A lot of Honeyballs on race

Dear God, Mary Honeyball is an annoying woman. On her infuriatingly smug and sanctimonious blog, the Labour MEP for London drivels on about an event she recently attended, where the even-more-infuriating Hattie Harman was sharing her wisdom. And, of course, Mary just loved her speech:

"One passage from her speech is worth highlighting. Harriet talked warmly about Dawn Butler’s ... Harriet mentioned that there are two million black women in the UK. With only Diane Abbott and Dawn that means they represent 1 million black women each"

Of course, no Labour speech, policy or soundbite can go without a dig at the opposition:

"It is a sad failing of the opposition parties that only Labour has black women MPs. The Liberal Democrats have a shockingly bad record on this and there is not even a hint of any black or ethnic minority candidate getting a sniff of a safe or currently held seat."

So black women are only represented by 2 MP's, are they? Both Labour. Hurrah for Labour. Boo to the other parties, who obviously don't represent wimmin of colour at all.


Why the fuck do you, Mary, think that black women can only be fairly represented in Government - or indeed anywhere - by other black women? What's that all about?

Why could it only be a black, female MP who could understand and convey the needs of this part of the population?

Are you saying that an Asian man just could not understand what it is that a black woman might want, need or demand from the Government? Are you?

Do you think that a white woman would not be able to speak up on a behalf of a black one? Are you implying that you, yourself, Mary - a hideously white woman - can't really get a grip on the issues that black women in Britain face in 2010?

What is it, Mary? Are you unconciously racist youself?

Or are you just thick?

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