Comments on: Hideously white: no ethnic minority candidates for Liberal Democrats in top 25 target seats

By: Women: Can’t Win Here! | Stuart MacLennan | Labour Candidate for Moray

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:55:25 +0000

[...] this week Political Scrapbook drew our attention to the pitiful levels of ethnic diversity in the Liberal Democrats parliamentary [...]

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:55:37 +0000

New comments on blog about black and Asian Lib Dem PPCs – http://is.gd/3BhBG

By: Irfan Ahmed

Irfan Ahmed — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:17:41 +0000

When Afzal Anwar gets elected along with Qassim Afzal the party will have three asiain MPs!

By: Richard Gadsden

Richard Gadsden — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:10:39 +0000

This is an issue; we should have done more, sooner.

We didn’t. We didn’t because we had an internal row over what to do and ended up doing nothing. That’s not right, but it’s the kind of mess-up that democracies have from time to time.

We have finally got on the right-ish track with women candidates; there are many more than in the past, far more women MPs and target PPCs. I believe the plan is to apply the same model to other under-represented groups, especially ethnic minorities and disabled people.

By: Jack Scott

Jack Scott — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:23 +0000

Are there any BME people at the Lib Dem conference? http://bit.ly/cqt7Z . Hideously white – hideously right wing

By: Jack Scott

Jack Scott — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:21 +0000

Are there any BME people at the Lib Dem conference? http://bit.ly/cqt7Z . Hideously white – hideously right.

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:44:09 +0000

@gladstone5 It's a failure to take the issue seriously enough soon enough. Assume you've seen the exchange here? http://is.gd/3zaS8

By: Scrapbook

Scrapbook — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:33:57 +0000

“Skin colour is no more an issue than eye colour”?! Ah, yes I remember those eye colour riots in Oldham a few years back(!) You are obviously entitled to your view but a number of people in your party – including your leader – appear to disagree with you.

Read Lester Holloway’s “The defection spiral”, which is one of the most eloquent treatments of race in political parties:

http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-the-defection-spiral-15670.html

By: Rebel Saint

Rebel Saint — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:22 +0000

“Is it not a problem for you that all of your MPs are white?”

No. Should it be?

Does it not bother you that none of your candidates are evangelical Christians? Does it bother you that none of them are ginger? Or what about transgender MP’s.

Skin colour is no more an issue than eye colour, and I would have absolutely no problem if they all have brown eyes either.

By: Ged Robinson

Ged Robinson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:12:03 +0000

RT @DarenBBC: Dear @nickclegg give me a seat to contest and I reckon I could win it. :-) http://bit.ly/1a12rT