Conservative Party’s Emma Claire Pentreath Appreciation Society
DOES Emma Pentreath, a researcher for Hammersmith and Fulham MP Greg Hands think that in blacking up her face she will be fast-tracked to political prominence?
Wear an eye-patch, shrug an “oye vez” and dance like Sammy Davis Junior and Emma will be the MP for a safe Tory seat quicker then she can say, “What you talkin’ about Mr C?”
The Mirror delivers a picture of Ms Pentreath, her face blackened by a burnt cork wielded by Tory Philip Clarke, who works for the former attorney general Lord Lyell.
The picture is taken from Emma’s Facebook page. The caption reads: “Emma’s career in politics lies in tatters after she follows Ann Winterton’s lead and dresses as a ‘Nigger Minstrel’ for the Tory black and white Ball.”
Winterton, says the Mirror, is the Tory MP who made a joke of the deaths of Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay.
But this is no joke. The Mirror can’t even bring itself to say the n-word.
The Mail is not so coy. It sees the “Nigger Minstrel” and anther picture. It is captioned: “The piece de resistance! Teeth shining, nostrils flared and eyes glowing. Truly terrifying.”
The pictures appeared on the network known as the Emma Claire Pentreath Appreciation Society.
And it is hard not appreciate a girl who sacrifices any political ambitions she might have held to equip her party’s Black and White Ball with a bit more ethnic representation…
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
They lower the house prices, dontyerknow…
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
“Nigger minstrel”? The mind boggles, actually mine comes pre boggled but never mind.
I would have thought the Tories would have had a ‘White and Whiter Ball’, if they had any balls at all (every one a gem!)
Anyway, if Emma Pentreath is ever in this part of the world I would be happy to introduce her to parts of Milwaukee where her black face act would go down very well (in a hail of gunfire), and then rural areas where she would be hailed as a visionary comic genius.
It’s a funny old world,
David
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Racists in the Conservative Party?
In other news, bears defecate in the woods and Jordan sleeps on her back.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:03 am
I think as usual there is more to the story than has been printed. Me thinks that a clever young lady with a Masters in Politics would not do anything like the stupid things the press are saying but maybe has been misinterpreted???? Now there is a first!
October 8th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I suspect this has no more to do with racism than the Pope has to do with genocide.
November 13th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
As the person on the left of this picture I think I can put an end to speculation. Richard and Diane are along the right lines. The picture was taken whilst on a holiday to France with 20 friends. We all camoflaged ourselves for a game of 40-40 in the dark. Many took advantage of the old burnt-cork cammo cream treatment, and Emma certainly got involved! We were never, and would never even contemplate, dressing as black people! There are 59 photos in this facebook album, all of which the Evening Standard had access to and show clealy what was going on, and 58 of which did not find their way into the press. Funny that it came out as the Tory Party Conference began…!
As for the caption. It’s a sophisticated joke. Yes it uses the unpleasant term “Nigger Minstrel”, but the caption is clearly stating that it would be an awful thing to do and that racism isn’t to be tolerated. Hence the Ann Winterton reference. It was nothing more than a pop at the Tory’s history on race-relations, which I might add has been turned right around by David Cameron.
Sorry to pour cold water on the story, and especial apologies to David who wont be introducing Emma to that lynch mob just yet.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Howard Stern keeps on saying to Robin how she has “Nigger Nostrils” and Robin just replies that she should speak with a Southern accent-not a British one. Madonna is not Jewish-she’s part nigger-and this is from Howard to all of his Sirius fans. Its a shame-can’t we all look beyond her molten face and see a melted star? So what if she’s part eggplant-Howard keeps on pushing ‘Mo’s buttons. No-she’s not Vegas, yet, honey.