Lee Anderson defects to Reform

[Bod ...]

Trolling ?

If he called them trolls then I agree

 

[Bod ...]

Trolling ?

This is racist

Black Britons feel hurt by Hester attack on Diane Abbott, says ex-Tory adviser

Samuel Kasumu responds to party donor telling colleagues that looking at Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’

www.theguardian.com

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Definitely trolling then

 

[aveatry]

He says racist things, so yes. He is.

At best he's a bigot, assuming you don't treat Muslims or Pakistani heritage people as a race.

Just trying to work this out, is he a racist because he said a racist remark or was he always a racist including when he was on the labour council

 

[JohnD]

"12/03/2024 Ministers admit comments reportedly made by Conservative donor were racist"

(Hester)

Six O'Clock News - 12/03/2024 Ministers admit comments reportedly made by Conservative donor were racist - 12/03/2024 Ministers admit comments reportedly made by Conservative donor were racist - BBC Sounds

Frank Hester reportedly said the MP Diane Abbott made him "want to hate all black women"

www.bbc.co.uk

Sunak has tried to brush it under the carpet.

I wonder why?

"Mr Hester donated £10m to the Tories last year, including a £5m donation to Rishi Sunak that came from him personally and another £5m that came from his healthcare software firm in November, Electoral Commission records show."

 

[IT Minion]

Just trying to work this out, is he a racist because he said a racist remark or was he always a racist including when he was on the labour council

Yep, he was then too. He was suspended for it. Then he joined the Tories.

 

[noseall]

Just trying to work this out, is he a racist because he said a racist remark or was he always a racist including when he was on the labour council

He's probably more the Boris variety of racist - i.e. the populist racist.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Just trying to work this out, is he a racist because he said a racist remark or was he always a racist including when he was on the labour council

Anybody can be racist, you are not automatically immune just because you are in a certain party.

But why has he ended up in the Reform party ? The only place where supporters lap up such comments ?

 

[aveatry]

He's probably more the Boris variety of racist - i.e. the populist racist.

So he's only pretending to be racist to get votes then

 

[blup]

William Vague and Quasi Kwarten have both said the comment was racist. Rishy is on borrowed time with this, he will have to repay the £10 million

 

[blup]

37 times DA tried to get the speakers attention today in parliament, but there wasn't enough time to allow her to speak. More blatant bias from the Speaker, sheep, lamb, hung etc

 

[carmanmemoranda]

So he's only pretending to be racist to get votes then

No. He has found an audience and is running to the front of it.

Populism

 

[JonathanM]

37 times DA tried to get the speakers attention today in parliament, but there wasn't enough time to allow her to speak. More blatant bias from the Speaker, sheep, lamb, hung etc

I thought you were a stickler for conventions?

“Convention is that everyone who is on the written order paper gets called first, and she wasn’t on the order paper. But sometimes you have to break convention. I would have liked to see her called.”

 

[noseall]

So he's only pretending to be racist to get votes then

More, picks and choses when and where.

 

[blup]

I thought you were a stickler for conventions?

"The informal and unpublished list of those who have given notice is used by the Chair to calculate the length of any time limit on speeches and determine the order in which to call speakers." Relatively easy to exclude someone by packing out the list of those who give prior notice. The speaker ignores protocol when it suits him and follows it when it suits him.