David Camerons Gaffe

[indi pearl]

What a great week for political truths to come out into the open.
This one is bang on the button

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16458524

[davepoth]

So...you like to vote Labour then?

[Turn7]

Non story, typical anti govt BBC .

[turbobloke]

Cameron's overall view of Balls is on the money and his description of one of Labour's most useful pro-Conservative assets (the only better pro-Tory asset is Wallace Gump) was relatively mild compared to what he might have said. Clearly it's politically correct to apologise for a comparison with any paid-up faction of the victim industry. Mystic Meg reckons it'll be BBC 'news' for days.

[macp]

Slow news day then

[Alex]

bkS!

[davepoth]

Cameron probably should have thought about the response from hand-wringing lefties, but if Balls does spend most of his time in the commons randomly bellowing swear words (which as I understand it is not actually a million miles from the truth) it was not a particularly unfair analogy. I'm sure if Balls actually did have Tourette's CMD be more understanding, as a Tourette's sufferer can't help it. Balls, on the other hand, is a tt.

[Randy Winkman]

Definitely a bigger story than one of Miliband's staff making a typo. Cameron is a prat.

[Eric Mc]

Having had a child who had serious mental health issues, maybe he speaks with a bit more authority on the subject than you might think.

[BOR]

Randy Winkman said:

Definitely a bigger story than one of Miliband's staff making a typo. Cameron is a prat.

I personally don't see either of the Cameron/Milliband things as anything other than trivial.

Abbott, on the other hand, is a completely different level.

[mrmr96]

BOR said:

I personally don't see either of the Cameron/Milliband things as anything other than trivial.

Abbott, on the other hand, is a completely different level.

Agree.

[odyssey2200]

My Son has Tourettes Syndrome (only mild, He doesn't shout Feck at people)

I would like to say that I am offended by those that are offended.

get a fking life!

My only dissapointment is that Cameron didn't throw a few fks in for good measure

[powerstroke]

For gods sake Cam dont give him any excuses for his behaviour, mad eyes and apearance , just accept he's a weapons grade tt and leave it at that...

[BruceV8]

The BBC must have been desperate for something to deflect attention from Abbott and Milliband.

[NismoGT]

The truth hurts.

[trashbat]

BruceV8 said:

The BBC must have been desperate for something to deflect attention from Abbott and Milliband.

Yes, exactly. It's another example of the communist-infiltrated BBC reporting events in the order that they happen. Well chronological sequences are yet another way in which liberals are sleepwalking us into Stalinist oblivion and let me tell you... (cont'd p.93)

[Hoofy]

Don't see the problem. Otherwise, next time someone shouts at the referee "ARE YOU BLIND???" will they be arrested for hate crimes against blind people?

Also, "a lack of understanding"? Why would you expect anyone to have an understanding of every possible neurological condition out there? Or in fact any health condition?

[cayman-black]

odyssey2200 said:

My Son has Tourettes Syndrome (only mild, He doesn't shout Feck at people)

I would like to say that I am offended by those that are offended.

get a fking life!

My only dissapointment is that Cameron didn't throw a few fks in for good measure

Good Post. I cant fking stand that Balls idiot.

[anonymous-user]

God politics is boring. The smallest irrevelant screw-up from either side and the opposite side wades in pretending to be offended, as if anybody really gives a st.

No wonder nobody is interested anymore.

[TankRizzo]

Looking at the complainant's blog, it would seem she is a professional offendee who writes for The Guardian. These are some quotes:

nicky clark said:

disability hate crime

nicky clark said:

I also can't help but be cynical about the timing of such a statement, in the midst of cuts that target the most vulnerable in our society and headlines that lump all benefit recipients together as cheats and scroungers. Is this "big society", the champion of the parent-run free schools (which will no doubt exclude many children with disabilities) just promoting "small-minded society"? Isn't it being led and run by a government that promised much and delivers nothing more than minority blame?

nicky clark said:

I read with huge sadness that these disablist sentences had been included within Caitlin Moran's new book How to be a Woman.

nicky clark said:

After Example, a musician with 500,000 followers posted a tweet comparing Frankie Cocozza to a special needs version of a member of One direction or as he called it “Mong” direction, on Twitter a young special needs teacher challenged him and received the predictable savaging from his fans. [...] It’s hate speech, a crime in and of itself for others.

When looked at in this context, her comments on Cameron's "gaffe" are hardly surprising.