"Labour's hard left are no better than the BNP" says Labour MP Simon Danczuk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10167562/Simon-Danczuk-MP-Labours-militant-left-no-better-than-BNP.html
This is a disgraceful slur presumably aimed at Independent writer Owen Jones (with whom he had a very public falling-out on television).
Oh I know Simon Danczuk was careful not to name any names, but the implications are obvious and the mud is going to stick.
And if individuals such as Owen Jones are no better than the BNP what about the Labour supporters normally associated with Owen Jones? Are they to be smeared in this way? It seems like politics in the Labour party just got a whole lot nastier.
And in any case, the analogy doesn't work - the hard left of the Labour party is nothing like the BNP (they are a lot more effective than the BNP and command much greater support).
It should be perfectly possible to demolish the arguments of the hard left without resulting to name calling.
This is a disgraceful slur presumably aimed at Independent writer Owen Jones (with whom he had a very public falling-out on television).
Oh I know Simon Danczuk was careful not to name any names, but the implications are obvious and the mud is going to stick.
And if individuals such as Owen Jones are no better than the BNP what about the Labour supporters normally associated with Owen Jones? Are they to be smeared in this way? It seems like politics in the Labour party just got a whole lot nastier.
And in any case, the analogy doesn't work - the hard left of the Labour party is nothing like the BNP (they are a lot more effective than the BNP and command much greater support).
It should be perfectly possible to demolish the arguments of the hard left without resulting to name calling.
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