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11-01-2011, 19:29
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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So aren't Americans a different race then?
When asked for their origin I have a sneaking feeling that most of them would say they were American......not caucasian.
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And some of them would pull a Glock and start shooting
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11-01-2011, 20:37
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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And some of them would pull a Glock and start shooting
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maybe its just part of our inate American psyche ....Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset
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11-01-2011, 20:40
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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Originally Posted by steeljack
seem to remember seeing that there is a by-election coming up soon in the Oldham area , could Jack Straw's comments not be seen as a bit of 'spin' to draw back/increase the traditional Labour vote, or am I being cynical
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I would suggest given the population of Oldham if he's trying to increase the Labour vote by his comments he's scored a massive own goal
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11-01-2011, 21:31
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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I would suggest given the population of Oldham if he's trying to increase the Labour vote by his comments he's scored a massive own goal
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Happen I'm getting the constituancies mixed up , thought it was Oldham or somewhere nearby where Gordon Brown accused the white woman (an old traditional labour voter) of being a bigot during th last general election
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11-01-2011, 21:42
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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Happen I'm getting the constituancies mixed up , thought it was Oldham or somewhere nearby where Gordon Brown accused the white woman (an old traditional labour voter) of being a bigot during th last general election
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Yes it was
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11-01-2011, 22:00
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
Rochdale was his final nail in the coffin
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11-01-2011, 22:05
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
Gillian Duffy, the woman Brown insulted, is from Rochdale.
Oldham East and Saddleworth has quite a sizable asian population.
It's fairly ludicrous to suggest Straw said what he did to influence this Thursday's by-election.
The only ludicrous thing is that Straw keeping quiet for so long, even after the problem in Blackburn was made high profile years ago, following a campaign by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
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11-01-2011, 22:11
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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Rochdale was his final nail in the coffin
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Gillian Duffy, the woman Brown insulted, is from Rochdale.
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I stand corrected, but at least it was somewhere nearby
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11-01-2011, 22:16
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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I stand corrected, but at least it was somewhere nearby
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True.
They're all in the bits of Lancashire we trimmed off in the seventies, because they're peopled by bigots.
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11-01-2011, 22:29
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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maybe its just part of our inate American psyche
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Part of "our" innate American psyche? Who are you trying to kid, SJ? Once an 'arroder...
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12-01-2011, 12:12
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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12-01-2011, 18:44
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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Whats that got to do with Jack Straw,it makes no difference to his ability to comment on the issue being discussed. He i suspect is not his brothers keeper just because his brother has been found guilty of this offence, does this make Jack straw guilty by association? He has highlighted a deep rooted problem in what seems to be mostly young asian men, even if it has taken a few years for him to finally highlight the problem having known about it for years apparently.
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12-01-2011, 18:48
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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Whats that got to do with Jack Straw,it makes no difference to his ability to comment on the issue being discussed. He i suspect is not his brothers keeper just because his brother has been found guilty of this offence, does this make Jack straw guilty by association? He has highlighted a deep rooted problem in what seems to be mostly young asian men, even if it has taken a few years for him to finally highlight the problem having known about it for years apparently.
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It's also 'news' from eleven years ago.
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12-01-2011, 18:51
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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It's also 'news' from eleven years ago.
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Glad to see some of our members are so on the ball
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12-01-2011, 18:54
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Re: Jack Straw, Racist or Correct?
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He i suspect is not his brothers keeper just because his brother has been found guilty of this offence.
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Exactly.
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I've just seen in the Observer that your brother is the Tesco blackmailer.
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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...h-28259-2.html
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