Comments on: Cameron’s Ministers of Appeasement and Queer-bashing

By: Unity

Unity — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:50:51 +0000

>>> possibly dropping in a reference to Tony Parsons along the way

I’m more inclined to name-check Richard Littlecock in such situations.

By: Could have been a contender » Archives » Sayeeda Warsi - the storm clouds gather

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:28:46 +0000

[…] here and here are well worth a read […]

By: septicisle

septicisle — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:23:17 +0000

Yes Katherine, I clearly loathe women because I called one a “mouthy Glenda type”. If Warsi was male I would have similarly called him a loud-mouthed mouth breathing neanderthal, possibly dropping in a reference to Tony Parsons along the way.

By: Tom Freeman

Tom Freeman — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:35:42 +0000

Yes, Warsi has some pretty questionable attitudes. Less than a fortnight after 7/7, there was this:

Ms Warsi… says Mr Blair should consider talking to the very people he believes are linked to the London bombings. “We must start engaging with, not agreeing with, the radical groups who we have said in the past are complete nutters,” she said. “We need to bring these groups into the fold of the democratic process. As long as we exclude them and don’t hear them out, we will allow them to continue their hate.”

Yes, talking to hate-filled nutters who support mass murder and want to destroy “the democratic process” is bound to work.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:36:17 +0000

Bit of nasty misogyny going on in these comments chaps - “mouthy Glenda type”, “this Warsi woman”. Lovely.

By: Unity

Unity — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:54:52 +0000

Guano:

Yes - I’m terrible with names at the best of time, I’m afraid.

By: Guano

Guano — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:27:32 +0000

Who is Nick Gilligan? I presume that you are referring to Andrew Gilligan.

I wonder how much longer we’ll be hearing the phrase “All the talents”. “Talents” is not the word that immediately springs to mind on hearing the name “Hoon” (on the one hand) or these two Jobsworths (on the other).

By: Chris Paul

Chris Paul — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:57:49 +0000

This is extraordinary. Hats off for a very thorough analysis. I am looking forward to your take on the shenigans in Ealing Southall … There are some insights in comments over at mine.

By: Carl Eve

Carl Eve — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:28:03 +0000

It’s amazing really isn’t it. She ends up on the board of governors of the BBC, shafts Greg Dyke after Gilligan nailed the Labour government’s fibs about the 45mins charade, http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2145138.ece
then criticised the BBC heavily during the Hutton farce and ends up where? With the Tories. They and their BBC-hating mates at the Mail will love her won’t they?

By: leftist

leftist — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:08:24 +0000

I saw some posts on Iain Dale’s blog pointing out that this Warsi woman has been known to make homophobic statements in the past, but they have been removed.

Surely it will not be too long before all this comes to bite Mr.Cameron in his old etonian-educated buttocks?

By: Jonathan M

Jonathan M — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:59:48 +0000

I find it astonishing that in 2005 people could get away with campaigning on an anti-gay ticket. That really is repulsive. It’s right back to the days of “Vote Labour if you want a nigger for a neighbour”.

By: septicisle

septicisle — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:05:04 +0000

From her appearances on Question Time, Warsi has always come across as a mouthy Glenda type. She also supports the reintroduction of capital punishment, if I recall correctly.