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Tatchell Backs Hughes But Reveals more Details of Lib dem Homophobia

riotact | 27.01.2006 18:18

"A party member involved in the Liberal campaign in 1983 confessed to me that the Liberals were behind the anonymous and illegal campaign leaflet, 'Which Queen Will You Vote For?', which ridiculed my sexuality and invited local voters to have a go at me by listing my home address and phone number."

Tatchell backs Hughes
Time to forgive and forget Bermondsey dirty tricks

"Simon Hughes is the best of the Lib Dem leadership candidates. If I was a party member, he'd get my vote. I want to see a stronger lead on social justice and green issues. Despite his recent drift to the centre, Simon is the contender most likely to move the Liberal democrats in a progressive direction."

This endorsement comes from Peter Tatchell, the former Labour candidate, who was defeated by Simon Hughes in the 1983 Bermondsey by-election - regarded by many commentators as the dirtiest and most violent election in Britain in the last 100 years.

Mr Tatchell, now a member of the Green Party, says it is "time to forgive and forget the Liberals smear campaign in 1983."

"The Liberals fought a very dirty campaign during the Bermondsey by-election," said Tatchell.

"Some of their male canvassers went around the constituency wearing lapel stickers emblazoned with the words 'I've been kissed by Peter Tatchell', in a blatant bid to win the homophobic vote."

"On the doorsteps they spread false rumours that I was chair of the local gay society - no such society existed."

"A party member involved in the Liberal campaign in 1983 confessed to me that the Liberals were behind the anonymous and illegal campaign leaflet, 'Which Queen Will You Vote For?', which ridiculed my sexuality and invited local voters to have a go at me by listing my home address and phone number."

"But that is in the past. I don't hold grudges."

"The Lib Dems are, unfortunately, not a radical Party. They are signed up to the pro-business, neo-liberal economic project of globalisation. Nevertheless, in Lib Dem terms, Simon is on the left of the party. Of all the leadership contenders, he is the most progressive. I hope he is elected Party leader. His election could help shift British politics a little further left-of-centre."

"Simon is preferable to the free market 'Orange Book' supporters, who want to move the party closer to the Tories. Moves to reposition the Liberal Democrats to the right would be a disaster."

"I am on the left of the Green Party. I don't support the Lib Dems, but if I was a member I would vote for Simon as leader."

"Although he lacks the radical vision of the Green Party, compared to the other leadership candidates Simon has a better record on human rights, social justice and environmental issues," said Mr Tatchell.

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The real question is who does Blair intend to make winner

27.01.2006 19:51

Tatchell, knowingly or unknowingly, will simply act in the way most likely to aid Blair, and his plan to genocide Iran. Now, I can't say whether Tatchell aids or hinders Hughes by throwing his hat into that particular ring, but I can say that Tatchell's handler's DO know the consequence of his actions. They derive their strategy from close monitoring of the written electronic conversations of Liberal Party voters.

Today, Blair leaves nothing to chance. Fire off a burst of carefully crafted propaganda with today's papers and TV news programs, and read what the electorate are saying to each other about the election tomorrow. Rinse and Repeat until the 'right' man is chosen.

Of course, given the pathetic state of the Liberals, many might say "why bother". However, it has taken years of the most intense effort to manufacture this pathetic state, and Blair has no intention of seeing his hard work undone at this key moment in history.

All the Liberals have to do is stand behind one honest person, but you are more likely to win the lottery twice in a row than to see this happen.

The genocide of Iran will see no significant political opposition in the UK. Now that Kennedy has served his time (and who here honestly thought he could continue to do Blair's bidding, and support Blair over Iran, without completely self-destructing), we are merely witnessing the NEW Liberal 'fix'. The Conservative 'fix' is obviously in place (perhaps Cameron should try a little harder to disguise this, but Blair is forced to work with the rubbish at hand).

twilight

Don't smear Tatchell

28.01.2006 22:19

The attempt of some on the left to smear Tatchell as a neo-con, or racist, is truly appalling. Let us not forget that Tatchell is against the war in Iraq, which was hardly the Castro and that he spends most of his time at the moment campaiging for abused asylum-seekers of all nationalities and sexual orientation. To draw attention to, say, the hanging of consensual homosexuals in Iran, or homophobic violence in Jamacia, is in no way a call to liberal interventionism or a demonstration of racist sentiment. To describe it as such is foolish and offensive

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Tatchell Backs Hughes But Reveals more Details of Lib dem Homophobia

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The real question is who does Blair intend to make winner

Don't smear Tatchell

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