Braverman's views have incited racial hatred.

Personally I view Braverman, Corbyn and Abbott all equally as ignorant and nasty.

She has repeated facts.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...acist-rhetoric

Earlier this month, the home secretary said grooming gangs were almost entirely made up of British Pakistani men, whom she said “hold cultural attitudes completely incompatible with British values”

That would be a statement of fact, have a check of convictions.

And last November there was an outcry after she said the small boats crossing the Channel amounted to an “invasion” of migrants.

An incursion by a large number of people or things into a place or sphere of activity.
"there was a brief pitch invasion when United scored"

Not sure she is on point here because as the story unfolds the publican does seem to have unpleasant views.

In recent days Braverman has once more been accused of racial insensitivity after a source close to her said she had criticised Essex police for confiscating a set of racist dolls that had been put on display in the White Hart Inn in Grays.

[SueEllen]

She has repeated facts.

No she hadn't.

[WTFH]

No she hadn't.

She might have done by accident once.

As for grooming, I guess priests don't count as gangs, and you need to be more selective in location/date etc.

[vetran]

No she hadn't.

which of those are not facts?

[sadkingbilly]

Vile person I suspect she only gets away with spewing idiocy and bile because of her ethnicity.

what's Your excuse?

[vetran]

She might have done by accident once. Well both of the facts I presented are true.

As for grooming, I guess priests don't count as gangs, and you need to be more selective in location/date etc.

No priests don't count as gangs. They are part of an organisation, if the perverts common link was the Rotary club, or even the Police would they be a gang?

Gangs actively grooming kids, not God fearing perverts individually abusing choirs and the pope downwards turning a blind eye.

But yes the nice Christians were given a free pass by the Police for fear of their faith / culture being seen as being persecuted. Just as the Pakistani grooming gangs.

[David71]

They should find a ginger Irish Jew to interview about it

I can supply a ginger Welsh Jew if you want; eldest two daughters turned out olive skinned, dark eyes etc. youngest turned out bright ginger (toned down a bit now) pale skinned and freckled! I'm not sure but when another kid in her high school told her he wished Hitler had finished the job, I don't think he was referring to her hair colour.

Abbott is an example of 'soft' anti-Semitism; if you have a bit of time to spare then David Baddiels' 'Jews don't count' is really worth a watch.