Has Aidan Burley got a point?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025518

Was the Olympic opening show lefty multicultural rubbish?

One has to ask what all that NHS spectacular was all about, and why did they need to show the the 'Windrush' immigrants but failed to include the Asian immigrants expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin?

There was also no mention of the slave trade, which many are forever telling us made Britain prosperous, the only black faces we saw were of the white British 'slaves' who's faces were black from their toils down the mines or in the Iron foundries of industrial revolutionary Britain.

[Gromit]

I've already posted a thread on that below.

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1156039.html

No he hasn't. It wasn't crap it was magnificent.

[Mick-Talbot]

There was also no mention of the slave trade, which many are forever telling us made Britain prosperous, the only black faces we saw were of the white British 'slaves' who's faces were black from their toils down the mines or in the Iron foundries of industrial revolutionary Britain.



You need to pay more attention.

[sp1814]

No he hasn't got a point. My money is on him being a bit drunk when he wrote that tweet.

I wonder what would've made him happy? A ban on all black actors and dancers?

And is he equally upset at the number of Asian and black competitors in Team GB?

[Gromit]

It is curious that a certain section has to whinge even when we as a country have done something rather brilliant. The rest of the world were impressed, but not AOG.

[sp1814]

AOG

How do you suggest the slave trade be represented?

White actors whipping black 'slaves'?

Slave traders negotiating over the 'property'?

Can you imagine the furore in the press?

Wouldn't the inclusion REALLY support the 'leftie propoganda' argument?

[sir.prize]

AOG - you grumpy old wotsit. Did you have a late night?

[Mick-Talbot]

Did I imagine 'Windrush' then ?

[Mick-Talbot]

Diane Abbott MP‏@HackneyAbbott

So touched to see Windrush & group of early West Indian immigrants form part of #Olympics2012 opening ceremony #london2012



nope ..... I am in good ... cough.... company

[FredPuli43]

You missed one ! There was a black face under a stovepipe hat. The man was representing an industrialist. My knowledge of black history in Britain is incomplete but I do wonder if there was any black industrialist in Britain in the C18 and C19 centuries.
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Can't have everything. The slave trade had nothing to do with the founding of the industrial revolution or the subsequent development of that; it supported the sugar trade. Where would you have included it? The Windrush marks the first step in all the post war immigration and is a symbol of it. And in a sequence of events marking British innovation and invention and significant changes in the country, where would Idi Amin's activities fit?

The NHS is signifcant because we were the first country to have 'universal health care'. As such, it fits, logically and importantly, into the sequence described.

[Mick-Talbot]

I have misunderstood your post AOG.

i REALLY SHOULD STOP MULTI TASKING.

oops ^ see , back to the racing.

[bazwillrun]

"why did they need to show the the 'Windrush' immigrants"

They didnt and its certainly no indication of British culture, its called PC kow-towing, there were a million other far more important and significant things from the past 1000 years that could have been used to show off this countrys culture and historical past.

The event was both spectacular and sickening at the same time...bet thats a first

[sp1814]

Mick-Talbot, I agree with the majority of people - the only people who didn't enjoy this marvellous piece of British spectacle are the kind of miserablists who just spend ALL their time and effort complaining.

Dull.

[Brenden]

Are they saddophobes sp. lol

[eyethenkyew]

I think he made some very good points indeed, but of course there are many on here who would then brand you as being 'homophobic' - another made up word? - or 'racist' just because you happen to hold those views.

I, also, failed to see the relevance of the NHS thing which became totally farcical with the introduction of all the 'Mary Poppins' arriving to nursemaid the kids - what was all that about???

It was very odd indeed that the whole thing supposedly began around the mid 19th century, and before you know it had jumped to 1948, conveniently missing out not only two world wars, but also all our colonial history as well, i.e. the British Empire, the Zulu wars etc, not to mention our shameful part in the slave trade?

Also, if you're going to also then leap to the 1960s and show a load of Affro Caribbeans coming to the UK, what about all the other immigrants, eg the Irish who were given a very hard time when they came to Britain to work in the 20th century.

We then had a bit of the "Swinging Sixties" followed by a load of rap by Dizzee Rascal - I was totally flummoxed by that point! There was virtually no inclusivity regarding all the home nations, more or less nothing referring to Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

A very, very poor effort, Mr Boyle.

[weecalf]

Did world cup 1966 get a mention

[pdq1]

Labour has achieved what Hitler couldn't. We wouldn't be talking about a run down multicultural Britain but a Europe that could compete with the US and China.

[sp1814]

eyethenkew

What on earth has homophobia got to do with anything?

Your arguments have very little substance.

[Gromit]

Aiden Burley is an immigrant. Maybe it is time to return to his birthplace.

[ludwig]

I loved the opening ceremony. It's an unexpected but massive bonus that it's clearly upset so many right wing tw@ts, Adrian Burley included.