Patrick Mercer
I have decided to talk about the Tory MP Patrick Mercer rather then the terrible mistakes being made by the Commons on the Lords.
Is it right that David Cameron sacked Patrick Mercer from the Shadow Front Bench?
Well here is David's response
Mr Mercer may have made a terrible mistake saying what he did, but he is an ex-colonel and he said that he had met a lot of idle and useless ethnic minority soldiers who used racism as a cover. He may believe from what he has seen that that this is the truth. However it is well known that he is not a racist as:
He has said so his self.
He has said he has always come down hard on racism where he has seen it.
Many black soldiers have come to his defence.
He has raised black soldiers up the ranks.
A former soldier of his said:
"In my 12 years with the battalion no form of racism went unpunished"
I know that abuse (used during training towards soldier to get them to train harder) does exist, as I have been in the Air Cadets and almost joined the army, so I saw a little abuse.
He may have just been saying what he saw, but as he is a member of the shadow cabient, what he says reflects on the party which is working hard to create a relationship with the ethnic society and David maybe felt he had to sacked him to avoid his party getting a bad name among the ethnic community.
In my view, Patrick Mercer is another victim of modern political reality and I believe David Cameron may have had no choice but to take action. But was he too fast to sack him?
Sources:
Iain Dale's Diary
BBC News
Is it right that David Cameron sacked Patrick Mercer from the Shadow Front Bench?
Well here is David's response
Mr Mercer may have made a terrible mistake saying what he did, but he is an ex-colonel and he said that he had met a lot of idle and useless ethnic minority soldiers who used racism as a cover. He may believe from what he has seen that that this is the truth. However it is well known that he is not a racist as:
He has said so his self.
He has said he has always come down hard on racism where he has seen it.
Many black soldiers have come to his defence.
He has raised black soldiers up the ranks.
A former soldier of his said:
"In my 12 years with the battalion no form of racism went unpunished"
I know that abuse (used during training towards soldier to get them to train harder) does exist, as I have been in the Air Cadets and almost joined the army, so I saw a little abuse.
He may have just been saying what he saw, but as he is a member of the shadow cabient, what he says reflects on the party which is working hard to create a relationship with the ethnic society and David maybe felt he had to sacked him to avoid his party getting a bad name among the ethnic community.
In my view, Patrick Mercer is another victim of modern political reality and I believe David Cameron may have had no choice but to take action. But was he too fast to sack him?
Sources:
Iain Dale's Diary
BBC News
posted by David at 8:15 pm
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