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Farage Wants To Repeal Anti-Race Discrimination Laws
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Anybody who is still unsure whether to vote for UKIP or not in a few weeks time had better see this.
He wants to repeal anti-race discrimination laws ! This will never happen, of course, because Farage and UKIP will never win a General Election ! But the fact that he has said this, is still atrocious .
My Dad had to put with signs saying " No Blacks, no Irish and no dogs" when he was a young man in post war Britain. If Farage had his way, these signs would appear outside the factory gate, all over again.
A quote from the BBC link :::: When asked if he would retain a ban on discrimination on the grounds of race or colour, he said: "No... because we take the view, we are colour-blind. We as a party are colour-blind."
If anybody else wants a reason that Farage and his Party are constantly exposed to ridicule, they need look no further.
Anybody who is still unsure whether to vote for UKIP or not in a few weeks time had better see this.
He wants to repeal anti-race discrimination laws ! This will never happen, of course, because Farage and UKIP will never win a General Election ! But the fact that he has said this, is still atrocious .
My Dad had to put with signs saying " No Blacks, no Irish and no dogs" when he was a young man in post war Britain. If Farage had his way, these signs would appear outside the factory gate, all over again.
A quote from the BBC link :::: When asked if he would retain a ban on discrimination on the grounds of race or colour, he said: "No... because we take the view, we are colour-blind. We as a party are colour-blind."
If anybody else wants a reason that Farage and his Party are constantly exposed to ridicule, they need look no further.
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Firstly we are not in Canada or Australia, we are in the European Union that has a policy of free movement. Secondly there are areas that would not give an Eastern European or a Muslim or someone who is black a job because they don't feel that the individual is 'right for the job' ie not white anglo. That is wrong and we need to maintain these laws or what will be the...
08:45 Thu 12th Mar 2015
New Judge
In the link:
"Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme he said he was making the point that employers should be able to discriminate in favour of British workers."
The reason that companies hire from the EU, is because there is a massive mobile workforce happy to leave their home countries for work.
Why would prefer the type of people who consider living on benefits who won't go to the next town for a job over those willing to cross a continent for work?
How many times have we read about employers complaining that they get no response to job ads?
And what will be the benefit to employers in being able to advertise to British workers if they will only pay the wages that Poles are happy to accept?
There is literally no 'up side' to these proposals.
It's all politicking...
In the link:
"Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme he said he was making the point that employers should be able to discriminate in favour of British workers."
The reason that companies hire from the EU, is because there is a massive mobile workforce happy to leave their home countries for work.
Why would prefer the type of people who consider living on benefits who won't go to the next town for a job over those willing to cross a continent for work?
How many times have we read about employers complaining that they get no response to job ads?
And what will be the benefit to employers in being able to advertise to British workers if they will only pay the wages that Poles are happy to accept?
There is literally no 'up side' to these proposals.
It's all politicking...
If someone had told me, a few days ago, that a Leader of one of our main political parties would openly advocate the repealing of our race discrimination laws, I would have said that that person was mad.
If someone had also said that this politician would be supported by so many here on AB, I wouldn't have believed that either.
Just goes to show that even at the age of nearly 62, you are never too old to be amazed !
On my way home on the M4 this lunchtime, I heard Martha Carney interview an UKIP spokesman, a certain Winston McKenzie, who is the prospective candidate for Croydon North in May 2015. She gave him ample opportunity to explain why "The Guvnor" (his words, not mine) was advocating this policy but he rambled on at great length about everything under the sun, including Martin Luther King (!) but still managed not to condemn Farage.
Not being aware who Mr McKenzie is, I have just googled him and I am astounded to see that he is black, just the sort of person who the anti discrimination laws were enacted to protect.
I am not sure how much more amazed I am capable of being today !
If someone had also said that this politician would be supported by so many here on AB, I wouldn't have believed that either.
Just goes to show that even at the age of nearly 62, you are never too old to be amazed !
On my way home on the M4 this lunchtime, I heard Martha Carney interview an UKIP spokesman, a certain Winston McKenzie, who is the prospective candidate for Croydon North in May 2015. She gave him ample opportunity to explain why "The Guvnor" (his words, not mine) was advocating this policy but he rambled on at great length about everything under the sun, including Martin Luther King (!) but still managed not to condemn Farage.
Not being aware who Mr McKenzie is, I have just googled him and I am astounded to see that he is black, just the sort of person who the anti discrimination laws were enacted to protect.
I am not sure how much more amazed I am capable of being today !
AOG...we will be able to see exactly what Farage actually said, when the program is broadcast next week.
As it stands at the moment, I can find no evidence that he didn't use the words to Phillips, that all the Media is saying he did today. But they could all be wrong of course. The organ that you frequently use as the base of your always interesting posts seem to agree he did.
As it stands at the moment, I can find no evidence that he didn't use the words to Phillips, that all the Media is saying he did today. But they could all be wrong of course. The organ that you frequently use as the base of your always interesting posts seem to agree he did.
Actually Mikey. I think what he was saying is equivalent to 'British jobs for British workers' now where have I heard that before. Ahhhh, Mr Broon
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AOG
Nigel Farage literally isn't making any sense.
He thinks that by dismantling race discrimination laws, companies will be able to choose British workers over those from the EU.
Anyone with even a modicum of sense can see how preposterous this is.
I showed the BBC report to a a group of colleague at lunchtime. Not a single one of them to work out what this silly man meant.
It's absolutely and without a shadow of a doubt, an ill-thought out piece of nonsense, which makes me believe that Farage is no better than any other political upstart.
AOG - seriously, see if you can determine the logic in this:
/// Mr Farage later said that his comments had been "misinterpreted", and he was “talking [about] Britons, whatever their heritage, being discriminated against in favour of EU migrants.” It was "not a white v black thing at all", he said. ///
So, by dismantling race discrimination laws, British firms will be able to advertise to Brits eh?
Well there is nothing, absolutely nothing enshrined in law which forces firms to hire people from abroad.
Nothing.
Nada.
Not a sausage.
Nigel Farage literally isn't making any sense.
He thinks that by dismantling race discrimination laws, companies will be able to choose British workers over those from the EU.
Anyone with even a modicum of sense can see how preposterous this is.
I showed the BBC report to a a group of colleague at lunchtime. Not a single one of them to work out what this silly man meant.
It's absolutely and without a shadow of a doubt, an ill-thought out piece of nonsense, which makes me believe that Farage is no better than any other political upstart.
AOG - seriously, see if you can determine the logic in this:
/// Mr Farage later said that his comments had been "misinterpreted", and he was “talking [about] Britons, whatever their heritage, being discriminated against in favour of EU migrants.” It was "not a white v black thing at all", he said. ///
So, by dismantling race discrimination laws, British firms will be able to advertise to Brits eh?
Well there is nothing, absolutely nothing enshrined in law which forces firms to hire people from abroad.
Nothing.
Nada.
Not a sausage.
Actually SP, what Farage is so afraid of is Polish workers, most ir not all appear to be white !
What this comes down to is Farages bee in his bonnet about Britain being a member of the EU. Under the terms of our membership, we can't stop Polish workers from coming here, in the same way as Germany couldn't stop my brother and dozens of his mates from working in Germany as bricklayers, chippies, sparks, etc, a few years ago, when Britains building industry was on its behind. Look at all those Brits working and owning Bars in Spain !
What this comes down to is Farages bee in his bonnet about Britain being a member of the EU. Under the terms of our membership, we can't stop Polish workers from coming here, in the same way as Germany couldn't stop my brother and dozens of his mates from working in Germany as bricklayers, chippies, sparks, etc, a few years ago, when Britains building industry was on its behind. Look at all those Brits working and owning Bars in Spain !
//.if only our employers could persuade the British unemployed to get off the sofa, sign off the Dole and get off down to the Job Centre !//
Try stopping their dole if they won't. Eastern Europeans are very hard working and will take the most menial job that our indigenous population. However, I think we should restrict benefits to anyone who comes over and doesn't work.
Try stopping their dole if they won't. Eastern Europeans are very hard working and will take the most menial job that our indigenous population. However, I think we should restrict benefits to anyone who comes over and doesn't work.
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