The Chris Bryant interview on the Today programme this morning was hilarious. He was all over the place, denying interpretations of assertions that were yet unspoken, apologising for things he had not said, correcting statements that had not yet been made. And at the end he had the gall to say that Labour were getting their message across!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23662668
Immediately lefties began criticising him (Sunder Katwala of British Future saying Labour is very muddled; David Wearing of the New Left Project complaining that second generation immigrant Labour MPs were "colluding" in the Chris Bryant message; Owen Jones of Unite / Class / People's Assembly saying the Chris Bryant interview made him want to curl up into the foetal position).
Presumably these lefties are unaware of the haemorrhaging of support from Labour to UKIP. Even more intriguing is the idea that the stream of traditional working class support away from Labour is a consequence of Labour's increasing identification as a pro-immigration party. Chris Bryant's cack-handed attempt to sound tough on immigration is no doubt part of a move to distance Labour from the pro-immigration lobby.
Of course, it is only a matter of time before the hard left start screaming "racist" at Chris Bryant.
And all this on the day when the pro-immigration claque is claiming that immigrant communities hold the balance of power in hundreds of marginal constituencies. There is no consolation to Labour that they gain the votes of ethnic minorities if they are going to lose a greater number of votes to UKIP. It is a pyrrhic recruitment drive that may well cost them the 2015 general election.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23662668
Immediately lefties began criticising him (Sunder Katwala of British Future saying Labour is very muddled; David Wearing of the New Left Project complaining that second generation immigrant Labour MPs were "colluding" in the Chris Bryant message; Owen Jones of Unite / Class / People's Assembly saying the Chris Bryant interview made him want to curl up into the foetal position).
Presumably these lefties are unaware of the haemorrhaging of support from Labour to UKIP. Even more intriguing is the idea that the stream of traditional working class support away from Labour is a consequence of Labour's increasing identification as a pro-immigration party. Chris Bryant's cack-handed attempt to sound tough on immigration is no doubt part of a move to distance Labour from the pro-immigration lobby.
Of course, it is only a matter of time before the hard left start screaming "racist" at Chris Bryant.
And all this on the day when the pro-immigration claque is claiming that immigrant communities hold the balance of power in hundreds of marginal constituencies. There is no consolation to Labour that they gain the votes of ethnic minorities if they are going to lose a greater number of votes to UKIP. It is a pyrrhic recruitment drive that may well cost them the 2015 general election.
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