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Dr Rupa Huq Plays the Race Card

Dr Huq reference to the casual racism of the 70s made me laugh as I loved Jim Davidson. What is not funny is that the anti-Catholic atheistic Marxists like Dr Huq and Jon Trickett who was obviously around in the 1970s are holding a Labour Party organised anti-Brexit rally they have deliberately mislabelled an Anti-Racism Rally. On Wednesday 27th February from 7:30pm till 9:30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Road, South Ealing. Eve Turner from the Ealing Trades Union Council will introduce Julian Bell then Steve Hadley of the militant Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers then Nahella Ashraf, another Labour Party member in the Stand Up To Racism organisation. In apparently a Christian church hall this group of sad Remoaners are really creating another strand of @Project Fear by creating racial tension.Dr Huq has tried repeatedly tried to get on any media to fill her own pockets by accusing White people of being racists. It is the well tried tool of her mates like Diane Abbott who earns £200,000 a year from TV appearances. I do hope is Balwinder Rana, spokesperson for West London Stand Up To Racism will be available to answer questions. First I want to know about how much taxpayer’s money is being used to pay these anti-Catholic atheistic Marxists and rent the hall. Second since Jon Trickett, Labour MP for Hemsworth  has confessed that racism is in his DNA does he think all White people should be excluded from the Labour Party or just Yorkshiremen?Rupa Huq would not be allowed in the Independent Group or in any group that prevents racism as it is clear her only plan like her other pal Sadiq Khan is to get re-elected by calling all White people racists, imho

Martin Cain ● 2448d20 Comments

Our system of government has let us down badly. It would be better if more MPs of different parties worked together to deal with some of these issues instead of working against each other and just putting the party first.  Difficult decisions have to be made when toeing the party line is required by HO.

Philippa Bond ● 2443d

What isn't fanciful thinking is i'm sitting here with an illness that has a strong history of leaving people in a wheelchair with their head tied to the back of it and i'm going to be buggered, not by the illness but by the people who should know better. With the Conservatives going down the road of killing off people like me, with labour robbing the pennies from my bank account my future is a choice between The kray twins and the Richardson gang.

Dennis Bailey ● 2443d

Graham,I think it is "selbsverstandlich" that any outpouring or statement that is propagated directly to the press or in the press by a politician has meanings within meanings. We live in a Post-Truth era where simple spin-doctoring has been augmented by marketing techniques such as brand-management and virtue-signalling.So we need an hook appropriate for the Honourable Stephen Pound M.P. to hang his coat on, and what could be better than Transport, for example? It is a major issue to me for Ealing that the national press has highlighting the fact that the high-speed rail project HS2 will generate noise levels affecting its surrounding areas that will exceed World Health Organisation (WHO) levels, however, were an Ealing M.P. decide to champion transport as an issue I am sure that it would be the excessive prices and low quality of services that the rail operators impose on their customers in a privatised system rather than the impact of dangerously excessive noise levels on residents by HS2. Why? Well, because HS2 would generate unionised employment as the Old Oak Common depot grows, and then there are the opportunities for local contractors in all areas, far too much to lose if this one goes pear-shaped.Anyway, so far of our "tripod" of Ealing Labour M.P.s, as I like to think of them, the Honourable Virendra Sharma M.P. has taken ownership of the silver vote, while Dr. Rupa Huq, M.P. has taken ownership of race, ethnicity and related culture, so I.M.O. its time for the Honourable Stephen Pound M.P. to declare a defining issue!

Mark Julian Raymond ● 2444d

The only thing that is certain is they will be passing the hat.  These greedy thugs are never content with just ripping off the taxpayers

Martin Cain ● 2444d

None of these MPs will be at the meeting at St Mary's and there are far more important issues that TV licences since the Ealing Labour Party imposed Council Tax on the severely disabled and are increases the charges they make to get the live saving services they need. It is Julian Bell and Yvonne Johnston who are taking Disability Living Allowance from the disabled to finance their friends and fellow trade unions to whom they give care contracts

Martin Cain ● 2444d

Thanks Peter. I left the country when John Major became PM. I had seen him wipe the floor with ken Livingstone in the old GLA. Good luck with Watson but I have had dealing with McDonnell and find him a angry dishonest individual. The race card by Rupa Huq won me the pool on how was going to play it first over Brexit

Martin Cain ● 2444d

Seriously? The attempts to resolve the persecution of immigrants in London has been consistently sabotaged by the Labour Party and trade unions. At Kingston poly our MP made every effort to indoctrinate impressionable young people with unworkable economic theory that has cost 100s of millions of lives. Being Assistant Shadow Home Secretary nets her another £14kpa so it is only with her £100kpa expenses that make her any sort of senior politician. You are also wrong about her being the first black woman MP. It is also a fact there are 10 times more Anglican clergy in London but I know you despise facts.

Martin Cain ● 2444d

I am not in disagreement with much that Mr Chadburn writes in his second contribution to this thread and he agrees with me that what provoked Ms Berger’s resignation from the Labour Party was its failure to deal with anti-semitism.It is probably true that right-wing abuse is not highlighted in the press.  Even McDonnell’s erstwhile acolyte, that young scamp Owen Jones, does not mention it in writing of Ms Berger (Guardian 9.2. 19).  But what is the point of pointing out the omission?  How pervasive is it?  Is there a survey or are we talking about an impression?  And how relevant is it to the present situation.  Ms Berger is still receiving abuse.  That was the story.  Little wonder that is what the press reported. #My aim in contributing to this thread was to support Mr Cain’s post which began it.  I approve of his pejorative term “playing the race card” as applied to Huq.  She made an allegation of racist behaviour against Smith.  Smith's error was of minimal significance (an injudicious word with no malign intent) set against the racist allegations being made against Huq's own Party.  This was hypocrisy comparable to criticising a neighbour for not cleaning the stove properly when there are rats running around in her own kitchen.  As to the “anti-racism rally” on 27 February, it is an example of a common trick:  when a specific allegation is made, treat the matter generically and avoid the specific issue; discuss racism in general, not anti-semitism in the Labour Party.  I am wondering what they will sing at the end.  “The Red Flag”, “Die Fahne hoch”, or, in deference to the Christian venue, “Nearer my God to thee” – with a picture of Lenin hoist above the altar, borrowed from John McDonnell.  No one can accuse present Labour of not being an inclusive party. 

Andrew Farmer ● 2445d

I do not think either breaking cover has anything to do with a possible general election. As to our excellent member for Ealing North; all I will say is if push comes to shove he is not a Corbinista.

Graham Weeks ● 2446d

Two Ealing MPs who have a history of fence-sitting on major issues have thrown gauntlets into the arena on important traditional issues: racism and the OAP free TV licence. Are we then seeing the beginnings of a deeper process of political dressing-up as our Ealing MPs start to define themselves for the possible Brexit-related election? Both have broken cover and in an unusual way, I would have expected The Honourable Dr Rupa Huq to be questioning the OAP TV licence issue, and The Honourable Virendra Sharma to be frontlining the response to this instance of possible racism, so what are we to see as his chosen defining issue that the Hounourable Stephen Pound will bring to the table as the third corner of this Ealing political tripod?

Mark Julian Raymond ● 2446d

Andrew, my point about the right wing abuse is that it is not highlighted in the press. It has nothing to do with the leaving of the labour party. However when you are getting it from many sides then getting it from the people who are supposed to be on your side does not help!!But another thing that Labour had done which it has done a few times is to parachute southern/london people into very safe seats in northern working class areas. This happened with Luciana Berger and as a result created some tensions. But that is not her fault. What we see is a centralisation of party control that in many areas has made it more difficult for locals to represent their constituency. All parties have some culpability in that. The questions of bigotry and prejudice are never far beneath the surface of the 2 main parties. We have seen Boris and others make many offensive comments. I feel that Labour whilst dealing with these issues has not sufficiently highlighted what has been done. Also it has been slow. The mainstream press which really does not want any government with any hint of Social Justice is only focusing on a few areas that are weaknesses within Labour. It must not only act but to be seen acting. But another issue is that anyone who want Justice for the Palestinians gets tarred as antisemitic because some people supporting Palestine are very antisemitic.

Peter Chadburn ● 2446d

Mr Chadburn remarks that the press wants only to report anti-semitism within the Labour Party.  Little wonder, after the debate last week!  The Conservative contributors did not make party political capital out of it.  It was left to Labour to eviscerate itself.  It was contrition time.  As to Auschwitz, do forgive my bad taste in mentioning it. Not the kind of thing nice people in Ealing want to be reminded of, especially members of the current Labour Party who have present-day troubles of their own to fret over.Some people of course have not forgotten the Holocaust.  Margaret Hodge has not. Her family memories were one of the most chilling speeches in last week’s debate.  As to Ms Berger, I don’t think it was right-wing hatred that made her leave the Labour Party.  That would hardly have been logical.  The most memorable thing for me in that debate was Ms Berger’s face.  She had throughout an expression of the deepest sorrow.But to return to Huq: first, would she have been absent had it been a debate about “islamophobia”?  Second: I remember her comments reported in the Guardian 31.5.18 when she accused the Tories of institutionalised racism.  There was “a glaring difference”, she said, between how Labour responded to anti-semitism and how the Tories reacted.  Jeremy Corbyn and Labour officials “had taken notably more action.” Mr Corbyn’s own Deputy and many of the party now seem to take a different view!  A pity Huq was not there to hear the truth and learn that the message has changed.  Something more important to do?  Perhaps she was crafting her latest tweet, witless twaddle, her reminiscences about attending pop concerts years ago.  Rupa, dear, we are not interested.

Andrew Farmer ● 2446d

Are you trying to say I *shouldn't* have highlighted that appalling turn of phrase..?

Simon Deakin ● 2447d

With you on that, Simon. You are being completely tasteless and offensive, Andrew. Can't you think of a more appropriate way of expressing what you feel? I am no longer a Labour supporter so I am not interested in sticking up for Huq or Corbyn,but you are out of order.

Keith Iddon ● 2447d

With you on that, Simon. You are being completely tasteless and offensive, Andrew. Can't think of a more appropriate way of expressing what you feel. I am no longer a Labour supporter,but you are out of order.

Keith Iddon ● 2447d

What strikes me from watching Question Time and seeing the words on social media is that we must pull back from the bigotry, hate and vilification that permeates our current environment in this country. The lack of thought for the situation of others.

Peter Chadburn ● 2447d

Well done. The Auschwitz line might be one of the most vile things I've ever read. Horrific.

Simon Deakin ● 2447d

Yes  Antisemitism is disgusting and what is interesting about the Luciana Berger story is that she has suffered abuse from many sources including far right threats (some resulting in Police action). However the press only want to report that within the Labour Party.many people have joined the Labour Party in recent years and many of us want a refreshing agenda to make a fairer society. However there are some extreme left dinosaurs who have joined with their own hate filled agenda. Whether that agenda is against Jews or others this is wrong. Many of us want justice for the Palestinians and peace in the middle east and are against the Israeli Governments extreme policy on settlements and we also believe in protection for Jewish people. There is no contradiction there as we recognise the rights of all involved. In this country today with the brexit debate we have seen the rise of polarised views. I can see the frustration over brexit of many eminently reasonable people. we have seen UKIP get hijacked by the EDL and some hate filled dinosaurs provide a lot of noise with Labour and a bunch of Trump loving Carpetbaggers hold the Tory party to ransom. We are in a mess. The statement about using the Race card is in itself racist!! One could question why an mp is so quick to criticise other when we need calm and a climate of bring us together. As a Labour supporter i applaud the comments of John Major and some other conservatives who have questioned where there Party is going. I am interested in moving this country forward. Tom Watson and John McDonnell are right and i hope they can fix things but with all this division going on we are in great danger of falling out of the EU with no deal. This would be a disaster for many and will plunge many of us into financial and other problems.  The real news of the day is the fact that Politically this country is in great danger. The EU is also in a mess. Just what our Russian friends wanted through their support of Banks, Farage and co.

Peter Chadburn ● 2447d

Rupa Huq called for an investigation into the “appalling racist comment” made on 18.2.19 by Angela Smith.  In my opinion, Huq’s intervention was an attempt to deflect attention from the appalling anti-semitic racism in her own party, which was the real news of that day. The Deputy Leader of her party said it needed to wake up to what was happening in the party.  Huq needs to wake up and smell the smoke from Auschwitz which has drifted down the decades and now clouds Corbin’s Labour Party.  If racism is her concern, why was she not there when anti-semitism was debated in Parliament earlier this week? Well, Huq nominated Corbin for Party Leader. She would not have wanted to sit there and listen as Labour MP after Labour MP stood up and denounced the anti-semitism in the party and Corbin.  Is it possible Huq's priority as to which form of racism needs to be debated and which not is informed by her religious “education”?  And career ambitions.  Could Rupa be hoping for preferment?  Perhaps Abbott could advise her on how that is achieved. With apologies to Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of anti-semitism is for an MP not to be there when it is debated in Parliament”. 

Andrew Farmer ● 2447d

What a horrible misinformed and ignorant post this is.  What people found funny in the 70s is now certainly not funny and most evolved people have moved on from this.  Calling Dr Huq a Marxist is entirely unfounded and I doubt very much she would want to join the Independent Party.  It is clear that a racist remark was made by Angela Smith for which she is now apologising and to pretend otherwise is to collude in racism.  Likewise having a go at Diane Abbott for her television appearances is just jumping on the bandwagon of let's attack Diane Abbott.  She is much in demand as a senior politician, the first black woman MP and someone who is knowledgeable about a lot of areas if she is only allowed to speak unhampered by interuptions.  Your opinion is not humble as you say.  It is loud and pretty offensive to all those who oppose racism and are appalled by some of the acts carried out by the Catholic Church clergy.

Marion Dunn ● 2448d