To think Godfrey Bloom was put on Earth to remind women that we still need feminism?

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What a nob

Yup

Fucking halfwit

That shower have a very thin veneer of humanity

But I agree that what the reporter said about "black faces" was a racist comment. Why should it matter what colour people's faces are??

It shouldn't matter what colour people's faces are, but it does. Try telling anyone who has ever been attacked because they had the wrong colour face that it doesn't matter.

If you don't have any black people on any of your publicity material, it gives a very good idea of where you think black people fit in your party.

Similarly with women, people with disabilities etc.

The lack of inclusion of them, is an indicator that you're not that interested in addressing the specific issues that face them which don't face people who are not women, disabled, black etc. Which means you're either content with their marginalisation in society or you refuse to acknowledge it. So in that context it's absolutely a valid question IMO.

yes

and to destroy Nigel Farage's party and how i have laughed and laughed

He may also have been put here purely for our entertainment of course, that is also a possibility.

He may also have been put here purely for our entertainment of course, that is also a possibility.

But he isn't funny

But he's served his purpose. He's got people talking about everything except what Farage actually said today at his party conference.

I think the word he was grasping for was actually slattern, because slut makes no sense. But what a massive weirdo he is in that interview. This is the trouble with politicians, not so much that they have objectionable views (though plenty do) but there are way too many that you'd just cross the street to avoid if you knew them IRL. It's a shame for the normal ones.

But he's served his purpose. He's got people talking about everything except what Farage actually said today at his party conference.

Like that time Tony Blair got a bollocking from the relative of a cancer patient outside a hospital and John Prescott was sent out to punch a member of the public in the face.

I wish Michael Crick had dealt with the racist accusations a bit better but it was probably very difficult to debate the problems of denying the experiences of an oppressed group whist watching somebody go completely crackers right in from of you.

Slut used to mean slattern. My Grandma used to say it all the time "I've been such a slut today" She would've been about 120 now though and language evolves.

What a wanker

My dad used to call my mum a slut. Not cos she slept around but cos she didn't keep the house pristine. Of course he never did any housework. Wanker. I think this is the context in which this disgustingly arrogant and misogynistic excuse for a man meant it. Hate UKIP. and everything they stand for. Scared about their popularity. Why are people so narrow minded and bigoted..,?

According to the Free Dictionary it still does mean that. Every day's a school day.

My dad called me a slut once when I was about 12 because I had dirty fingernails.

UKIP are dangerous party. They are predicted to do really well in next year's European election because people fall for the anti-EU propaganda and don't actually read their manifesto. They would abolish maternity leave for women.

I work in EU politics and they refuse to vote in the Parliament so do not represent their constituents at all. They are a wasted vote. Yet they still claim all the expenses they are allowed to.

What is the difference between a slut and a slag?

Older generations round here still use the word to mean a bad housekeeper and it's filtered down a little. It's a bit strange considering we're a commuter town on the main route between 2 major cities on one hand but so deep in the Pennines a lot of older people still speak in Lancashire Dialect. This is why when I can be bothered to check on FB I expect to find at least a few friends wondering why this particular thing is what has finally got the stupid git into trouble when Farage has so much stupidity to choose from...

Yeah I do wish they'd call out UKIP on the serious stuff. A lot of headline politics news is so fluffy.

I guess slag is worthless, as in slag heap

Yabu for assuming some sort of fatalist design.

Why the fuck do ukip get do much airtime anyway? They're only the bnp in suits and ties.

Actually a woman does try to make the point about the slut/slag shift in meaning in that clip in a way that is plainly lost on both the men.

YANBU

There's a lot of joviality in UKIP. This is a convenient way of detracting from the underlying unpleasantness of what they stand for.

I agree that some older people up north like my mum still use slut to mean a woman who does not keep her house clean and tidy.

DameFanny because they have 12% in the polls