What did you think of The One Show? Guest: Jamie Cullum
Adrian and Christine were joined by jazz sensation Jamie Cullum.
It's been confirmed that Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, will appear on Question Time tomorrow. Junior Simpson gave us his take on the issue.
Lucy Siegle explained how to travel by train for less.
Over the next few weeks we'll be discovering the stories behind the famous places on the Monopoly board. Tonight, Clare Balding visited Park Lane.
And finally, Aubrey Manning hunted for evidence of a meteorite that hit Scotland a long time ago.
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If enough people from ethnic minorities DID join the BNP, would it be possible to change their policies and overthrow their leadership?
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hashtekar has it exactly right! When the BNP are forced to change their membership policies, people from ethnic minorities should be ENCOURAGED to join and change the policies from within.
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The BNP can change their constution and I agree non whites won't join the party. However the BNP will claim that they are not to blame as they changed their constitution to allow non white membership. They win both ways - which shouldn't ever be right.
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what's wrong with Christine's voice this evening?
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Where is "Garfall" as pronounced by the reporter in the piece on train travel? Doesn't she mean Garforth? Get it the Northern pronunciation right One Show...
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Please, please can Christine share where she got the dress from?
It looks fab!!
Never asked anything like this before - but it is rather nice!!
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Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party got elected fairly, and so did his members, why shouldnt he be on the show???? We have a lot of MPS who have fiddled their exspenses yet only have to pay some back, surely they should be banned as well,after all they have broken the law, at least Nick says how it is and doesnt deliberatley try to deceive!!!!
Maybe all his points aren't correct, but he only says what a lot of people think and are too afraid to say.
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The only reason the racist Nick Griffin is even being discussed, is because the Labour government have not listened to the concerns of many British people concerning illegal immigration. I don't believe that the people voting for the BNP are, on the whole rascist bigots, they are just trying to make a point to Gordon Brown as he still refuses to tackle mass illegal immigration which is paramount to the average voters concerns.
"Bad publicity is better than no publicity" and I believe him appearing on the show tomorrow will only fuel his already massive ego
Kate Sackley
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Sorry..probably just being very niave here but find the whole BNP thing a bit scary(this comes from a very blonde/blue eye/anglo-saxon background)....still a bit worried.
Best thing is to vote them in...get them well into parliament/establishment mode, then human nature will take over...and in no time they will be towing the party line, being very quiet and claiming their expenses. Will not actually deal with their vile opinons but will keep them quiet
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And you don't think the Labour party stealing their slogans "British jobs for British workers" and policies "state homes for young mothers" helps promote the BNP's cause? Just look where the BNP are making inroads - long held Labour constituencies. And for that matter the BBC should stop describing them as far-Right like there are no racists or prejudice on the Left. In fact the BNP manifesto reads like the Labour '83 manifesto. The BNP founders first choice of name for their new party was The Real Labour Party. The BNP are far-Left.
If anyone says they believe in freedom of speech what it really means is that you have to defend your political opponents right to be heard.
The best strategy against the BNP is to haul them into the light of tough interviews and debates. As the saying goes sunlight is the best disinfectant.
You'd be surprised how many people in minority communities support the BNP because many of the settled immigrants vehemently detest the waves of new immigrants and want it to stop. Immigration in mainstream politics has for a long time been taboo because whenever anyone talks about controlled immigration someone pops up (almost always from the Left) to shout "RACIST!" No wonder the BNP are able to capitalise on this issue.
What about the complete lack of concern when Ken Livingstone (who used anti-Semitic language to a Jewish reporter) and George Galloway (a whole career of anti-Semitic comments) are on Question Time? If you allow Livingstone or Galloway on Question Time then you can't deny Griffin.
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I've taken to switching off or over The One Show, don't you people ever get fed up with trying to brainwash everyone into your narrow view of the world. Your arrogant condemnation of anyone who dares hold a view that doesn't fit in with what you consider is right I really find small minded and reminiscent of old style soviet technocrats.
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Partly true i must agree "katesackley", but something needs to happen as this country is rapidly going down hill, in a large many ways.. I try to live within the law, and do my bit as regards the enviroment, but when you call the council with a concern about litter, racial abuse, recyling you just get fobbed off. Nearly all parties are the same just slightly different policies either way they get paid far too much and do far too little!!!
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Post 8 agree with you ,and cannot wait to see how Question Time goes tomorrow .Poor Christines voice is going , hot toddy required .love Jamie Cullen, and Best Wishes on his forthcoming marriage .
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Adrian mentioned out the panarama programme that was on the other night with the Asian family being abused and attacked and what would Nick Griffin think about it? What we have never seen on TV is that white people are getting abused and attacked on asian housing estates. I do not agree with what happened to the Asian family, but it is also happening to white families also, but nobody ever talks about it.
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Poor Christine, she needs to rest her little voice, give her a night off.... ok, so they have a stand in for Adrian but what about Christine...so he hard to beat! Get well soon honey
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POST 14
I TOTALLY AGREE, I HAD RACIAL ABUSE FROM NEIGHBOURS, I AM WHITE, THEY ARE OF CARIBBEAN DECENT, WHEN I MADE A COMPLAINT IT TOOK 4 WEEKS FOR SOMEONE TO COME ROUND, IF I HAD SAID ANYTHING LIKE THIS PERSON SAID THE POLICE WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOCKING AND IM SURE I'D HAVE BEEN IN COURT BY NOW!!! I DONT AGREE WITH SOME ISSUES THE BNP HAVE, BUT WE NEED THINGS SORTING IN THIS COUNTRY
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nicholasstacy post 14 is spot on.
The truth about the bigots in that programme was that they would pick on anything that was different. Send a white person down those streets with a prominently displayed crucifix or an orthodox Jew and I bet you'd see a similar reaction. But Christianity isn't on the BBC's list of politically correct victims. Nor is anti-Semitism or racism against white people.
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As reported on the bbc news tonight there are likey to be 70 million living in the uk, its overcrowded enough now. The schools and hospitals are in a mess you cant get the kids into the school of your choice, nobody wants the ecotown built next to them, everyone complains when they can't find a parking space in town or gets stuck in congestion. For me the BNP is not about being racist but being practical. The country is already bankrupt how many more does it intend to feed.
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I like the One Show for its topical nature, but I do not agree that it should become yet another political bandwagon. I hate the BNP as much as anybody, but this programme is totally out of its comfort zone to try and go down the political route when there are plenty of more established and more balanced programmes.
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I can't be the only person in England that, on the one hand, feels this country is slowly getting saturated with immigrant people, whilst being a strong believer in the wellbeing of all people & races. I feel no animosity at all to non English people, I just don't accept that England should take them all in. I personally feel we should do something towards resolving the problems, in their own countries, that push them into a very dangerous migration, leaving their families to fend for themselves.
Of course this view will be branded racist, but it is a view many people that I have spoken to hold. No doubt some people are atracted to the BNP because they are hearing 'some' or the language they are longing to hear!
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Jamie calium is engaged to Sophie Dahl!!!!!!!!!!!.When did that happen?There going to need a stepladder for Jamie at the wedding.
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Re 18: overcrowding - horrendous - discussed on this blog more than once before... think it's time to restrict families to one child (no, I'm not delusional - it won't happen - just sit back and watch the handcart speed us to hell).
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Re BNP - as someone pointed out, if we go down the road of banning these people from the likes of QT, then where does it stop? No, if the system allows them to become elected representatives, then get them on these programmes and put public concerns to them.
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So, let me get this right....Jamie Cullum will sing to anyone who gets their picture in the frame.
So, tonights lucky winner is someone who is having Chemotherapy, and Jamies song...."I've got you, under my skin"
You honestly couldnt write stuff like that!!!
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Really enjoy the show, especially Jamie Cullum, he is excellent. I watch the show each evening, but have yet to see Arlene Phillips giving her comments on the Strictly Come Dancing Show - is she on the show on a particular evening?
I must say, on Fridays when the show is on for an hour I do switch over for Corrie!
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I do not understand why every time the BNP is relentlessly vilified on TV by the PC brigade, the attacks always focus on race. The BNP has a whole range of policies covering a variety of topics. The thing that upsets me personally is the appalling cruelty to animals caused by Halal killing.It seems ironic that while some TV personalities are trying to improve the lives of chickens, other creatures are exposed to barbarism, while the authorities look the other way. Which way are we going? Are we moving forward or are we going backwards? We cannot do both!
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Am I the only person who noticed Adrian's resemblance to Benny Hill during the Abba sketch on the 3rd July?
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see my comment got passed to a moderator on something adrian said on the show house rules are mad
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I hope that when the BNP do appear on Question Time the questioners are intelligent enough to go beyond the issues of race and tackle them on what the rest of the programme is. Do they actually have anything to say about the credit crunch, the future of the NHS or enviromental issues? I doubt it.
More importantly I look forward to them being tackled on their record. They have said much about the arrogance of the major parties. However where they have been elected to local councils, they have shown themselves to be among the most venal, corrupt and downright incompetent councillors in the UK. It is perhaps indicative of their abilities that those wards that had BNP councillors going into to the Euro elections actually saw them get a reduced vote.
We know the BNP positions on race and immigration. Debate with them on these issue is likely to produce more heat than light. Perhaps if we confront them on what else they have got to say and whether they have anything beyond their narrow platform on which to stand.
Moreover, if they are subjected to scrutiny perhaps we will finally see them not merely as racists, but as useless racists. They not only fail to represent Britain, but they are pretty rubbish at representing even that narrow strata of society that elected them.
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I'd be interested to know what the BNP policies are on:-health,education,the environment and the economy are?If they have any that is.
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RE 22. Gaz11, I'm sure Jamie makes up with it in other ways. Let see making a comment about Jamie's size I'm sure amused you immensly, does that mean your 6ft +, and falling short in other areas?
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Well adrian reminded me of QI I saw the other night with phil jupitus doing fred scuttle impressions.
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I can not believe that you were insensitive enough to dedicate a song to someone who has had chemotherapy and then play "I've got you under my skin!!"
My wife has a very sick sense of humour and chuckled, but then she's only had radiotherapy
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Re 32 no I'm 5ft 9 and falling short in other areas.
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And next the new album instestive tracks to the following like brown on one hand going on about climate change then thanking button for winning F1.
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The one show reminds me of one of those shows you watch then wonder if ur videos being playing up with craming in so many diff things.
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Is the one show going to do two guest for the price of one in the run up to xmas
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Post 26 Arlene appears on Friday usually when Corrie is on !and same old comments regarding Adrian yawn !we have heard them all, its now boring !Regarding immigration, our looney council is now giving asylum seekers new flats with Sky installed for them !Can you imagine locals waiting years for a home to hear this ?and of course benefits thrown in !The tip of the iceberg Im afraid , and glad The One Show at leasts dips there toe in to matters such as this .
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I found Jamies song choice rather insensitive! my father has just been under going surgery for cancer. I know Jamie and his production team arent to know that however to dedicate the song "ive got you under my skin" to those with cancer, well you know the answer! or maybe you really dont!
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They dont its the pc non pc bbc make it up as u go along rule book come on down for a bit of everything or whats in the paper at the time.
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Jamie, you could have chosen to play anything. Anything! So choosing to dedicate "I've got you under my skin" to a one-show viewer who's just been through surgery and chemotherapy? I bet you are kicking yourself. Charlie Brooker would have a field day.
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I must admit to falling about with laughter at Jamie's choice of a serenade to a fellow sufferer. Been there, got the T-shirt so as qualified as most to say I thought it bizarrely amusing!
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Think I am getting old-when Adrian said-here is a pianist everyone will recognise I thought Jamie was Bobby Crush!!-whatever opinion you have about the BNP "starving them of the oxygen of publicity" will just not work-remember Gerry Adams and other Irish politicians being "silenced" in the 80s-we were not allowed to hear their voices but Irish voice over artists were able to say their words-how ridiculous was that!
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Post 44, you have given me a good much needed laugh, Bobby Crush indeed, lol.
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Re #27 caringperson8
Of course the country is going backwards. That's been the intention of the liberal lefties who have had us by the goolies for so long. It's called the post colonial guilt trip.
We've all fallen for the three card trick.
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46-not sure if I agree with your wording but you do have a point-for a while locally there was talk of Bristol apologising for its involvement in the slave trade-that was over 100 years ago and theres me thinking, how can a City (a group of houses, roads and factories) apologise-similar to people giving cars a gender-she always starts first time in the morning etc-how sad is that.
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#47 djwhatsoccurin
Fair point, but have to disagree with you re the car. Whether it be a car, boat, ship, plane it's a 'she'for me. Wonder what JohnHolyer might say.
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Bit late, but.. my thoughts:
By all means, give the BNP an outlet on Question Time, then trust the Question Time audience to expose them for the nasty bigots that they are (in my opinion).
Too little time for Jamie Cullum at the end tonight. And did A really say what I thought he said to C during the interview? Hope she gave him a clip round the earhole off air, thought that was a bit OTT.
Couldnt help thinking about Hokeykokeyalex while watching the Park Lane item - wondering if he was enjoying it?!
Show has seemed a bit flat this week, Christine has been a bit quiet but she cant be confident that her voice will work when she speaks. Hope she's better soon.
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Re: The BNP. They are a legitimate Political Party so why shouldn't they have the right to go on QT? I think that the other party members are too scared to face them because, although I do not agree with all of their policies, in some respects they do talk some sense. Voters are not stupid. They are just fed up with the same old lies from Labour, The Conservatives & The Lib-Dems (not to mention the corrupt, robbing, expense & tax fiddling MP's). We've had mass immigration for years and where has it got us? This country is in a complete mess. Hospitals, schools and emergency services are struggling to cope. There are housing shortages and job shortages. There are hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in this country who have slipped through the net. Where is it going to end? This is only a small island. It was on the news tonight that the population will increase to 70million within the next 2 decacdes, and it will be largely down to immigration. Where will they all go? Where will they all live? Either we will have to return to Victorian slum era with about 5 families living in each house in poverty because there is not enough money or food to go round, or the countryside will become a thing of the past because every available space will be used for housing. Let voters decide at election time about the BNP. The party will either sink or swim.
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It was very noticable how unbiased[lol] the show was regarding the BNP - Four people against - None for.
Comments like "I am against everything the BNP stand for" from people who are unlikely to have read the BNP manifesto is hardly balanced.
It was also interesting that Holly Johnson made a comment about the misuse of the word "Gay" - When it was homosexuals who started the misuse - To make homosexuality more "acceptable".
It is also noticable that though there is "homophobia" and "islamaphobia" there appears to be no "hetrophobia" or "christianaphobia" - Obviously it is only hetrosexual christians that commit hate crimes.
The comment about the BNP by Adrian Chiles regarding the attacks on Pakistanis shown on TV was totally out of order - Nick Griffin has repeatedly stated he is against any form of violence - Gets your facts right.
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This show has got to be the most politically correct show on T.V and thats something for the B.B.C. the pushing of multiculturalism in the Roman skull report was so over the top, yes there was multiracialism, which we all know about but the culture back then would have been strictly Roman not multicultural
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~51 oumens
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#51 oumens
Adrian Chiles did not have an 'outburst' when he correctly stated that Panorama had shown racist abuse towards someone. he merely stated the fact that the programme had shown it.
Para's 2 & 4 of your missive really do spell out where you are coming from.
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I thought Jamie's choice of song, given the person who had been chosen to sing to - was distasteful to say the least..
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# 54 astroplums
I did not state that Adrian Chiles had an "outburst" - I complained about the unfair and unsubstanciated inference betweeen the racial violence and the BNP as if the BNP was resposible for the violence.
As I wrote Nick Griffins has constantly stated he is against violence - AC could have made a more justifiable connection between the violence and the Labour Party as I would imagine that those parts of Bristol are currently predomantaly "socialist"
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I wish to correct you regarding the history of Monopoly. Charles Brace Darrow was taught the game by a group of Atlantic City Quakers in America in the early 1930s, he did not invent it, he merely adapted and marketed it. It is true that had it not been for Darrow it is unlikely that Monopoly would not have been the success that it is today, but the origin of Monopoly can be traced back to 1904 when a game called The Landlord's Game was patented in America by Elizabeth Magie Phillips. The true history of Monopoly would make an interesting TV programme in itself, Charles Darrow died a multi-millionaire while the real inventors of the game received next to nothing.
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posts 51 and 54, I am old enough, unlike your good selves, to remember when the word gay meant something very different to the present time, and I DO resent the hijacking of words to normalise situations that are outside the norm. Before you scream, astroplums, believe it or not it is not the norm to be homosexual!
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By the way I have a homosexual step-son, and that certainly poses me no problem, so don't accuse me of bigotry!
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Just to make a point to the BBC that the BNP are in fact on the far-Left, Yougov did their mega survey of over 30,000 people before the Euro elections and they asked all the people who intended to vote for the BNP what political environment did they grow up in. 47% said they grew up in a Labour supporting environment which was twice as a much as those from a Conservative supporting environment. You can also read straight from Griffin's mouth in the Times today where he says that he is a "National Socialist." The BBC should stop smearing the Right of politics. Prejudice extends across the whole spectrum.
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I was interested in the comments about the BNP. However have you considered the opposition. Islam4UK is a small Muslim group who despise the British constitution and want to implement the SHARIA'AH LAW. They intend to hold demonstrations and March throughout all our major cities on Saturday 31st. October and NO ONE seems to care. Many people consider them a small minority group of LOONIES. However I remember another Loonie, his name was Adolph Hitler. No one took him seriously until he walked into Poland.
Please check out todays story in the Daily Express.
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lab-rat.... ilove to read your contributions,we do not often agree but to try to say the bnp is nearer to labour than tory,,well that is just very silly.
he (nick griffin) may say he is a national socialist but he cannot lie straight in bed so i wouldnt believe much he says...
and we all know opinion polls get answers based on how the question is put
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newhellybelly...blog 50.
i am not aware of a vast range of bnp poilicies,perhaps you could tell me which ones you agree with and those you do not approve of.
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watchingone ..thanks for thinking of me,,,i didnt see the show but i am getting the thread through the blog...it wasnt"LONDON" was it ????????
christine should be rested........
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Post 61 interesting ,this is the first I have heard of Islam4uk ?Yes I think we should be worried very worried !Our headlines in Scottish papers, is Scotland Faces New Wave Of Migrants , just what we need .where does it all end?guess Question Time will be interesting to say the least !
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highland fling......it is a shame that no main stream political party has a proper policy on migrants to our nation.
that kind of vacum allows horrible nasty people like adolf hitler to come through with extrem policies that are played down to encourage people to accept them.
when voted in we see them in their true colours.
that is what could happen with the bnp.....
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gabbagabba23......blog 5,,they are excellent at saying london properly.
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#58 & 59 jadedoldie
As far as the word 'gay' being hijacked and you resenting it, I would just say that the language changes constantly. Remember a few years ago when 'text' was a noun and now is a verb. It is strange at first but then regular use normalises it. Thus it always has been.
I am glad that you have no problems with your stepsons sexuality, but reading both your posts you are actually saying that he is not normal. I'm not saying that to have a pop at you, I am simply reacting to what you said. All I would say is that what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own lives should not be a problem to others, whether they view it as normal or abnormal.
It is very easy to make judgements of others when we really don't understand their feelings.
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OuMens...blog 51,,wasnt nick griffin found guilty of a violent crime?
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astroplums.blog 68.
i very nearly wrote an identical blog,i agree with so much in it.
language is ever changing,,look at the books from many years past,they would be described as dated because words,how we use the and what we mean changes.
you could not describe jadedoldie as a bigot in any way- i believe she has proud principles that some would describe as old fashioned but that does not make them wrong( or right)
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# hokeykokeyalex blog 51
When ? Where ? What was the offence ?
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Post 68, how much clearer can I be that I have NO PROBLEMS with homosexuality! The fact that homosexuality is normal is something however that I will dispute to my last breath. Of course I have old fashioned principles, I grew up and was educated in an atmosphere where morals were clearly of far more importance and meaning than they are now. I don't care where, when, how often, or in what manner people express their sexuality, religion or politics, but that will NEVER mean that I have to accept variations as the norm.
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OuMens..in truth not sure that is why i am asking,,,are you saying he has no such conviction?i really do not know?
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OuMens.. he was found guilty of inciting racial hatred,,sentenced to 9 months suspended for 2 years...i think all would agree a vile crime,pleased to clear it up,,that is why i asked.
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jadedoldie .blog 72,,,i think i summed you up quite well(with respect to you)..........
hard to argue with what you say....
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Had to rewind the television just to check that what I hearing was actually correct.Jamie Cullum singing I've got you under my skin for a cancer sufferer. How insensitive can you get!!!
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hokeykokeyalex - the Real question for the BBC is what defines far-Right. Are all racists far-Right? That is patently untrue. If you take course in politics they place parties on grids between Libertarian and Authoritarian on one axis and between economic Left and Right wing on the other. The BNP is defined in academia as an Authoritarian Left-wing party. As I've said before their manifesto is a virtual carbon copy of Labour's '83 manifesto. They originally wanted to call their party The Real Labour Party. All party activists can tell you that when the BNP are out canvassing they say "we are the Labour party your parents voted for."
The BBC is, consciously or not, smearing the Right-wing of politics. To the BBC the Nazis were far-Right despite the fact that they were National Socialists whose supporters were disillusioned Communists.
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# hokeykokeyalex blog 74
So he was not convicted of a violent crime - As you knew all along - So why the innuendo ?
Another instance of an unjust slur against an honourable man.
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OuMens.i did not know all along,,i did not lie ,i thought he had,i researched and straight away put the truth.
that honourable man was sentenced to 9 months suspended for 2 years...you are ignoring that because racist people do not consider he was guilty of any crime....i do not lie
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LAB-RAT......i am sure they wanted to be called The Real Labour Party.......i am sure netto would call it's stores the real tesco if it would sell more tins of beans
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hokeykokeyalex blog 79
Twice you stated that you did not lie - Why ? - I did not say you did lie.
Nick Griffin was guilty of a crime under law - But it was not a crime of violence.
Also because he was convicted of inciting racial hatred does not mean that the what he said was untrue.
Additionally as you are no doubt aware - Because it is law at the moment does not necessarily make it right.
What also seems strange [but very pc] that very rarely do Muslims get prosecuted under race laws in spite of the never ending anti christian tirade from Islamic extremists.
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OuMens.you said and i quote "As you knew all along "..i did not,,,i have cleared that up.if i knew all along and printed something that is wrong is that not a lie ?
do you claim men of honour are sentenced to 9 months suspended???
do not cloud the water with the old chestnut about mouslims or by saying what he said could be true.
repeat what he said and tell me why it is true,please do.
i am aware that this homourable man does not now want an all white great britain,oh what a lovely man.
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