Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith was Political Hero

LabourStill Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 10:12:21 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

The Tory PPC for North Ayrshire and Arran has been criticised for calling former Rhodesian PM a hero



According to the Sunday Herald:

"DAVID CAMERON has been called on to condemn a Scottish Conservative candidate who praised the racist former leader of Rhodesia and defended Enoch Powell.
Philip Lardner, the party's Westminster candidate in North Ayrshire and Arran, named Ian Smith, who was regarded a white supremacist, as his political hero. He also said that Powell's far-right warnings about immigration had "in a small way come true".



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Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith was Political Hero | 6 comments (6 topical)

Re: Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith (#1)

by otware on Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 04:07:11 AM GMT

Well here we go. Nasty Tories back again. I swear there is a strand of Conservative ideology that is really intertwined with the good old National Front.

I may hate New Labour, but I'd rather have 1000 years of New Labour bullshit than see some fascist in power.  


Re: Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith (#2)

by Prbo on Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 01:36:43 PM GMT

"I swear there is a strand of Conservative ideology that is really intertwined with the good old National Front"

Which strand is that?


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Re: Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith (#3)

by otware on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 12:57:28 AM GMT

The strand of Monday Clubbers who support Enoch Powell and apartheid basically. There certainly used to be links between some in the Monday Club and the NF.


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Re: Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith (#4)

by Prbo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 02:28:53 PM GMT

Probably true.  But these extremists exist in every party - witness the pro-Castro, pro-Soviet part of the Labour still in existence, who support equally odious people and ideas.  It ain't just the Tories.


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Re: Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith (#5)

by e10rifles on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 02:41:53 PM GMT

What pro-Soviet part of the Labour Party is that then? Got any names?


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Latest on this (I think) (#6)

by LabourStill on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 07:42:46 PM GMT

There seem to be various reports in the blogosphere that Lardner has been suspended as a candidate, but I can't find anything that looks like an official report of this decision. Lots of Conservative bloggers are condemning the decision, claiming there is nothing wrong in Lardner's comments.

The sacking of James McGrath as a senior adviser to Boris Johnson in another race controversy also seems to be upsetting right wing bloggers who want their leadership to stop "caving in to political correctness" (as they would see it.)


Tory PPC says Rhodesian PM Ian Smith was Political Hero | 6 comments (6 topical)