Cameron’s Priorities – Votes Not Rights
TU Senan
Finding myself face-to-face with Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, or at least her large painted likeness, while I waited to interview David Cameron, reminded me of the on-going abhorrence of her legacy.
In April Australian Foreign minister Bob Carr revealed what he called Thatcher’s “unabashedly racist” comments – she warned him against allowing Indian migrants to “take over”. (1)
The Conservative Party’s toxicity on ethnic minority issues persists, largely unrestrained. At its most blatant the memory of British fascist Enoch Powell pushes even wealthy black and Asian voters away from the Tories. The BBC reports that in 2010 the Tories won only 16% of “the ethnic minority vote” and concludes that this is because they are seen as racist (2). David Cameron cannot escape the reputation and unpopularity of his ‘Nasty Party’ – as Tory Theresa May named it (3).
The reasons are manifold but as well as issues such as the mishandling of the Stephen Lawrence murder case and other high profile issues, polls show that two-thirds of voters think “the Conservative Party looks after the interests of the rich, not ordinary people”.Read More
Singh Will Not Sing At CHOGM!
Sharmini Serasinghe
So the Injun PM is not coming after all! No surprises in that, given the racket Tamil Nadu has been making in the recent past over him attending/not attending CHOGM in Colombo.
Just imagine our poor Emperor hopping mad; pulling his jet-black tinted hair and moustache, seething with fury over the snub. After all what can he do, short of dragging the Injun PM by his turban or beard to Colombo?
However horrible our Emperor is to us when these Injun types try to mess around with him, we must back our man, no? Poor guy, I think he was planning to impress the Injun PM amongst other things, with his beautiful and clean Colombo compared with dusty, dirty and polluted New Delhi. After all that vacuuming and dusting brother Gota had to do, what a waste of an effort!
At least we the humble peasants can enjoy Gota’s hard work; nice pavements, gardens, fountains and all that.
You know, I think this whole business of the Turban-Man not coming because of the din Tamil Nadu is making is all a humbug. You see, this big commotion about us violating Human Rights and all that during the final stages of the war, is all because of the Injuns, no?Read More