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// Meanwhile a Conservative MP, who was demoted after attending a reportedly Nazi-themed stag party, appeared to describe the Olympic Opening Ceremony as 'leftie multi-cultural crap'.
The comments, claiming the ceremony was more left wing than that which opened the 2008 Beijing games in Communist China, appeared in a Twitter account purporting to be that of Aidan Burley, Tory MP for Cannock Chase.
The opening section showcased British history, including the creation of the NHS and the Jarrow march, a 1936 protest against unemployment in the North East.
Two tweets were posted from @AidanBurleyMP, saying: 'The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen - more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?'
A second tweet read: 'Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones!'
Downing Street distanced itself from the comments, with a senior source saying: 'We do not agree with him'. //
This man is entitled to his opinion, but it seems rather inappropriate from an MP and very unpatriotic to knock what was clearly a triumph.
Talk about missing the mood of the nation and being out of touch.
What do you think?
The comments, claiming the ceremony was more left wing than that which opened the 2008 Beijing games in Communist China, appeared in a Twitter account purporting to be that of Aidan Burley, Tory MP for Cannock Chase.
The opening section showcased British history, including the creation of the NHS and the Jarrow march, a 1936 protest against unemployment in the North East.
Two tweets were posted from @AidanBurleyMP, saying: 'The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen - more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?'
A second tweet read: 'Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones!'
Downing Street distanced itself from the comments, with a senior source saying: 'We do not agree with him'. //
This man is entitled to his opinion, but it seems rather inappropriate from an MP and very unpatriotic to knock what was clearly a triumph.
Talk about missing the mood of the nation and being out of touch.
What do you think?
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eyethenkew
You appear to be living in a certain state of bliss.
You see, to be enjoying it, so I won't argue with you. Suffice to say - all the points youve raised are based on very little knowledge of the subject you espouse.
Once again, just because you don't like something, doesn't invalidate it.
I personally don't like thrash metal, but I wouldn't make a fool of myself by trying to pontificate about it, and thn support my argument with dubious quotes from the internet.
I wold be too self-aware.
You appear to be living in a certain state of bliss.
You see, to be enjoying it, so I won't argue with you. Suffice to say - all the points youve raised are based on very little knowledge of the subject you espouse.
Once again, just because you don't like something, doesn't invalidate it.
I personally don't like thrash metal, but I wouldn't make a fool of myself by trying to pontificate about it, and thn support my argument with dubious quotes from the internet.
I wold be too self-aware.
