Number crunching
Number of MPs signing Early Day Motion 401 in support of Iraqi Employees helping the British Military: 79
Number of MPs signing Early Day Motion 1756 in support of the Canadian bears helping the British Military: 207
Apparently the bearskin hats worn by certain army regiments have ‘no military significance and involve unnecessary cruelty’. The same could be said about the treatment of the Iraqi employees, just don’t expect many Members of Parliament to say it. Not least my own, MP Celia Barlow, who’s fully aware of the situation with the Iraqi employees and has made respresentations to ministers on the matter, but gave her name only to the bears.
Still, as has been said before, the Tories won’t push this issue because it means letting more darkies into Britain and that doesn’t play well with the Daily Mail-reading core vote they have. New Labour won’t push it because it means letting more darkies into Britain and that doesn’t play well with the Daily Mail-reading core vote they want.
In other news, Ann Widdecombe is a grizzled and bitter old hypocrite. Early Day Motions, she says, ‘have no more impact than a feather landing on a mattress’ unless they’re chasing an issue she’s bothered about of course.
And if you’re an ickle baby foetus, Ann’s got your back. If you’re an ickle baby foetus who grows up to be drilled to death by an Iraqi death squad or executed for being an Iranian homosexual, well, sorry but Ann’s got bears to worry about. Oh, and selling pasta along with her dignity as well.
Posted on March 11th, 2008 at 11:06am under Iraq, Tories, UK politics
[...] Chicken Yoghurt, meanwhile, has noticed an unfortunate comparison: Number of MPs signing Early Day Motion 401 in support of Iraqi Employees helping the British Military: 79 [...]