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What does this woman and others want, the inquiry judge to be selected from a resident of those flats?
What does this woman and others want, the inquiry judge to be selected from a resident of those flats?
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It always seems strange (though not unexpected) that black people say that white people cannot possibly understand their problems. Imagine this then: the victims of a tragedy are predominantl
12:55 Tue 04th Jul 2017
It's been pointed out before that Lammy lost a friend in the fire, so I think he can be forgiven for caring a lot about this case and that the enquiry is seen to be fair and open. Still, like everyone else here I think he's got it wrong -- as has Coad, as has everyone who allows the "posh white elderly" description of the judge to pre-judge his ability to be impartial.
The point I was making is that NJ's otherwise excellent post is spoiled by the fact that the situation *has* been reversed, and recently, and then many who here -- rightly -- criticised Lammy for his views here in fact came out in support of Trump when he was trying the same line of attack on a Mexican judge. Thanks to mikey for immediately picking up the reference, and laying the double standards from the other side to bear.
Lammy's response is typical, I think, of anger being allowed to dominate one's judgement. The same thing happened with the child abuse enquiry, which ran through four judges so far, any one of which would I am sure have been able to do an excellent job but the first two of which were criticised for being part of the "establishment", or some other such concerns that were in my view misplaced. It's still having trouble now, as it happens.
But that's by the by. I suspect that this is as much about class divides as it is about racial ones.
The point I was making is that NJ's otherwise excellent post is spoiled by the fact that the situation *has* been reversed, and recently, and then many who here -- rightly -- criticised Lammy for his views here in fact came out in support of Trump when he was trying the same line of attack on a Mexican judge. Thanks to mikey for immediately picking up the reference, and laying the double standards from the other side to bear.
Lammy's response is typical, I think, of anger being allowed to dominate one's judgement. The same thing happened with the child abuse enquiry, which ran through four judges so far, any one of which would I am sure have been able to do an excellent job but the first two of which were criticised for being part of the "establishment", or some other such concerns that were in my view misplaced. It's still having trouble now, as it happens.
But that's by the by. I suspect that this is as much about class divides as it is about racial ones.
Surely the very fact he has been around for almost 90 years, and as a judge has probably come across all varieties of folks and their problems, still has 'all his martbles' or he would not have been asked to do the job makes him more suitable than a lot of other folks, regardless of his skin colour and class?
I'm not stretching anything, but whatever. In neither case did the judge's race have anything to do with the matters at hand -- unless, of course, like Lammy did, you stretched things to make it so.
The litigants in the Trump University case were not Mexican (at least, not exclusively, although one or two might have been), so there is no relevance whatsoever. Only in Trump's head did it ever matter.
The litigants in the Trump University case were not Mexican (at least, not exclusively, although one or two might have been), so there is no relevance whatsoever. Only in Trump's head did it ever matter.
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