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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Dishonest, Anglophobic and Racist

Councillor Peter Arnold, the Liberal Democrat leader of Newcastle City Council, wrote a lovely letter to the Independent explaining that there is "no such thing as England".

Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course but some people might think it a little strange that Councillor Peter Arnold should sign his letter simply "Peter Arnold" giving people the impression that he is just a member of the public and not regurgitating party politics.

Councillor Arnold said that Scotland, Wales and Ireland are "fairly homogenous" but England is "the genuine mongrel nation". I wasn't aware that the Lib Dems had borrowed the BNP's racial purity policies but it would appear that at least one of their members has.

I would have thought there was a good chance of Councillor Arnold getting booted out of the Lib Dems for his racism and deceit but he's managed to save his skin, I think, with this classic quotation from the Little Yellow Book of Lefty Liberalism:

"I regard myself first and foremost as a Northumbrian, then as British, and finally as European. Here in the North-East we only began to be part of the nation after 1603. Before that, the independent kingdoms of England and Scotland played havoc with the area, and used it (and abused us) for their own dynastic ends. I have no loyalty to England."

Newcastle is an English city and it was English people living in England that voted for Councillor Arnold in the first place. Lets hope the people of Newcastle get this dishonest, Anglophobic racist out of public office when the next election comes round.