Gordon Brown recorded calling a woman a 'Bigot'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8649853.stm

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

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[shropshire 0]

It could be argued in our modern PC world that she is but she was only voicing concerns about immigration, that a lot of people share.

It's probably a valid issue that a lot of politicians avoid or sugar coat.

As is often the case, Gordons' biggest problem (in this case) is that he was caught.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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Was she, in fact, a bigot?

Yes, she was, but only moderately so. Of course, being moderately bigoted is like being mildly pregnant.

The issue is how Gordon reacts to the "little people". It's enough turn the campaign over.

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It could be argued in our modern PC world that she is but she was only voicing concerns about immigration, that a lot of people share.

It's probably a valid issue that a lot of politicians avoid or sugar coat.

As is often the case, Gordons' biggest problem (in this case) is that he was caught.

You mean, "caught telling the truth" (i.e., that, Yes, she is a bigot.) A cardinal sin for politicians.
I've conducted a highly scientific study. Seems that - world-wide! - 83.2% of people who complain about immigrants into their country are bigots. What a surprise.

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The issue is how Gordon reacts to the "little people". It's enough turn the campaign over.

Does it really matter what he does at this point? Isn't Labour going down regardless?

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Does it really matter what he does at this point? Isn't Labour going down regardless?

Probably ... but it's too close to call. There will probably not be an outright winner.... A hung Parliament in out current crisis, may not be the best position to be in.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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First he forgets that is microphone is still on. But the best part is that when the BBC plays it to him on the radio, he forgets there is a camera on him and he drops his head in his hand....he looked completely defeated.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8649853.stm

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

yes.

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

yes.

why? because her and many more in her country are tired of people from the outside changing the values and government of their country to something they don't want, like, or agree with?

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Personally I think the people changing the country are the left wing PC brigade who are scared of giving offence where none would be taken.

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First he forgets that is microphone is still on. But the best part is that when the BBC plays it to him on the radio, he forgets there is a camera on him and he drops his head in his hand....he looked completely defeated.

You mean this..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8649200.stm

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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[shropshire 0]

Couldn't have been more deserved. I dislike that man and his politics .. He is complicit in the destruction of our economy but wont admit it

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

yes.

why? because her and many more in her country are tired of people from the outside changing the values and government of their country to something they don't want, like, or agree with?

Yes.

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Better a bigot than a politician

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

yes.

why? because her and many more in her country are tired of people from the outside changing the values and government of their country to something they don't want, like, or agree with?

no, because she thinks that they're all scroungers.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8649853.stm

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Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".
Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say "that was a disaster".

Was she, in fact, a bigot?

yes.

why? because her and many more in her country are tired of people from the outside changing the values and government of their country to something they don't want, like, or agree with?

no, because she thinks that they're all scroungers.

No, because she thinks they're all wogs, towel-heads and papists.

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Was she, in fact, a bigot?

Yes, she was, but only moderately so. Of course, being moderately bigoted is like being mildly pregnant.

The issue is how Gordon reacts to the "little people". It's enough turn the campaign over.

Kind of like Obama openly laughing at the concerned people that are members of the Tea party. Like they are a joke?

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Couldn't have been more deserved. I dislike that man and his politics .. He is complicit in the destruction of our economy but wont admit it

I agree.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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[Andrewwhyte 1]

There was a story on CBC today on the British election and the immigration question. The story featured a guy named Ahmed complaining about the Lithuanian immigrants.

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There was a story on CBC today on the British election and the immigration question. The story featured a guy named Ahmed complaining about the Lithuanian immigrants.

I guess it never crossed your mind that Ahmed might have been born in England as might his father and quite possibily his grandfather. Or are only decendents of Germans, French and Scandinavian immigrants allowed to gripe about immigration in the UK?

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Actually it was spelled out that Ahmed was born in England to immigrant parents. My point is that people bitching about the newcomers is a permanent feature of society. The Poles and Lithuanians that are "stealing" jobs and social benefits today will likely have children that bitch about the immigrants 25 years from now.
When "old stock" Albertans (usually 2-3 generations out of eastern Europe) bitch about the immigrants I tell them if my grandfather had had his way their grandfathers wouldn't have been allowed in (bloody wog Catholics).