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“A confidential blueprint for David Cameron’s controversial bid to impose more women, gays and ethnic candidates on reluctant party activists has come to light. The explosive six-page document proposes the use of subterfuge to end the white, male and middle-class image of the Conservative Party…. The document suggests using ‘stealth’ and stresses the importance of keeping ‘quiet’ over the plans to ensure more women, ethnic and gay candidates…. Suggesting a degree of subterfuge, the document goes on: ‘There are several reasons why the Party should not publicly proclaim the new methodology.’ ‘The more that the profusion of women, black, Asian or gay candidates appears to be the result of spontaneous open-mindedness on the part of grassroot activists the greater will be the accolades.’ The authors also admit white men will feel disadvantaged, stating: ‘The handling of white males should be done with sensitivity. They should not be made to feel second class and must be assured that the party wants them in Parliament.’” ~ Daily Mail
Geez, and people wonder why so many English conservatives are now voting BNP. Go figure.
RedPhillips on 23 Feb 2010 at 3:53 am #
I wonder what Peter Hitchens will have to say about this?
Bede on 23 Feb 2010 at 2:23 pm #
He was probably one of the architects of the confidential memo. (Just joking.)
RedPhillips on 23 Feb 2010 at 9:46 pm #
This is exactly what we meant when we said anti-racism and anti-anti-Semitism are more of a problem than racism and anti-Semitism. But this goes beyond that even. This is pro-multicult, and in the case of gays pro-abberrant behavior.
Gerry T. Neal on 23 Feb 2010 at 11:23 pm #
The Tories would benefit from reading Steve Sailer and the late Sam Francis on the similar, but more up-front, attempts to build such an unlikely “conservative” coalition on the part of the Republican Party. Alas, the chances of them putting the “Sailer Strategy” into effect in the UK any time soon, are about the same as the chances that the Republicans will put it into effect in the United States.
Ernest on 24 Feb 2010 at 12:18 am #
The UK’s conservative party and GOP seem to work from the same playbook.
Karsten on 27 Feb 2010 at 6:12 pm #
“This is exactly what we meant when we said anti-racism and anti-anti-Semitism are more of a problem than racism and anti-Semitism”
Well, obviously. Was there any doubt on that score?
Especially since anything that isn’t aggressively pro-multicult is now slandered as “racism” and “anti-Semitism” And to that last point, would anyone care to guess as to the identity of the people designing this policy?