Comments on: After Woolwich – Stand together against the politics of hate

By: Will Podmore

Will Podmore — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:26:35 +0000

Dave writes that UKIP poses ‘a very real threat to this country’.
Who’s scaremongering now?
UKIP backs the EU agenda of privatisation and public spending cuts. It opposes trade unions. It opposes renationalising our rail network. In all of these, UKIP policy is the same as the policies of the Conservatives, the LibDems and the Labour Party – in practice.
What is different then? Why is UKIP winning support, when the other parties are losing support?
Because it wants a referendum on the EU. This demand is not rightwing or leftwing. The RMT also calls for a referendum. This demand is just very popular – 70 per cent support – more support than any party has. It is also our democratic right. As Labour MP Jon Cruddas said in October 2011: “This is about democracy. This is about respecting the people. Successive generations have not had a say on the European debate. This will fester until a proper open discussion is allowed. If we do not have a real referendum then anger and resentment will grow.”

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:20:44 +0000

I think you may find at least two articles out of a hundreds on this great site about the threat of islamists. One in 2006 and one in 2009. Now being that radical islam offers a significant threat to freedom for all individuals(especially women), don’t you find that a tad strange?

By: Dave Lawrence

Dave Lawrence — Sun, 26 May 2013 21:56:33 +0000

What is Gary talking about. The media is full of analysis of Islamist groups and has been for years. I am not aware of anyone being particularly scared of them. I am much more scared of the growth of movements like the EDL and even UKIP which pose a very real threat to this country and its communities.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:08:07 +0000

All to easy to write about how the EDL are making political capital out of Lee Rigby’s murder.

Anyone can do that.

When are we going to see an article about the islamists?

We will not because everyone is scared.