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and HAPPY NEW YEAR by the way
Happy new year to you and yours Pirate, hope your mum is OK. Diane Abbot is a cheeky fecker if that is true. But, there are lots of fake accounts on twitter pretending to be famous peeps.
Since a Facebook frienship with a Mr Roger Daltrey ended under unusual circumstances (the person concerned was not in fact lead singer with the loudest rock group ever and was more likely to have been a sad car salesman from Bromsgrove) I have taken all celeb postings with a pinch of salt.
Well Pirate, you were right. How that woman has the nerve to say these things after I have read about her life in various newspapers this afternoon I will never know.
Diane Abbot is a total racist and she is ignorant to boot.
I remember her ranting a good few years back about how black pupils were treated as second class citizens (I'm paraphrasing btw) and that was why so many of the boys didn't achieve in her constituency.
The truth was that it was the white boys who had the lowest achievement rates - but why let the truth get in the way of playing to the gallery.
We will only have true multiculturalism and equality when all racist statements are dealt with in the same way.
IMO Diane Abbott is a disgrace, and so is Ed Milliband, for not sacking her! It's not the first time she has made racist comments either: on the news tonight, there was a film clip of her from a newsnight type show, talking about Cameron and Clegg... saying, 'so now we have 2 posh middle class WHITE boys' in power.' Why even comment on their colour? 
And according to reports on the internet, there are many more incidents: (in addition to the ones that have been mentioned on here in the posts above...) and yet she seems to continually get away with it. Why?
It has to be said - and I don't care how clichÃĐd and predictable this sounds; if this had been a white MP spouting the same comments about black people: they would have been sacked within the hour.
And as for her saying 'my comments were taken out of context, people need to chill...' (or words to that effect: ) BULLSHIT. She knows full well what she meant, and so does everyone else, and that is why this storm has erupted.
So why has Milliband not sacked her? Is he worried it may result in race riots? Coz as I said, if she had been white and made the same comments about blacks, there would have been a MASSIVE uproar.
One of her colleagues said 'Diane is not racist and did not mean any offence: she has always worked FIERCLY for equal opportunities.' Yes she has always worked hard for equal opportunities: equal opportunities for black people.
If Diane Abbot is not sacked, it will be the ultimate example of the double standards that surround racism ...
She also made a comment recently along the line of no mother loves there child like a west Indian mother does, ehhh not really a necessary statement, she refused to apologise for that one too, I hate racism always will but I hate double standards just as much.
Originally Posted by jujubedoo:
She also made a comment recently along the line of no mother loves there child like a west Indian mother does, ehhh not really a necessary statement, she refused to apologise for that one too, I hate racism always will but I hate double standards just as much.
OMG. Silly moo. She can't keep making sweeping generalisations like this! Who does she think she is?! 
Unfortunately I honestly think that some people believe only white people can be racist! There's a Black Police Officers Association, there would be uproar if there was a White Police Officers Association 
I agree squiggle it's always been something I have found difficult to understand, it's like the music of black origin awards, my god the music of White origin awards would never be allowed to happen, like I said before I hate racism but equality is to be exactly the sam across the board and not when it suits.
The thing is, other than black/asian type people. White Europeans have no one to complain to.So who can we report her to for her racist remarks................
Agree with all of the comments above ^^^. Whether people like to admit it or not, the double standards in this country that go along with 'equal opportunities' are frankly disgusting. And yes, there WOULD be an uproar if there were things that were 'white people' only.. but nobody bats an eyelid when there is a 'black awareness week' or a 'black music award,' or as squiggle says a black police officers association and so on...
All the do-gooders harp on about how we should all be more tolerant and accept that it's a multi-cultural society now. Fair enough, but surely this should also extend to non-whites? Or is it only whites that are not allowed to be racist or bigoted? Basically, in a nutshell, non-white people are often allowed to get away with things that white people are not. Fact.
You cannot possibly expect people to be highly tolerant, when things like this happen: a black politician making racist comments,(about whites,) and they get to keep their damn job! As many have said, no white politician would have kept THEIR job if they had made similar comments about blacks.
Have to agree that Dianne Abbot is a silly cow and from my memory of her, always has been.
The comments about the unfairness of of bodies like the black police officer's association , above, I can't agree with.
We don't have a white police officer's association because in our country it is basically a white police force and it's generally not the white officers that maybe held back from promotions or treated unfairly on the basis of the colour of their skin or ethnicity.
The music of black origin awards were created to recognise and promote black music, again to redress the balance, the music industry for years was run and controlled by mainly white( with the exception of Barry Gordy) people in control of it, do we not remember that no black artist ever appeared on MTV for years, regardless of how popular any particular track was, for fear, the white bosses said, that the station would lose audience, it was only when Michael Jackson could no longer be ignored that MTV caved in and allowed his music to appear.
Having said all that Dianne Abbot is a fool.
arghh i cant add the link!
LOL
aparently dianne abbot has call for ed to resign over his racist game show comments
(i made that bit up)
There was a club in handsworth birmingham that used to have a no whites allowed sign on the door lol i kid you not that was in the late ninetys
there it is
gotta be the best typo ever
Originally Posted by Shizzlex:
There was a club in handsworth birmingham that used to have a no whites allowed sign on the door lol i kid you not that was in the late ninetys
that'll be montys or frontline i think
the monty was ok i think it was called sashas my friend went in one before shes looks mixed race and is a stunner her mom was from somewhere near hawai the girls hated her
Originally Posted by Shizzlex:
the monty was ok i think it was called sashas my friend went in one before shes looks mixed race and is a stunner her mom was from somewhere near hawai the girls hated her
vaguely remember that one, by a taxi rank i think?
proper shit holes they were but a good laugh
I used to watch her on that late night political programme with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo. The woman was an idiot - she made Portillo look good
Originally Posted by noseyrosie:
I used to watch her on that late night political programme with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo. The woman was an idiot - she made Portillo look good
I'd seen her that too, never could work out why they had her on it, Portillo may not be everyone's cup of tea but he has a good mind, mind you 'andrew neil is a prat too, so maybe thats why
Originally Posted by noseyrosie:
I used to watch her on that late night political programme with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo. The woman was an idiot - she made Portillo look good
She made me like him!
I liked her quite a bit in the early 80's, etc.; but then she came out with a couple of clangers and, while on 'this week', had her son admitted to a private boarding school (probably about 2 miles away from her home), I just had enough. If you can't rely on somebody supposedly as left wing as her, who can you rely on?
I've discussed this one with fellow party members and there doesn't seem any wish to call for her resignation.
Nevertheless at a time when racists are fallling out of the internet to offer support to the Lawrence killers, various footballers, and other nutjobs, she could have been more careful. I suppose twitter must lead people into thinking that they are having private conversations.
Pirate, I can't see anything matey 
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I've discussed this one with fellow party members and there doesn't seem any wish to call for her resignation.
Nevertheless at a time when racists are fallling out of the internet to offer support to the Lawrence killers, various footballers, and other nutjobs, she could have been more careful. I suppose twitter must lead people into thinking that they are having private conversations.
Well, with respect Joe, most Labour party members that I've known over the last 30 years seem to have the view that all white people are racist and only white people are racist; so I'm not suprised that no one wants to call for her resignation.
I'm also interested that people think she should have been 'more careful'. Would the same advice be offered to that Nick bloke (his name escapes me) from the BNP? Racism is racism in my book, she should be subject to the same condemnation as a white racist would be not advised to be more careful in hiding her anti white views.
Sorry Joe but I have a deep personal interest in the way that the anti racism rules are applied unequally and it makes me fume that anyone from an ethnic background is cut slack when they make racist statements about white people
i know!
it shows then disappears
i'll try again
Originally Posted by Veggieburger:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I've discussed this one with fellow party members and there doesn't seem any wish to call for her resignation.
Nevertheless at a time when racists are fallling out of the internet to offer support to the Lawrence killers, various footballers, and other nutjobs, she could have been more careful. I suppose twitter must lead people into thinking that they are having private conversations.
Well, with respect Joe, most Labour party members that I've known over the last 30 years seem to have the view that all white people are racist and only white people are racist; so I'm not suprised that no one wants to call for her resignation.
I'm also interested that people think she should have been 'more careful'. Would the same advice be offered to that Nick bloke (his name escapes me) from the BNP? Racism is racism in my book, she should be subject to the same condemnation as a white racist would be not advised to be more careful in hiding her anti white views.
Sorry Joe but I have a deep personal interest in the way that the anti racism rules are applied unequally and it makes me fume that anyone from an ethnic background is cut slack when they make racist statements about white people
EXACTLY! I remember the club in Birmingham well (that one that was mentioned above...) ^^^. Do anyone seriously think that someone would have been allowed to have put 'NO BLACKS ALLOWED' on ANYthing in this country? No. Equal opportunities is WAAAAAY to one-sided in the UK. Like I said earlier, white people are often called out on things that non-whites seem to get away with. If this stupid woman is not sacked, it will show the level of hypocrisy when it comes to equal opportunities in the UK.
Quite honestly, incidents like this are doing NOTHING for 'racial harmony;' in fact, any white person who is 'borderline' and is neither racist OR pro-black, is liable to tip towards being more racist towards blacks after this. A black MP makes blatantly racist comments, and the leader of her party does NOTHING! People were feeling empathy for the Lawrence family and for the black community this past few weeks, and now that has been undone IMO, by the stupid thoughtless words of a racist cretin on twitter.
Thanks by the way Pirate, for the tweet from Milliband... LOL!
i can see it!
bet its goes ina bit lol
Originally Posted by Veggieburger:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I've discussed this one with fellow party members and there doesn't seem any wish to call for her resignation.
Nevertheless at a time when racists are fallling out of the internet to offer support to the Lawrence killers, various footballers, and other nutjobs, she could have been more careful. I suppose twitter must lead people into thinking that they are having private conversations.
Well, with respect Joe, most Labour party members that I've known over the last 30 years seem to have the view that all white people are racist and only white people are racist; so I'm not suprised that no one wants to call for her resignation.
I'm also interested that people think she should have been 'more careful'. Would the same advice be offered to that Nick bloke (his name escapes me) from the BNP? Racism is racism in my book, she should be subject to the same condemnation as a white racist would be not advised to be more careful in hiding her anti white views.
Sorry Joe but I have a deep personal interest in the way that the anti racism rules are applied unequally and it makes me fume that anyone from an ethnic background is cut slack when they make racist statements about white people
Great post, Veggie.
It was, wasn't it Yogi>
Originally Posted by Cupcake:
It was, wasn't it Yogi>
eds twitter post is there now-can you see it?
thank you Pirate.. yes i can.
Originally Posted by Cupcake:
It was, wasn't it Yogi>
It was, Cupcake.
Originally Posted by Cupcake:
Do anyone seriously think that someone would have been allowed to have put 'NO BLACKS ALLOWED' on ANYthing in this country? No. Equal opportunities is WAAAAAY to one-sided in the UK. Like I said earlier, white people are often called out on things that non-whites seem to get away with. If this stupid woman is not sacked, it will show the level of hypocrisy when it comes to equal opportunities in the UK.
In fact they used to rank below Irish and Dogs, on many a B&B sign.
(Assuming your past tense is valid)
I'm still a big believer in the sticks n stones argument m'self.
I've never called for the resignation of that bloke in the EDL, BNP, UKIP, EMF, Tories or whatever and don't expect them to call for action within my party.
As Tony Benn himself declared, one puts forward a potential government and a set of policies and if the electorate don't like it they don't vote for you.
Originally Posted by Veggieburger:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I've discussed this one with fellow party members and there doesn't seem any wish to call for her resignation.
Nevertheless at a time when racists are fallling out of the internet to offer support to the Lawrence killers, various footballers, and other nutjobs, she could have been more careful. I suppose twitter must lead people into thinking that they are having private conversations.
Well, with respect Joe, most Labour party members that I've known over the last 30 years seem to have the view that all white people are racist and only white people are racist; so I'm not suprised that no one wants to call for her resignation.
I'm also interested that people think she should have been 'more careful'. Would the same advice be offered to that Nick bloke (his name escapes me) from the BNP? Racism is racism in my book, she should be subject to the same condemnation as a white racist would be not advised to be more careful in hiding her anti white views.
Sorry Joe but I have a deep personal interest in the way that the anti racism rules are applied unequally and it makes me fume that anyone from an ethnic background is cut slack when they make racist statements about white people
BRILLIANT post Veggieburger. It certainly seems that Mr Griffin is condemned for racist views (and quite rightly so,) but it seems to be OK for Ms Abbott to say what the hell she likes. Is there a saying for inverted snobbery when it relates to race and colour? If there is, then it should be applied here. I guess the phrase 'double standards' will do for now.
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
Originally Posted by Cupcake:
Do anyone seriously think that someone would have been allowed to have put 'NO BLACKS ALLOWED' on ANYthing in this country? No. Equal opportunities is WAAAAAY to one-sided in the UK. Like I said earlier, white people are often called out on things that non-whites seem to get away with. If this stupid woman is not sacked, it will show the level of hypocrisy when it comes to equal opportunities in the UK.
In fact they used to rank below Irish and Dogs, on many a B&B sign.
(Assuming your past tense is valid)
I'm still a big believer in the sticks n stones argument m'self.
I've never called for the resignation of that bloke in the EDL, BNP, UKIP, EMF, Tories or whatever and don't expect them to call for action within my party.
As Tony Benn himself declared, one puts forward a potential government and a set of policies and if the electorate don't like it they don't vote for you.
no offence joe-but youre not in the public eye ('cept on here) so she was stoopid to make a public remark like that
i dont think she's racist just a bit of a twat
