I have no sympathy for Diane Abbott, the Labour MP for Hackney and member of Ed Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet, following her racist remarks on Twitter last week. Diane Abbott is part of a left-wing clique, a small but powerful minority, for whom the BBC and the Guardian often act as mouthpieces, who consistently speak out against institutions which have transformed our country for the better. Abbott, like most of the current Labour leadership, has turned hypocrisy [...]
Following Ed Miliband and Diane Abbott’s recent Twitter faux pas I wanted to analyse the burgeoning and ever growing relationship between Twitter and politics. Over the last few years Twitter has become an essential tool for politicians and parties alike to spread their message and increase their following, both on the ‘Twittersphere’ and in the real world. But is Twitter simply a further appendage of the press we already have? A place where politicians just [...]
The majority of MPs are white males and so is the Cabinet. Yes, there have been some powerful and influential women, the most notable of whom was the great Baroness Thatcher who helped remove the power of the arrogant and scurrilous trade unions. Yet less than a quarter of MPs are women but make up more than 50% of MPs. The same goes for ethnic minorities, there have been some high profile ethnic politicians such [...]
Someone from the government should be engaging with the agitators. And those who are just attending the riots for criminality should be dealt with harshly. Harry Raffal offers his take on this week’s biggest story… With the latest violence being described as horrific by the police, politicians on all sides of the spectrum seizing the opportunity to