| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Just what are the Tories and Junior Tories doing to our borough? | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 03/06/09 03:31:00 |
| Robin I think I have observed in the past that whilst smug triumphalism in victory is unattractive, smug triumphalism in defeat is truly an idiocy to behold. My "old mate" Michael Stoneman is in fact no such thing. I have never met the guy, and have no desire ever to do so. If you truly wish to know what he meant by what he is alleged to have said sixteen years ago then you will have to ask him. If he's still alive. With regard to all the comments I am alleged to have made about the Anti-Nazi League (Mark II) during the early 1990s, whilst my own bedroom wall has been repapered since those far-off days and is not adorned with such memorabilia I am happy, for the benefit of this discussion, to accept your recollections as fact. What you haven't pointed out to readers of this forum, of course, is that said organisation - which at the time was effectively being funded to the tune of £30,000 p.a. by the local authority (via a front group) - was devoting most of its time to political campaigning on behalf of the Labour Party against the anti-racist ICG whilst to all intents and purposes ignoring the activities of the racist BNP in Hanworth, Heston and Feltham. As such its "main remit" was anything but the eradication of racism past or present. On the contrary its "main remit" was clearly to use taxpayers' money to conduct political campaigns on behalf of your party. It was for this reason and for this reason alone that it incurred criticism from myself and others close to me. Examples of my using similar language to criticise far-right organisations are not difficult to find. Indeed in my previous posting I provided about twenty such examples. But if your mission is not to see them, if the world in which you prefer to reside is one in which the ICG and the communities of Isleworth and Brentford are on the side of ignorance and intolerance, then they are there to be avoided. Rather than posting me offending articles at the Civic Centre Robin maybe you would like to meet me there sometime for a drink or a spot of lunch? I could show you the local political world as it really exists in the 21st century, along with some practical examples of the work on community cohesion for which the local authority has deservedly received plaudits and awards, and to the success of which decent Labour councillors have contributed? Or, if you prefer, you can continue to write and post about events which took place in the days of the Penny Black which defined your views, as a non-resident of our borough, about the Community Group. Either way as residents of the London Borough of Hounslow users of this forum would like to thank you for your continued interest in our education and welfare. |