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The only "theme" developing here is yours and some others minds..I mean despite what you claim you have shown racist tendencies in the past

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Yeh never been more wrong in yer life Mancie.

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Oh I probably have.. but seems to me this thread about the local MP has been turned into a debate about race and religion by a couple of posters

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Oh really?

That does suprise me.

Care to put your money where your mouth is, and back up your outlandish claim with any actual evidence of this, with a quote, say?

Good luck.

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No it isn't, it's about political whoring, in the hope of securing more votes.

Everyone here knows that the sadly blinded, party faithful apologists, such as yourself, would be gleefully joining in...if the politican in question came from any other party, other than Labour.

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I'm certain the plight of the Rohingya tribes in Burma is one with which we'd all sympathise, (if we remotely knew anything about it) alongside the plight of thousands of other tribes/communities/groups across the world who are subject to oppression.

The interesting point here is why the MP has singled out this particular issue rather than any of the thousands of others, given that the Burmese community in his constituency has hardly been vocal in calling for his support.

I think the majority of his constituents would prefer him to concentrate on issues nearer to home. Like why it takes 52 minutes to travel a couple of hundred yards from Union Street to the Royal Bank of Scotland.......

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If Graham Jones had the balls, and really cared about international human rights abuses, which at least had some relevance to this constituency, he'd be using his position to highlight issues such as some of those mentioned in this link...



World Report 2012: Pakistan | Human Rights Watch


'Pakistan had a disastrous year in 2011, with increasing attacks on civilians by militant groups, skyrocketing food and fuel prices, and the assumption of near-total control of foreign and security policy by a military that operated with complete impunity. Religious minorities faced unprecedented insecurity and persecution. Freedom of belief and expression came under severe threat as Islamist militant groups murdered Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and Federal Minorities’ Minister Shahbaz Bhatti over their public support for amending the country’s often abused blasphemy laws. Pakistan’s elected government notably failed to provide protection to those threatened by extremists, or to hold the extremists accountable.'

Women’s Rights

'Mistreatment of women and girls—including rape, domestic violence, and forced marriage—remains a serious problem. Public intimidation of, and threats to, women and girls by religious extremists increased in major cities in 2011.

In a disappointing development, the government failed to honor its commitment to reintroduce the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, unanimously passed by the National Assembly in August 2009, but lapsed after the Senate failed to pass it within three months as required under Pakistan's constitution. In April the Supreme Court upheld a 2005 ruling by the provincial Lahore High Court acquitting five of the six men accused of the gang-rape of Mukhtar Mai, a villager from Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province, who was raped on the orders of a village council in 2002.'

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:confused:What religion was Attila the Hun:rolleyes:

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Protestant? :confused:

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He called himself "The scourge of God" -probably an atheist as well as a barbarian;):D

His foreign policy was fairly crushing - Mongolian rights - I'm sure they need addressing too..

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So your saying he was a tad right wing then:D:D

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Just a common or garden megalomaniac with a fairly strong persecution complex:rolleyes::D

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Um sounds more like Lenin that Di:D

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Can we conclude that Left/Right - are pretty much the same at the end of the day?:rolleyes:

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Ya glad I'm middle of the road like cashy:D