Kevin Maguire And UK Politics Fear Of A Black Man
“WE’RE still a long way from a British Obama?” says the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire, Gordon Brown’s media vessel.
That must be disappointing news for Lord Levy, the former Labour fundraiser, who in reply to the question “Who would you like to see as the next Labour leader?” offers “Barack Obama”.
Says Maguire: “The Democratic US Presidential hopeful [Surely Democrat Party hopeful?] has bypassed rich vested interests by mobilising people, filling his war chest with thousands of small donations from ordinary citizens instead of a few megagifts tied to personal strings.”
He’s no Hillary Rodham Clinton, who lent her own campaign $10,000,000.
True enough that many “ordinary people” have backed Obama with small amounts. Obama’s state Senate campaign received $2,000 from companies controlled by Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the “politically influential Chicago businessman indicted last year on state government kickback charges”. As reported, “Rezko’s additional fundraising helped the rookie candidate set up shop.”
But if it’s not the money – it’s the skin colour that intersts Maguire (white). Maguire wonders if Britain will ever have a black leader.
“Yet the big question is whether Britain will follow suit and [should Obama win the presidential election] and vote a visible ethnic minority Briton into number 10.”
You mean an efnic like Michael Howard, the Jew, the son of a Romanian, who led the Conservative Party at the last election, the man the Mirror compared to Dracular and the Labour Party compared to Fagin?
William Rees-Mogg opined:
“But Labour wants to destroy Mr Howard as a political leader by using his Jewishness against him. They know to a hair’s breadth what they are doing.
Of course, any anti-Semitism has been denied; the purpose of the operation is to raise the controversy and then withdraw. But the Fagin image will linger on, and those voters who do not like Jews will have been reminded of their prejudice, by modern advertising techniques and, alas, even by this article. But it is a dirty, dirty, dirty business and it disgraces both the Labour Party and the Prime Minister.”
Or the other The Labour Party depicting Michael Howard and Oliver Letwin - who are both Jewish - as flying pigs.
Maguire says: “I fear we remains some decades away from a black or Asian face in Donning Street.”
Fear is the watchword.
And what of Obama, Maguire’s “black” man? Would that be the same Obama who is of mixed race, the product of a white mother and black father?
We need to know, Kevin…
Posted: 11th, June 2008 | In: Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Labour Party, Politicians, Race For The White House, Tabloids Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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August 11th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Lbaour are not anti semitic we have a jewish foreign secrtery.the PM grew up supporting israel and the peace process.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
6 Melanie
Britiain too will one day have a non-white Head of State but it will happen when the time is right not when it is forced.”
1 Head of Government I think you mean. The Royal family is still predominantly white
but
2 I don’t care. I just want a good one.
8 Bert
Mandela is an interesting example. He may seem non-racist because as a King he is already socially above any white ‘immigrant’ to his country.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Jeez….we’re still trying to find our first non-racist black man (other than Mandela). Although it might help to pour anti-racist propaganda toward racist communities, rather than the least-racist community (who voluntarily introduced anti-racism). Give it some time, first things first!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
..is that gentile as in “non-Jewish”…?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Why because the US does something do we have to follow?
The US voters chose a goon (one may argue - yet again) to be their Head of State and the Labour Party tried the same when they needed a new leader recently. Surely we have learnt our lesson.
If Obama wins the Presidential contest I suspect it is not because he is black.
Britiain too will one day have a non-white Head of State but it will happen when the time is right not when it is forced.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Baracks people gave the money to charity once they found out about Rezco, so someone got some benefit from it at least.
Chicago politics is a hotbed of corruption and dirty tricks, has been for years.
It’s fun to read about but I wouldn’t want to live there. Here in Wisconsin our corruption is done in a more gentile, low key manner.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
…but not as funny… obviously!
June 11th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
that’s a worrying thought - being on the same side as Ann Widdecombe - that scary blonde bob is enough to frighten anyone off… she reminds me of Grotbags….
June 11th, 2008 at 11:11 am
That was Ann Widdecombe. They were supposed to be on the same side
June 11th, 2008 at 10:57 am
wasn’t Michael Howard ’something of the night’ as dubbed by certain Labour bods?
well……..