To think Boris Johnson should be be thrown out of Tory party?

[crunchymint]

He is clearly racist. He should be thrown out of the Conservative party.

dadshere

Labour Party not above reproach though is it and the dear leader is very quiet!

lovelyn

Sorry mean to add it would be crass as are Boris comments

You can't be thrown out of the Tory party for being racist, its practically an entrance requirement

Are you for real? Of course it isn’t, that is just partisan prejudice or stupidity.

Boris Johnson wrote the unnecessary and objectionable comments in a written article. Not something said in the heat of the moment. He could have voiced concern about face covering without referring to 'bank robbers'.

Not the first time he has caused offence, as those from Liverpool, the Turkish embassy and others may testify.

I think he should be booted out of the Tory Party.

It’s a real shame we have such polarised far right and far left politics at the moment.

It makes for dangerous people to sieze power like Boris or use weak and lazy people like momentum are using Corbyn.

We need a new centre party ASAP.

The I totally disagree, this is a democratic country in which people are allowed their own opinions. BOris Johnson, is no longer a minister, so can have his own views.

Oh for sure it was all calculated nothing off the cuff. As I posted previously He’s appealing to the far right, hard brexiteers and UKIP voters. He is a clever calculated operated and he frightens me.

cuppa is talking sense, we need moderates in the middle. Politics is far too polarised at the moment.

and the dear leader is very quiet!

I don’t think the dead leader has a leg to stand on has he? It’s a weird state of politics when the leader of the opposition can’t capitalise on this story because the whole news cycle will just get turned back on him.

Of course he can Aeroflot and a debate about the burka is totally fine.

However I wonder how many women and girls in burkas will have pillobox and bank robber shouted after them tomorrow?

It was a calculated comment

Exactly Rafals

And thanks Redrun

A calculated comment with calculated timing I expect. He knows the Labour Party can’t use this against the Tories at all right now,

It is very sad that free speech is being eroded in the UK. If you can no longer criticise and ridicule religions and its symbols, then we are heading down a very slippery road.

Face coverings are intimidating and its right to criticise and ridicule them. I think its depressing that so many people just accept the increased segregation in our country.

Which politicians would you say represent the " Far Right " Cuppaorwine?

UANBU he's a disgrace.

I don't agree with the full head and face covering at all, and his choice of words were clumsy, he's not far off the mark.

Totally Rafals

Dianne Abbott has made racist remark after racist remark,and Corbyn just doesn’t even bother to lead he’s fundamentally a lazy protester.

Loads of old party workers said labour made a huge mistake to allow momentum/militant tendancy through the door again! This is the concequence.

A right wing chancer who may well sieze power.

His choice of words wasn’t “clumsy”, they were perfectly calculated.

I agree walking, we are not allowed to have opinions and view. The burka is oppressive in my opinion. I heard this saying, that you can tell how civilised a community is, by the way they treat the women within it.

ratchethandler, Steve Bannon feeds the far right and is fed by it. He's actually funded by an ultra-rich white supremacist.

Any politician going to him for advice – as Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg have – is on very dangerous ground.

Ratchet

Gove, Boris, David Davis, IDS, mogg. Now I don’t disagree with everything they say but I would place them as right of centre.

Labour front bench a total disgrace. Worse actually as no ideals just weak lazy and incompetent.

What a crew.

It is very sad that free speech is being eroded in the UK. If you can no longer criticise and ridicule religions and its symbols
But it seems religions can be criticised and ridiculed, except Islam. Why is that religion any different to others.Theres another thread ongoing where someone talks of the pope "and his silly little hat", and it doesn't even raise an eyebrow. Such double standards.

His remarks were perfectly calculated to appeal to the “just saying what everyone’s thinking” brigade, and I can see it’s working.

No to debate religion and cultural practises must be allowed. We cannot allow ‘cultural sensitivities’ to let our courts and police turn s bkimg eye as in the Muslim grooming gangs.

I agree the burka smacks to me of good girl/bad girl and I detest it but debate should be both robust and polite.

but I would place them as right of centre.

So not far right then, on a thread talking about language this easily slung term of far right isn't really helping in the long run.

I meant in the Conservative party. I've no idea who this Mr Bannon is..?