Friday, December 08, 2006

If a Tory did this what would people say?

PragueTory has highlighted something that poses just one question. If a Tory did this, or this, what would people say?
"You’ve taken the Tosser Test, and now for your delight and delectation, the Ministry of Truth is proud to present the first screenshot from the Conservative Party’s upcoming ‘Sort-It’ campaign on Race Relations - we’re sure it’ll be a roaring success…"

10 comments:

2Young2bCynical said...

As I said elsewhere, disgraceful. Should be taken to the Standards Board. Bob Piper should be ashamed, and should be suspended from the Labour Party.

Anonymous said...

You know the fake outrage the Tory blogs are trying to wip up here is a bit obvious...

dizzy said...

There's nothing fake about my post. At the end of the day my question is entirely genuine. If an anti-cameron tory had produced the above they would've been pilloried to death.

Praguetory said...

As Bob et al seem determined to exercise their right to cause offence and it sounds like complaints are being made, it looks like we will find out in practice what happens.

Bob Piper said...

Dizzy, I suspect unlike PragueTory, you are not expressing fake outrage, you are asking a serious question, so you deserve a proper answer. If that appeared on an anti-cameron Tory site, most of us would think, ye, spot on, exposing his bandwagon jumping. Some Labour supporters (and I doubt I would be one because being anti-cameron would suit me) would have expressed fake moral outrage too (as PragueTory does) in an attempt to score a cheap political point. That is also legitimate, but let's not get hung up on the morality kick. It's all so reminiscent of the Sion Simon fake backlash as if any of those daft buggers really thought Cameron was giving his kids away.

dizzy said...

Oh come off it Bob. If that was on an anti-cameron tory site you'd be screaming about racism from the rooftops.

Bob Piper said...

Why? Think about it... it would be anti-Cameron. I would have probably done the same... reproduced it! I've quite often reproduced stuff from ConservativeHome for just that reason. If I had "screamed" (and I rarely do these days) it would have been as a piece of political opportunism... not out of moral indignation, believe me, I don't do moral indignation.

Praguetory said...

Bob, there's a few other pissed off people posting that you should visit (not all of them Tory). It must be like trying to keep multiplying plates spinning for you to do the rounds.

Anonymous said...

Labour Councillor thinks Cameron's a Nigger at heart......so what ?

Anonymous said...

I do hope that the race relations industry are going to take this very seriously.