Ravenwood - 01/24/05 07:00 AM
Let's put it this way. Just having your photo taken with a gun is enough to disqualify you from public office.
A Conservative parliamentary candidate has been dismissed after he was pictured on the internet with a range of guns, rifles and a hunting knife.This is what is left of the party of Winston Churchill.Robert Oulds, the prospective MP for Slough in Berkshire, appeared with the weapons in the camera phone images.
Tory deputy chairman Andrew Mackay said the party had faced no choice but to remove him from its candidates' list.
"This was a serious error of judgement which was unacceptable in a parliamentary candidate," he added.
The sad thing about this, is that the guns in question were all legally owned by this man, who is a noted shooter. I have written to Michael Howard (conservative party leader) saying that I as a lifelong conservative voter, will never vote conservative again if this man is not re-instated. Please dont think we are all as wussified as this.
Posted by: robert in england at January 24, 2005 7:16 AMYeah, I'm speaking only of the powers that be. I certainly didn't mean to paint you all by the same brush.
Sorry 'bout that.
Posted by: Ravenwood at January 24, 2005 7:25 AMWhat a sad state of affairs it is when the "politically correct powers that be" are allowed to push such an agenda and get away with it. There is much to be ashamed of in Merry Old England.
Am I the only one who wonders how long it will be before the people of England wake up and fight back against this, as well as the many other erosions of their liberties?
Posted by: Steve Scudder at January 24, 2005 6:34 PMI really hate to say this but I think England is past the point of recovery, short of anarchy or revolution. The government has too much of a powerhold on the people to give out any rights, ergh privileges.
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