Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for 10 years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
Promoted by Bob Piper of 115 Barclay Rd, B67 5JZ on behalf of the Labour Party, care of 39 Victoria Street London, SW1H 0HA . Hosted (printed) by Swaithe Internet Solutions who are not responsible for any of the contents of these posts.
Please note however, that The Labour Party is not responsible for the content of this website or individual posts as, unless specifically stated, I am writing solely in a personal and individual capacity.
Promoted by Bob Piper of 115 Barclay Rd, B67 5JZ on behalf of the Labour Party, care of 39 Victoria Street London, SW1H 0HA . Hosted (printed) by Swaithe Internet Solutions who are not responsible for any of the contents of these posts.
Please note however, that The Labour Party is not responsible for the content of this website or individual posts as, unless specifically stated, I am writing solely in a personal and individual capacity.
I really don't know enough about the politics of Dagenham and Rainham to know whether the Tory Simon Jones is going to defeat Jon Cruddas as Iain Dale suggests he easily may do. But I do know when Dale is talking complete and utter cobblers.
He says one of the reasons Cruddas will lose is because he 'fails to combat' the BNP. This is the Jon Cruddas who has reputation for being a keen supporter of Searchlight and active in the Hope not Hate campaign.
But don't take my word for it... take a look for yourself. Go to Google and type in 'Jon Cruddas BNP' and look at the references. Well, there's quite a fair bit to go on there.
So... let's look for Simon Jones' anti-bnp activity. Mmmmm, a bit sparce on Google. But, let's be fair, he's not an MP, nor even much known outside of the constituency. Instead, let's narrow it down and go to our Si's website, that Dale so kindly refers us to. Nothing about the BNP in 'campaigns' where you might expect to see it. Nothing under 'News' where we might expect to see Simon's anti-racist activities highlighted. But wait, what's this, ... a search box. Type in BNP... and there it is... the full extent of Jonah's commitment to anti-racism... just one step up from diddly-bloody-squat! Well if combating the BNP is the measure of success Jonah old son, you're in the proverbial brown stuff.
Finally, and just as laughable, Dale tells us that Cruddas doesn't live in the Constituency... but lives about 20 miles away from it. Which might not be quite so risable if Mr Dopey of Tunbridge Wells wasn't trying to squeeze his ample backside into... East Surrey!
How you can describe Cruddas as under-estimating the BNP is beyond me. Even Peter Oborne, Dale's best mate, talks about Cruddas' (at length) battle against the BNP in his book (The Triumph of the Political Class).
Bob, I know your geography of the South East isn't what it might be, but Tun Wells in 12 miles from E Surrey. But unlike Cruddas, if I am selected I will actually move to East Surrey and make it my main home.
Yes, Iain, that's a full 8 miles closer at most to the distance between Cruddas and his constituency. And no doubt that 8 miles will make all the difference to how you represent people whilst swanning around in Westminster, won't it?
What I can read is your usual neat attempt at deflection from the main point about the total failure of the Tory PPC, who does live in the area where the BNP have made big inroads, to engage in any way in anti-racist campaigning. And yet you still feel pompous enough to try to imply that Cruddas does nothing.
You're not going to enter "into a rational debate" about Simon Jones' anti-racist activities then, I take it? Piss-poor excuse.
newmania said:
February 6, 2010 8:35 PM | permalink
Bob I think you are refusing to face a very obvious fact if you have not noticed that Labour MP`s are adopting positions so as to retain BNP voters .
Its easy for Conservatives to scoff in a sense because they are not fighting for the same constituency. It is no less repulsive however to see , for exmaple , Margaret Hodge making racially inflamtory statements whilst belonging to the Party of unrestrained immigration and for which 90% of immigrants vote .
What did you make of the anti Pole by election at Crewe ?
February 5, 2010 5:17 PM | permalink
Hit the nail on the head there.
How you can describe Cruddas as under-estimating the BNP is beyond me. Even Peter Oborne, Dale's best mate, talks about Cruddas' (at length) battle against the BNP in his book (The Triumph of the Political Class).