Scenario: Gordon Brown is doing a walkabout in Rochdale. Talks to stupid old woman who is angry over government debt and "all these eastern Europeans what are coming in." Gets back in car, not realising he is still wearing TV microphone. Describes stupid woman as "bigoted."
In what kind of twisted society is this labelled a "gaffe"?
Politicians, in their idiotic attempts to win over the "common man" frequently tell us that it's not racist to express concern over immigration. But there is no valid concern over immigration. The UK has reaped the benefits of immigration throughout its history. There are as many people leaving the UK as there are coming in. Immigrants do not have unfair advantages over anyone else. Immigrants are not to blame for the recession. Immigrants are NOT taking our jobs and immigrants have as much right to be here as anyone else.
So yes: expressing concern over immigration does make you a racist, because there are no valid concerns to be expressed.
The PM made what he believed to be a private comment. The media swooped, barely containing their glee when they informed the stupid old hag what he had said about her. The whole event was immediately blown out of proportion - taking up much of the evening news broadcasts as well as the North West regional news programmes. Twitter is on fire (although it has to be said that reaction seems mostly pro-Gordon). Many people say they have increased respect for Gordo, and I admit that I count myself amongst that number. Of course, he has to apologise because unfortunately there are plenty of racist cunts whose vote he needs to win the election. But make no mistake, he revealed today that, although he knows he has to appeal to those who are concerned over immigrants (i.e. racists), he knows deep down that immigration is not Britain's problem.
I cannot for the life of me understand why the three main political parties persist in perpetuating the delusion that immigration is a significant issue. All the main problems caused in UK politics have been caused by white British men. Most problems in this country eminate from the fact that we have too many people who are overpaid, undertaxed and too selfish to contribute fairly to society. This in turn means that there are too many people who are underpaid, angry, out of work, living in poverty, poorly educated, receiving poor health services, not getting paid enough pension or benefits money, disillusioned, apathetic, victims of crime, at risk of engaging in crime, alienated, turning to substance abuse and subject to a plethora of other social problems. Helping these people should be the priority of all British politicians, whilst the Tories in particular only care about securing the votes of those who don't really need state support.
It's about time the three main parties acknowledged this fact and confronted the immigration issue. They can't hope to win on this by tough-talking on the issue - after all, none of them are as hardline on the issue as the BNP or even UKIP. So why not get together and push the message that immigration is NOT a problem in Britain and that blaming immigrants for our problems IS racist and unacceptable? Why not publish the figures that back up the truth: that immigrants don't get priority for housing, that they don't get preferential treatment in applying for jobs, that there aren't that many of them, that they don't commit disproportionate amounts of crime and that they are fundamental to the UK economy? Why are they letting the racists gain ground on this issue? If they got together, they could demolish the BNP without breaking a sweat.
It's a shame that isn't likely to happen, but nonetheless today's events have reassured me that Gordon Brown is the best man to run the country of the three main party leaders. Any lingering prospect of me voting Lib Dem disappeared when Nick Clegg declared that he would NEVER say something about someone behind their back. Bull-fucking-shit. We all say things we don't mean in public in order to be diplomatic. This isn't being two-faced, it's being polite. It's a sign that you're not a fucking moron.
As for Gillian Duffy, the ignorant cunt bitch who started all of this, rumours are she will sell her "story" to a tabloid paper for upwards of £50K. And she's probably also handed the election to the Tories. Not bad for a "lifelong Labour voter."
Meanwhile, here is a blog post from an Eastern European woman living in the UK. Puts it all in perspective:
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