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Originally Posted by Xaccers
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Originally Posted by Graham
Excuse me? It was from a press release by Oona King, the *LABOUR PARTY* candidate.
Or are you just pendantically picking nits in a desperate attempt to score a point? If so, please tell me and I'll stop wasting time replying.
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Ms King called for an end to bully-boy tactics. She added: †œA terrible force has been let loose by the poisonous atmosphere of this campaign, an atmosphere for which Respect is at least partly responsible.â↡¬ÂÂÂ
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Oh no, that's such a terrible attack on Mr Galloway isn't it? Doesn't even mention his name. |
Ah, it seems you *are* pedantically picking nits. By the way, it was Oona King who called the press to Les Dobrovolski's house to break the story about him being attacked by Respect supporters and them dropping a leaflet on him...
Oh and you may want to read the following article:
http://www.thelondonline.co.uk/theli...p?articleID=53
"She says his supporters are running a racist campaign; he says she's running a corrupt campaign. She has eggs and rotten vegetables pelted at her at a Jewish memorial service; he says he's just successfully sued her for the second time. She says she wouldn't trust him to deliver a pizza; he says she's no more than a cog in a machine. Tariq Ali calls her a "warmonger", while Cherie Blair urges voters to "give Galloway a bloody nose"."
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So again, can we actually have some evidence of how labour have attacked him in the election campaign?
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"TALK of administering †œa bloody noseââ‚ ¬Ã‚ to oneââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s political opponents is not the kind of language expected from the wife of the Prime Minister. But Cherie Blair has urged loyal Labour supporters to do just that to George Galloway, one of her husbandââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s fiercest critics over the war in Iraq.
"Mrs Blair appeared to lose her cool while addressing an audience of 100 party members at a £25-per-head fundraising reception for Oona King, defending Bethnal Green & Bow for Labour. "
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"Labour is worried and Mrs Blair is just the latest big gun ††after Gordon Brown, John Prescott and Charles Clarke ††to appear with Ms King. In her speech Mrs Blair went on to attack the media because they could not be relied on to †œdeliver the partyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s messageââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚ÂÂ."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...7052_1,00.html
Do you really think that Labour were wheeling out the Big Guns (including the PM's *wife*!!) to support Oona King? Or were they just terrified that they'd suffer an embarassing defeat by Galloway and were doing their damndest to stop it by any means available?
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Originally Posted by Gogogo
I believe you grossly exaggerating this incident of being the Labour Party's action re gutter politics. The man was interviewed on TV: of course in such circumstances he was well known Labour activist he was indeed kicked and a leaflet from Respect was thrown at him, assume there were no witnesses to the incident.
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A leaflet that wasn't printed until *TWO DAYS* after the attack? Hmm...
Oh and "no witnesses"? In which case I think "presumed innocent until proven guilty" comes to mind.
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You will have to do better than this and issuing statements like you did lowers your own credibilty.
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Is that the sound of axes being ground I hear...???
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Reading your posts one gets the impression you are the pedantic one. You have not provided evidence to back your ridiculous claim.
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ROFLALALAL!!!
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Maybe you should read this Telegraph article, Which outlines the nasty behaviour of Respect supporters, even Ken Livingstone was horrified!
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Oh deary, deary me.
*WHY* is it that people seem to assume that because I'm "attacking" Labour, they think I *must* be *defending* Galloway.
They have absolutely *NO* basis for such a belief, but think I am "taking sides" instead of just pointing out facts.
Oh and it's a bit rich that Ken Livingstone is accusing George Galloway of opportunism. Oh and quoting from that same article:
"Miss King added that Mr Galloway had reaped what he had sown. "Extremism breeds extremism. Everyone has been aware that the Respect party has been whipping things up particularly among one section of the community and I am not surprised things have turned ugly and now they are turning even uglier.""