Best orators in Parliament

I thought that the one exception to your repulsive (my words, not yours ) laissez-faire libertarianism was immigration policy, with you being a second-generation (or third- or whatever, I can't remember) immigrant yourself.

I'm not an immigrant; I was born with British citizenship. Besideswhich, Powells speech certainly wasn't racist... it was just a warning that racism would rise significantly if you allow unmanaged immigration.

I said second- or third-generation immigrant. And it did have very strong racist overtones; redolent of British imperialism.

I'm not second or third generation, either.

I don't think it was racist at all.

'In this country in 15 or 20 years time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.'

'She is becoming afraid to go out. Windows are broken. She finds excreta pushed through her letterbox. When she goes to the shops, she is followed by children, charming, wide-grinning piccaninnies. They cannot speak English, but one word they know. "Racialist", they chant.'

That was something that one of his constituents said to him, it wasn't original content invented by Powell.


I don't see how that is at all racist if that is a fact and not an invented scenario.

George Osborne is annoying. During PMQs, whenever Cameron says anything moderately witty, he almost breaks in to two and laughs over-heartily with that Julain-Clary-style look he has. He reminds me of the school bully's smaller sidekick.