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Bongo Bongo Land????
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As usual the "what can I be offended about today" brigade are out in force!
Sad sad people need to get a life!!
Sad sad people need to get a life!!
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It has possibly done us all a favour. Firstly the media missed the message and focussed on the presentation, but the message still stands. Secondly they have mentioned it so much today it has actually done exactly the opposite to what the liberal media wanted, to reaffirm the problem we have with wasted and squandered foreign aid little of which reaches the intended targets or is given to countries with no need of it. Thirdly it may bring a few people on board who weren't quite sure about PC and are now certain it's nonsense. All those can only help in the long run.
Alan Clark used it once. John Major complained. Clark said it was a reference to President Bongo of Gabon. He was a lad, wasn't he!
It may be a reference to bongo drums or to the frequency of the sound bongo in some African languages. The former sounds more plausible: "I hear the sound of distant drums, Carstairs! My God, what are they saying?"
We know what he meant, don't we? He means any supposedly Third World country that gets our money. By chance, they are full of black or brown people whose leaders spend it on Paris apartments, Ferraris and Ray Bans (Ray Bans? How naff! Not that the others are much better. At least he didn't say Rolexes. Not clear whether he thought these things suitably aspirational or in bad taste)
He was, according to him, speaking in the language of people at the rugby or golf club (inter alia) the language of the plain- spoken people of Yorkshire, who he represents. I can just imagine Fred Trueman saying that down the golf club! Ah, sweet! Didn't know we still had an Empire full of inferior races
It may be a reference to bongo drums or to the frequency of the sound bongo in some African languages. The former sounds more plausible: "I hear the sound of distant drums, Carstairs! My God, what are they saying?"
We know what he meant, don't we? He means any supposedly Third World country that gets our money. By chance, they are full of black or brown people whose leaders spend it on Paris apartments, Ferraris and Ray Bans (Ray Bans? How naff! Not that the others are much better. At least he didn't say Rolexes. Not clear whether he thought these things suitably aspirational or in bad taste)
He was, according to him, speaking in the language of people at the rugby or golf club (inter alia) the language of the plain- spoken people of Yorkshire, who he represents. I can just imagine Fred Trueman saying that down the golf club! Ah, sweet! Didn't know we still had an Empire full of inferior races
Oh grow up.
I'm no leftie and politics affects me but bores me, but even I can see that this is not acceptable behaviour.
Those of you who are claiming it's leftie nonsense have an agenda of your own and blaming it on political correctness is disingenuous at best.
It's childish, boorish, vulgar point scoring and quite frankly there isn't a political party that's remotely attractive right now.
I am almost permanently disgusted by our society and its values.
I'm no leftie and politics affects me but bores me, but even I can see that this is not acceptable behaviour.
Those of you who are claiming it's leftie nonsense have an agenda of your own and blaming it on political correctness is disingenuous at best.
It's childish, boorish, vulgar point scoring and quite frankly there isn't a political party that's remotely attractive right now.
I am almost permanently disgusted by our society and its values.
