First Anniversary of pro-EU Cameron's verbal attack on UKIP

Britannist · 04-04-2007, 07:14 AM

At this time exactly a year ago - early morning on 4.4.2006 - the pro-EU Conservative leader David Cameron (in his job as party leader for less than four full months) made his strongest attack on another party - and he chose to do it against UKIP.

The day after David Cameron claimed UKIP were "closet racists, mostly" a Conservative lady from the Manchester area was forced to wtihdraw comments in which she allegedly told Channel Four news (who were covering the Conservative Party Spring Conference) that a candidate of Asian origin might no go down well if s/he ran for the Conservatives in her ward. Patrick Mercer MP was sacked from the Cameron Shadow Cabinet after saying that some people had made racially insulting remarks during his time in the Army.

What are your views on this day - the first anniversary of David Cameron's insults of UKIP (made live on London's LBC Radio)?

Is David Cameron doing better as Conservative leader than a year ago? The Conservative Party membership is down since his verbal attack on UKIP while the number of people in UKIP has, apparently, increased. Conservatives are defecting to UKIP at a steady rate.

Did David Cameron's comments a year ago against UKIP damage the party? The Conservatives nearly lost the Bromley-Chislehurst By-Election a couple of months after David Cameron vilified UKIP and one forecaster claims the Cameron-led Conservatives will lose seats in next month's Scottish Parliamentary Elections.

This is from my file:

The pro-EU Conservative leader, David Cameron MP, said in an early morning interview on London’s LBC Radio (97.3 FM) on 4.4.2006 that the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) was “a bunch of fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly.” Political observers said that David Cameron was annoyed at UKIP having Information Act to make the Conservatives reveal who gave them £5 million of loans which have been repaid (by the Conservative Party).

After insulting UKIP – which many Conservatives vote for in EU Elections – David Cameron visited Leeds where he hold reporters “I don’t think I’m saying anything that hasn’t been said before.”

David Cameron made his comments after the radio interviewer on LBC Radio had asked him about the intention of UKIP to use the Freedom of Information Act to make the Conservatives declare who had given them loans. The interviewer asked the Conservative leader why he thought UKIP were “racist”. David Cameron responded “It’s because of some of the things I have heard them say.”

Bob Spink, the strongly eurosceptic Conservative MP for Castle Point (Canvey Island) said on 4.4.2006 of David Cameron’s verbal attack on UKIP “UKIP supporters are no more racist than the Conservatives were in the last election. I regret very much the personalised political attack on UKIP. I respect them and know local UKIP members are excellent people simply trying to defend Great Britain and our sovereignty from constant attacks from the unelected, unaccountable and profligate EU Commission. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage MEP, was right to ask for an apology – decent Tories (Conservatives) will freely give it. People are sick of party political bickering. We should focus on listening to and serving the people who elect us and not exchanging school-bullying insults.”

prober · 04-04-2007, 01:00 PM

CHALLENGE TORY CLOSET RACISM ....Its now an opportunity in local elections to challenge stealth Tory closet racism. In Cameronian desperation to be as PC as New Labour & LDs some Tory Councils are undulging in PC racism in a combination of active preference measures for selected visible ethnic minorities and active marginalisation and racial discrimination against white ethnic minorities. They clam up when challenged or exposed and have to be forced to remove the grossest marginalisation by pursuing formal complaints of racial discrimination against them under Council complaint procedure. Thery then blame it on officers but "blind eye" knowing full whats going on and endorsing it on the insulting assumption that powerful lobby visible ethnic minorities are racist and vote for a partry giving them preference while discarding white minorities ( many recent) as having no political lobby , ignorant of procedure and rights and often not being on the electoral roll.

As UKIP believes Poles and Pakistanis should be treated equally and the same in all respects , this is an easy one to embarrass Tories and claim the moral high ground.

04-04-2007, 07:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 23,176	First Anniversary of pro-EU Cameron's verbal attack on UKIP At this time exactly a year ago - early morning on 4.4.2006 - the pro-EU Conservative leader David Cameron (in his job as party leader for less than four full months) made his strongest attack on another party - and he chose to do it against UKIP. The day after David Cameron claimed UKIP were "closet racists, mostly" a Conservative lady from the Manchester area was forced to wtihdraw comments in which she allegedly told Channel Four news (who were covering the Conservative Party Spring Conference) that a candidate of Asian origin might no go down well if s/he ran for the Conservatives in her ward. Patrick Mercer MP was sacked from the Cameron Shadow Cabinet after saying that some people had made racially insulting remarks during his time in the Army. What are your views on this day - the first anniversary of David Cameron's insults of UKIP (made live on London's LBC Radio)? Is David Cameron doing better as Conservative leader than a year ago? The Conservative Party membership is down since his verbal attack on UKIP while the number of people in UKIP has, apparently, increased. Conservatives are defecting to UKIP at a steady rate. Did David Cameron's comments a year ago against UKIP damage the party? The Conservatives nearly lost the Bromley-Chislehurst By-Election a couple of months after David Cameron vilified UKIP and one forecaster claims the Cameron-led Conservatives will lose seats in next month's Scottish Parliamentary Elections. This is from my file: The pro-EU Conservative leader, David Cameron MP, said in an early morning interview on London’s LBC Radio (97.3 FM) on 4.4.2006 that the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) was “a bunch of fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly.” Political observers said that David Cameron was annoyed at UKIP having Information Act to make the Conservatives reveal who gave them £5 million of loans which have been repaid (by the Conservative Party). After insulting UKIP – which many Conservatives vote for in EU Elections – David Cameron visited Leeds where he hold reporters “I don’t think I’m saying anything that hasn’t been said before.” David Cameron made his comments after the radio interviewer on LBC Radio had asked him about the intention of UKIP to use the Freedom of Information Act to make the Conservatives declare who had given them loans. The interviewer asked the Conservative leader why he thought UKIP were “racist”. David Cameron responded “It’s because of some of the things I have heard them say.” Bob Spink, the strongly eurosceptic Conservative MP for Castle Point (Canvey Island) said on 4.4.2006 of David Cameron’s verbal attack on UKIP “UKIP supporters are no more racist than the Conservatives were in the last election. I regret very much the personalised political attack on UKIP. I respect them and know local UKIP members are excellent people simply trying to defend Great Britain and our sovereignty from constant attacks from the unelected, unaccountable and profligate EU Commission. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage MEP, was right to ask for an apology – decent Tories (Conservatives) will freely give it. People are sick of party political bickering. We should focus on listening to and serving the people who elect us and not exchanging school-bullying insults.”

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04-04-2007, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
prober Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 860	CHALLENGE TORY CLOSET RACISM ....Its now an opportunity in local elections to challenge stealth Tory closet racism. In Cameronian desperation to be as PC as New Labour & LDs some Tory Councils are undulging in PC racism in a combination of active preference measures for selected visible ethnic minorities and active marginalisation and racial discrimination against white ethnic minorities. They clam up when challenged or exposed and have to be forced to remove the grossest marginalisation by pursuing formal complaints of racial discrimination against them under Council complaint procedure. Thery then blame it on officers but "blind eye" knowing full whats going on and endorsing it on the insulting assumption that powerful lobby visible ethnic minorities are racist and vote for a partry giving them preference while discarding white minorities ( many recent) as having no political lobby , ignorant of procedure and rights and often not being on the electoral roll. As UKIP believes Poles and Pakistanis should be treated equally and the same in all respects , this is an easy one to embarrass Tories and claim the moral high ground.