Is Sadiq Khan Right?

[Togo]

He says that Scottish "Nationalism" is racist.....Fight.......

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/londons-labour-mayor-sadiq-khan-says-scottish-nationalism-is-the-same-as-racism/ar-AAnkYLk?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=spartanntp

[mikey4444]

No, I don't, and his comments are ill-judged.

As ill-judged as Cameron and Goldsmith were when they said that London wasn't safe in the hands of a Muslim.

[mushroom25]

U-Turn.
n. 1 a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
n. 2 a reversal of policy, tactics, or the like, resembling such a manoeuver.

v. 1 to execute a U-turn.

looks like mayor khan has had a rethink.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39089604

[naomi24]

Mikey, //As ill-judged as Cameron and Goldsmith were when they said that London wasn't safe in the hands of a Muslim. //

Wow! Big claim. Do you have a link to support that?

[Jackdaw33]

'Ill-judged' is the nearest we'll get to 'plain wrong and stupid'.

[naomi24]

I want to see the evidence to support that claim.

[mikey4444]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/07/zac-goldsmith-racist-campaign-london

[naomi24]

I can see a load of spin there. Mikey, but not what you claim.

[Togo]

//Khan also compares Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP to politicians like Donald Trump who seek to fuel division.//

Ohh I liked that one.

[Togo]

//His Tory opponent Zac Goldsmith and then PM David Cameron were accused of suggesting London wasn’t safe in the hands of a Muslim.//

From my link. The words "were accused of suggesting" have been changed to "when they said". Twisting words is a way of life for some I suppose.

[New Judge]

“Khan also compares Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP to politicians like Donald Trump who seek to fuel division.”

This ridiculous demonisation of so-called “division” is getting silly. By definition politics is about division: some people want this, other people want that. The job of politicians is to find out what the majority wants and accommodate their wishes whenever possible.

It is particularly apparent with binary issues such as Scottish Independence and EU membership. If you ask people what they want they will be divided into two camps, very often not much adrift from 50:50. So what do you do to avoid “division” – never ask anybody what they want? Successive UK governments tried that with our EU membership. The “division” was always there but it was never accepted and simply ignored. All that happened was that governments merrily carried on without actually asking the electorate what it wanted.

There is nothing wrong with division. There cannot be many issues on which people are not divided. What is wrong is to refuse to accept it exists and do nothing about it.

[douglas9401]

Let's organise the bin collections and Tasering quotas in your major cities before we embark on cross-border initiatives, Mr Mayor.

[Jackdaw33]

Well said. That's what mayors are for.

[Dinapal]

Did any of you know that his dad was a London Bus driver?

[anneasquith]

Yes

[ToraToraTora]

Nope.

[mikey4444]

Yes....it was said often enough during his successful campaign to gain the Mayors job.

Goldsmith, however was just an ordinary, everyday, common or garden millionaire !

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

So you disagree that Scottish Nationalism is racist.

What about British Nationalism or even English Nationalism?

[mikey4444]

Of course the BNP are racist AOG....wake up !

[steg]

His race dosnae matter up here, it all depends on wither he's a Catholic or Protestant Muslim

[mushroom25]

indeed steg - is he celtic or rangers?