THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT THE BNP is proving that Britain has become a racist country obviously do not know how to count. Despite electing two MEPs to the inconsequential, buffoon-filled European Parliament, the British National Party actually managed to receive fewer votes in the last European elections, but, thanks to the idiotic system of proportional representation used in most European countries, have done better than ever before.
BUT THE TRUE STATE OF RACISM in Britain must be seen in the light of the recent election of John Bercow to the highly prestigious position of Speaker of the House of Commons. Whilst people have already been making unpleasant jokes about Bercow’s diminutive height, no one has decided to make an issue of the fact that, somewhat surprisingly, he is the first person of the Jewish faith to be elected to this position.
THE STRENGTH OF MULTICULTURALISM in Britain should be assessed against that of our neighbours in Europe; whilst there is definitely at least one more prominent politician in Europe who has to stand on books in order to make speeches or kiss his wife, how many prominent leaders are Jewish?
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS TO BE PROUD OF, but we also have Pola Manzila, Baroness Uddin, the first and only Muslim woman in the British Parliament. She is also the only Bangladeshi woman in the House of Lords. Admittedly, however, she may also become the first woman member of the House of Lords, Bangladeshi or Muslim or not, to go to prison for fraud, after claiming £83,000 in taxpayers’ money for a house that does not exist, living in subsidized accommodation in London and all the while keeping a mansion in Bangladesh. All of this adds to the eclectic nature of our democracy. Despite the fact that Roman Catholics aren’t even allowed in the lobby.
BUT THE TRUE STATE OF RACISM in Britain must be seen in the light of the recent election of John Bercow to the highly prestigious position of Speaker of the House of Commons. Whilst people have already been making unpleasant jokes about Bercow’s diminutive height, no one has decided to make an issue of the fact that, somewhat surprisingly, he is the first person of the Jewish faith to be elected to this position.
THE STRENGTH OF MULTICULTURALISM in Britain should be assessed against that of our neighbours in Europe; whilst there is definitely at least one more prominent politician in Europe who has to stand on books in order to make speeches or kiss his wife, how many prominent leaders are Jewish?
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS TO BE PROUD OF, but we also have Pola Manzila, Baroness Uddin, the first and only Muslim woman in the British Parliament. She is also the only Bangladeshi woman in the House of Lords. Admittedly, however, she may also become the first woman member of the House of Lords, Bangladeshi or Muslim or not, to go to prison for fraud, after claiming £83,000 in taxpayers’ money for a house that does not exist, living in subsidized accommodation in London and all the while keeping a mansion in Bangladesh. All of this adds to the eclectic nature of our democracy. Despite the fact that Roman Catholics aren’t even allowed in the lobby.
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