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Too many older people who voted for Brexit were "driven by nostalgia" for a world where "faces were white," Sir Vince Cable has said.
The Lib Dem leader said the votes of the older generation had "crushed the hopes and aspirations of young people for years to come."
The Lib Dem leader went to say too many older voters were driven by "nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white and the map was coloured imperial pink".
He also took a swipe at his own party's lack of diversity - it has had a lower proportion of non-white MPs and candidates than Labour or the Conservatives in recent years.
"Looking around the auditorium, we are very, very white," he told the party faithful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43364331
Er, what to say???!! Is being white wrong? Clearly it is.. I sincerely apologise Sir Vince. It won't happen again.
The Lib Dem leader said the votes of the older generation had "crushed the hopes and aspirations of young people for years to come."
The Lib Dem leader went to say too many older voters were driven by "nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white and the map was coloured imperial pink".
He also took a swipe at his own party's lack of diversity - it has had a lower proportion of non-white MPs and candidates than Labour or the Conservatives in recent years.
"Looking around the auditorium, we are very, very white," he told the party faithful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43364331
Er, what to say???!! Is being white wrong? Clearly it is.. I sincerely apologise Sir Vince. It won't happen again.
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"Looking around the auditorium, we are very, very white," he told the party faithful.
That's because he's in the UK - a collection of white nations. If he wants to see more brown faces then go be a politician in Africa. What awful things must he think of Iceland, where 94% of the population are Icelandic and the rest are mostly Nordic or traditional European? |
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My preference is some sort of Crowdfunded action could be initiated, ideally by unhappy white Liberal Party members. They could buy the disgraced Cable a farm in South Africa, so he could quickly learn what it's like to be white and a farm owner there.
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Well said Lybertine. Disgusting comments from a British politician. Cable should face an immediate vote of no confidence. No chance of that, of course.
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Er, what to say???!! Is being white wrong?
That's exactly the conclusion I came to reading that post Injera. Cable virtue signalling at others expense whilst trying to make himself relevant. No better than Abbotts comments that those who voted leave are racists. |
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Did nobody in the room have the balls to take him to task over these despicable comments? A white person should have stood up and said "what about me. Am I not welcome?"
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email them and tell them what you think of the fool.
I did. Hope I don't get the jail for my comments |
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I suspect many of the black people in the room weren't too happy about Cable's comments either. Idiots like Cable are always keen to play the race card to score cheap points. Abbott is another one. I consider them to be the racists. Ordinary folks just see people as people.
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How strange that Vince Lives in Twickenham ,I would have had him down to be Living in a non white type of area ...
Would I fck A typical Luvvie |
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White shaming is a worry. Replacement theory. It's demonic.
alun mentions SA. Look how quiet our media is regarding the white farmers' plight. I wouldn't be surprised if Corbyn and Cable have pictures of Zouma and Mugabe on their mantlepiece. 'Shoot the Boer' Zouma sang at a political rally. And they do..well, they rape them first.  https://youtu.be/4NVkRmBTB7k - his solo version. 'Shoot them with machine guns'. |
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young votes obviously worth more than old votes
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And yet all of these politicians live in rural areas where its 99% white. They are pretty thick for people who are supposedly in intelligent powerful positions aren't they? why do we vote for these idiots again? wouldn't it be better to just run our own lives?
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I once saw Morgan Freeman own a lefty interviewer who referred to him as an "African American."
"I'm not an African American" Freeman chastised him, "I'm just American." |
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I wonder if Diane Abbott is outraged there's no whites playing for the West Indies cricket team?
And don't get me started in the African Nations Cup This diversity thing only works one way dunnit? |
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Cable was brave enough to tell the truth whilst the two main parties just care about their own jobs and are frightened to upset anyone.
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Cable is nothing more than a fool.
Playing to one set of voters and seemingly unaware he is distancing another set. |
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the problem is he is incapable of listening to the truth
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Don't forget London , the capital of England is no longer English
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A racist - simple.
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If the party had balls it would ask him to apologise or resign.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEe_lvA3GG4
Getting applause for his comments. And his 'voting to be poorer' comment is an insult to everyone who voted to leave. |
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He might be speaking the truth, but so what? he is also speaking nonsense
That should be clear to even the biggest lump |
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Disgusting comments from a British politician. Cable should face an immediate vote of no confidence.
Agree, but. He's clearly after Labour's black voters. What else could he be up to? You can't possibly think he's sincere, he's a politician. |
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erm, he's right.
You only have to look at the many, many posts referring to bulldog spirit, how Britain beat Germany in 1945 (and can do so again), the whole anti-immigrant sentiment that was encapsulated not in arguments about white Eastern Europeans but in Farage standing in front of a billboard of Arabic refugees and in a general unacceptance of Britain's place in the 21st century globe. I know it may be unpallatable to some but he's right. A whole load of people had these ideas in their noggins when they were considering their vote and since. |
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I dont recall anything about the bulldog spirit or wwII, could you point me to those posts please ?
MP's are so out of touch with general public. |
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See that tab button next to your current browser. Click that, visit google and get an automated dogsbody to do your work. Crikey, no wonder we've been reliant on foreigners coming here and putting a shift in.
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some people don't want to have policy decided by a centralised foreign elite
it is bad enough with so called parliamentary democracy in the uk hope this helps |
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Why is it so wrong to have pale skin? It's down to a lack of strong sunshine in the UK, that's all. There's nothing racist about it unless you want to call nature racist.
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See, I like MPs being contrary and saying things that "the general public" don't like.
That's their job. We elect them on the basis that we think they're well equipped, can judge issues well and make the right decision. I don't want a politician who'll bend like a reed in the wind to whatever is currently seen as popular. Our politicians should show the backbone to stand up and say things even if they think some people disagree. It's about convictions. It's about morality. It's about backbone. The whole "this MP should be pro/anti brexit because that's how his constituency voted" is utter tripe that needs to be nailed. We live in a representative democracy where we employ these people to be - gulp - experts and to use their wisdom, learning and insight to reach decisions that most of us may not have seen. Give me a politician who says something that he means but I disagree with over some muppet who says "the right thing" but whose heart isn't in it. |
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PP - is Africa too black then?
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"no wonder we've been reliant on foreigners coming here and putting a shift in"
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That is biggest load of crap i have ever read on this forum PP.
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Correct he must love nige going by that statement .
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Nearly posted NF but he would had told me he isnt an MP.
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The most successful politician of the last half century.
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Brexit will be the death of us all
Meanwhile somewhere near the QE2 bridge https://www.essexlive.news/news/35bn-uk-disneyland-could-open-1325248 |
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Incredible that a M.P. should say this, time to show that aul gobshyte the door.
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PP spouting drivel as per normal.
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See flush I have some respect for Farage. He's as duplicitous and mendacious as they come but he's always been clear about wanting to leave the EU. Rather that than Johnson's opportunistic Damascene conversion or May's muddled politicking.
On this issue at least he's straight in his intentions even if maybe not in how he goes about convincing others to his cause. |