Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Left and right are not equal. The Tories thrive on grift and racism, it is just what they do. The progressive left, which Labour can on occasion see on the distant horizon, is quite the opposite. As such gammon trigger-words such as ‘deport’ used to attack BAME folk is utterly unacceptable. I would expect such language from Farage, Johnson and other alt-right agitators, but no way in hell would anyone like Caroline Lucas, Layla Moran etc ever make such a fundamentally and so obviously offensive statement. Let alone actually take the time and effort to compose it on Twitter. Social media allows thinking time that real life doesn’t. Hit the ‘post reply’ button and you absolutely own it. If I understand this correctly this is the leader of theUnite union too, so a £150k+ a year plus expenses job. Zero excuses for not thinking before you post on that money IMHO.
Tony, taking a few words out of a post is a bit disingenuous. I would have hoped that after 18 years you would know me well enough to work out that I am not racist and never have been. FFS.. I'm about to become a Grandfather to a mixed race child and could not be more pleased.
Feel free to be indignant about the use of the word 'deport', by attaching connotations which the word simply does not attract. Deport means simply to forcibly expel from a country. It does not apply to any particular race and deportations are not solely applied to BAME individuals.
More importantly,, my post was not intended in any way to either praise or denigrate the famous 'Tweet' and I'm not going to even bother getting into the 'merits' or otherwise of Patel and her actions. My post was simply intended to highlight the very different approaches taken by Labour and the Tories in dealing with such matters.
You know as well as I do that the Tories casually dismiss far greater wrongdoing.. and far more frequently.. with seemingly..no effect on their ratings. That and that only was my point.