Another Win

[gulliver1]

Labour win yet another By Election ....Birmingham Erdington.
......Not looking good for the Cons again . lol

[grumpy01]

Mrs Hamilton is the first black woman to represent a Birmingham constituency.

[Bazile]

She's also the first black MP for a Birmingham Constituency

[youngmafbog]

Isnt it a pity we still have to highlight the colour of someone's skin, either positively or negatively it is so divisional.

She is a lady, full stop. Lets just hear about her and what she wants to achieve.

[lankeela]

ymb totally agree, but what makes it even sadder is that she said so herself.

[grumpy01]

Why shouldn’t be highlighted.It shows the diversity of communities in our great country and having an MP who can truly represent them must help..

[fender62]

labour will not get into power for a long time, if ever as thye like to bankrupt the treasury aka our taxes, and that diversity makes us stronger...it does not.

[New Judge]

Are you saying that only a black person can truly represent black people?

[grumpy01]

Surely they have more of an understanding of the issues experienced by black people in these large cities than say someone parachuted in by Conservative Central Office.

[Khandro]

NJ: according to my understanding, it's OK for a black person to call another black person 'black' (or even the taboo word!) and they can call you 'white', but you mustn't call them 'black'.

Meanwhile in Ukraine.................

[grumpy01]

Khandro ????

[Fatalbertfixer]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10578929/Labour-election-winner-Paulette-Hamilton-called-uprising-against-Government.html
Is this the sort of person we should have in parliament?

[gulliver1]

What has happened to Boris's Red wall,
Lend me your votes. ..turned a bit purple. lol

[Mozz71]

Fatalbertfixer - the article reads "it came after footage emerged of her describing how she had felt torn between democracy and an uprising against the Government"

Not a call for an uprising, just deciding on what position to take. Given that she ran for election, I'm guessing she chose democracy.

[gulliver1]

Fatalfixer @16 55, If she helps get rid of this ,
Sleazy ,Corrupt Con Crony Club , then yes.
All the present Government think of is
..Self first ,Con Party second , Joe Public last.

[Togo]

We appear to be agreeing that black politicians better represent black people ... are we saying that white politicians are therefor better placed to represent white people? Indeed are we saying that any characteristic in a politician, whether it be religion, sexual inclinations, or any other defining "attribute" is best suited to voters of the same set of distinguishing features? Must we have only blind or disabled MPs and Councillors for the blind or disabled voters.

[fender62]

let's no forget according to tv adverts the uk population is 50/50 black n white and other, inclusivity diversity, or flog a product.

[naomi24]

Gulliver at 1700. It’s a blue wall and that seat was never part of it. It’s been Labour since 1945 snd all that’s changed is labour’s majority. It’s smaller. Do calm down. Hysteria isn’t a good look.

[gulliver1]

17 .36, Think it's time for you to go outside
and bang your tambourine, Naomi.

[naomi24]

And speaking of banging on, Gulliver, its probably wise for you to stop banging on. You’re making a twit of yourself again.

[New Judge]

//Given that she ran for election, I'm guessing she chose democracy.//

I think, given the position comes with an £85k salary plus (considerable) expenses and allowances, that may have swayed her decision. I saw her on TV saying she could not believe she was now an MP and had to pinch herself. I'm sure she did.

//Why shouldn’t be highlighted//

I'll tell you why. If a white MP had been elected by a predominantly white electorate, and you made the same remark, adding "Surely they have more of an understanding of the issues experienced by white people in these rural areas/affluent suburbs/pleasant market towns [delete or add as appropriate], how do you think that would have gone down?