No woman in a burqa (or a hijab or a burkini) has ever done me any harm. But I was sacked (without explanation) by a man in a suit. Men in suits missold me pensions and endowments, costing me thousands of pounds. A man in a suit led us on a disastrous and illegal war. Men in suits led the banks and crashed the world economy. Other men in suits then increased the misery to millions through austerity. If we are to start telling people what to wear, maybe we should ban suits.
Henry Stewart
London
Exactly, "two stupid jokes."It's not twisting, he was arguing against a ban.
But for some reason he decided to make two stupid jokes as well.
Well if thats your starting point, Im out.Men in suits have power, women in Burkas are usually downtrodden slaves.
This probably sums up my views better than I could ever put it.
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Well if thats your starting point, Im out.
What do you honestly think will happen to these downtrodden slaves once released from their shackles?
Well it seems they wont be welcome in the Tory party.They'll join the Labour party?
Boris said "I would go further and say that it is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes."
Shah said "Those abused girls in Rotherham and elsewhere just need to shut their mouths. For the good of diversity."
Yet his comments are worse?
Bonker Boris' comment was carefully considered, submitted to and accepted by the Torygraph and he hasn't apologised for or retracted his racist commentWikipedia said:Shah retweeted and liked a tweet from an Owen Jones parody account which read: "Those abused girls in Rotherham and elsewhere just need to shut their mouths. For the good of diversity". Shah deleted the retweet and unliked the tweet soon after. A spokesperson for Shah said: "This was a genuine accident eight days ago that was rectified within minutes."
Well it seems they wont be welcome in the Tory party.
I meant the New Tory Party. Not the old compassio.. no cant say it.They have made a Pakistani bus driver's son Home Secretary, one of The Great Offices of State, so you seem to be quite wrong, (although that would have come as a bit of a shock to the Earl of Shelburne, had you foretold of it to him ).
He's expressed his incredulity at why some people choose to dress the way they do.Bonker Boris' comment was carefully considered, submitted to and accepted by the Torygraph and he hasn't apologised for or retracted his racist comment
Yes, you are quite right, Bonker Boris' racism is worse than Shah's stupidity.
Made my day
I meant the New Tory Party. Not the old compassio.. no cant say it.
It is and as a muslim I’m finding it absolutely hilarious at the over reaction of it all.It's weird...multiple people accusing him of racism have been asked to explain how his comments were racist. Yet none have...hmmm.
Bonker Boris described Muslim Women wearing the burqa as resembling "letterboxes" and "looking like a bank robber".He's expressed his incredulity at why some people choose to dress the way they do.
Please explain how this is racist.