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Topic: attempted 'phobic tactics by Labour MP backfire
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Hephaestion
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posted 23 February 2005 10:07 AM
quote: Labour MP Candy Atherton, accused of trying to dig up dirt on her gay opponent, insisted yesterday that she would never use "prejudice" to win an election. Right. Atherton denied asking her gay researcher to collect incriminating personal info about her gay Tory rival saying she was "very upset and shocked." The allegation were made by her former gay employee Tom Phillips who is accusing Atherton of discrimination and harassment on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
[from queerday.com] Holy crap! This is the LABOUR Party?! quote: The MP admitted that some voters in Falmouth would disapprove of Mr Crossley's sexuality. But she insisted that she would never exploit that, adding ''I would not want any personal political gain because of other people's prejudice."
I echo queerday.com's editor, with a derisive, "Yeah... riiiiiiight!"
From: goodbye... :-( | Registered: Dec 2003
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johnpauljones
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posted 23 February 2005 01:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by NDP Newbie: Trust her. Labour, while still rotten, is far less bad than Tory.
Sorry Newbie I can not accept the trust her attitude. If the tables were reversed and a Brit Tory did this against a Labor candidate there would be hell to pay. This stinks and where I come from if the poo stinks then it must be poo edited to add: the smear campaigns that the political right has tried in Canada have failed partially due to the fact that we have not stood for them and allowed them to continue. Or at least without any outcry. It is farcicle actions like these that water down our rightousness. [ 23 February 2005: Message edited by: johnpauljones ]
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Hephaestion
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posted 23 February 2005 05:56 PM
quote: Originally posted by RealityBites: Be sure to write when you find one.
There were a few, once upon a time. They pretty much were forced out when the Reformatories hijacked their party. quote: Originally posted by WingNut: They deserve to be thrown out on their asses for Iraq. This is just more proof that New Labour is old Tory.
Touché
From: goodbye... :-( | Registered: Dec 2003
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