Dear All
Labour MP Eric Joyce is best known as one of the 'poster boys' for Westminster expenses.
He is also a card.
As a politician is the general rule of thumb is that you are supposed to like everyone and hate no one.
After all why upset someone who might vote for you!
So, I am somewhat taken back by Eric Joyce, a Labour frontbencher who has launched an astonishing attack on middle-class voters.
He has decided off his own back to rebrand them as racists, drunkards and even paedophiles.
Which group of society he is reaching out to is a mystery to me.
Eric Joyce is currently the Labour Party’s Northern Ireland spokesman, but possibly he might be losing that post as Labour likes to bury scandal deep.
Joyce has condemned the public for attacking lying politicians when they themselves may be ‘living lies’ at home.
The different is that people at home aren’t getting paid by the Taxpayer to the tune of £65k plus expenses.
We are right to expect high standards of people in public office, we give them a clean sheet and it is up to them to keep on the straight and narrow because public trust is important.
You can’t be one thing in public and the reverse in private.
In his article in Labour Uncut, he highlights the case of Phil Woolas in an article called “Liar, Know Thyself”.
http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2010/11/15/liar-know-thyself/
Joyce said:
“Here’s the truth. It’s hard to lie as a politician because everything we say is subject to enormous scrutiny. But politicians know the lies a lot of people live and they pitch to you accordingly. There’s a lot of lying going on, for sure. But [critics] might want to reflect on who is really doing the lying.”
Well Phil Woolas for a starter for ten.
A special election court sunk him!
The Falkirk MP throws his distain at the middle classes for ‘hunt for the best deal they can get for those they love’ and then ‘avert their eyes from the reality that if they win some others will lose’ and ‘put together ropey arguments whose main function is to mitigate their guilt’.
He leaves out in his article the interconnecting middle class social networks that operate in Britain which operate like a glass ceiling denying the majority of society their rights.
Sources close to the Opposition leader revealed that Mr Joyce will be disciplined by party whips.
No doubt a special middle class panel will be picked to render judgement.
A Labour sycophant said:
“Our top priority is to look out for the people of Britain. We have the highest respect for every voter – no matter who they support.”
What, even racists, murderers, arsonists, war criminals, terrorists, rapists and paedophiles?
In an attempt to backtrack Eric Joyce said:
“I was simply saying that issues are not always as straightforward as they seem. I have the highest respect for the public and I would never insult voters.”
In the case of Phil Woolas, it was completely straightforward!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Labour MP Eric Joyce is best known as one of the 'poster boys' for Westminster expenses.
He is also a card.
As a politician is the general rule of thumb is that you are supposed to like everyone and hate no one.
After all why upset someone who might vote for you!
So, I am somewhat taken back by Eric Joyce, a Labour frontbencher who has launched an astonishing attack on middle-class voters.
He has decided off his own back to rebrand them as racists, drunkards and even paedophiles.
Which group of society he is reaching out to is a mystery to me.
Eric Joyce is currently the Labour Party’s Northern Ireland spokesman, but possibly he might be losing that post as Labour likes to bury scandal deep.
Joyce has condemned the public for attacking lying politicians when they themselves may be ‘living lies’ at home.
The different is that people at home aren’t getting paid by the Taxpayer to the tune of £65k plus expenses.
We are right to expect high standards of people in public office, we give them a clean sheet and it is up to them to keep on the straight and narrow because public trust is important.
You can’t be one thing in public and the reverse in private.
In his article in Labour Uncut, he highlights the case of Phil Woolas in an article called “Liar, Know Thyself”.
http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2010/11/15/liar-know-thyself/
Joyce said:
“Here’s the truth. It’s hard to lie as a politician because everything we say is subject to enormous scrutiny. But politicians know the lies a lot of people live and they pitch to you accordingly. There’s a lot of lying going on, for sure. But [critics] might want to reflect on who is really doing the lying.”
Well Phil Woolas for a starter for ten.
A special election court sunk him!
The Falkirk MP throws his distain at the middle classes for ‘hunt for the best deal they can get for those they love’ and then ‘avert their eyes from the reality that if they win some others will lose’ and ‘put together ropey arguments whose main function is to mitigate their guilt’.
He leaves out in his article the interconnecting middle class social networks that operate in Britain which operate like a glass ceiling denying the majority of society their rights.
Sources close to the Opposition leader revealed that Mr Joyce will be disciplined by party whips.
No doubt a special middle class panel will be picked to render judgement.
A Labour sycophant said:
“Our top priority is to look out for the people of Britain. We have the highest respect for every voter – no matter who they support.”
What, even racists, murderers, arsonists, war criminals, terrorists, rapists and paedophiles?
In an attempt to backtrack Eric Joyce said:
“I was simply saying that issues are not always as straightforward as they seem. I have the highest respect for the public and I would never insult voters.”
In the case of Phil Woolas, it was completely straightforward!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
I'm sure Joyce was the MP who broke the £1million in expenses barrier and has expensive taxpayer paid paintings in his constituency office. Oh and I think he fell out with the Army where he was a Rupert clerk. Called them all racists or something.
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£60 a piece, so the punters had something nice to look at.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University