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alp227

(31,961 posts)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:07 AM Jul 2012

Olympics opening ceremony was 'multicultural crap', Tory MP tweets

Source: The Guardian

David Cameron will face pressure to remove the Tory whip from the Conservative MP Aidan Burley after he tweeted that the Olympics opening ceremony was "multicultural crap".

Burley, who was sacked as a ministerial aide last year after he took part in a Nazi-themed stag party in the French Alps, described Danny Boyle's work as "the most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen".

Downing Street sources moved quickly to distance themselves from Burley's tweets. "Clearly we don't agree," one source said.

The row erupted just after 10pm when Burley tweeted twice within a few minutes as the Olympic athletes started to enter the stadium after Boyle's staging.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jul/28/olympics-opening-ceremony-multicultural-crap-tory-mp?newsfeed=true/



I discovered this story through a Twitter post by Rhys Morgan, a 17-year-old Welsh atheist blogger.

Unfortunately, some think tanks in the US actually take Burley's idea seriously and as a result, "multiculturalism" is a dirty word to most Americans.
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Olympics opening ceremony was 'multicultural crap', Tory MP tweets (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2012 OP
Haters gonna hate. Snarkoleptic Jul 2012 #1
Maybe he can get a job with rMoney on his election team it would be an improvement. gordianot Jul 2012 #2
So says leading candidate for Upper-Class Twit of the Year. (n/t) klook Jul 2012 #3
It's going to be a tough century for these assholes BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #4
Ooooh! Competition for Mitt! (nt) noamnety Jul 2012 #5
Proving, of course, that idiocy is multi-national Lifelong Protester Jul 2012 #6
I was wondering when the Tea Party would issue a statement. nt onehandle Jul 2012 #7
"Multicultural Crap" ? He sounds Like Our version Of........ Grassy Knoll Jul 2012 #8
actually, instead of the "multi-cultural crap", he might have been dreaming newspeak Jul 2012 #20
Hosting the Olympics = inviting people from other countries XemaSab Jul 2012 #9
This guy is high up in the party for a 31 year old. Just shows what a bunch of nasty bigots Monk06 Jul 2012 #10
The article says they are about to kick his nazi ass out... Amonester Jul 2012 #12
Thank god. He deserves a healthy beating with a cricket bat. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #15
We're not the only country with loudmouth assholes. RoseMead Jul 2012 #11
I thought the Bond/Queen bit was very cool. crimson77 Jul 2012 #13
He was hoping the opening ceremony would look like this. Tabasco_Dave Jul 2012 #14
Thannks; greiner3 Jul 2012 #16
The guy should move to the USA - he'd be a Teabagging hero LynneSin Jul 2012 #17
London is a multicultural city you bloody twerp underpants Jul 2012 #18
A multicultural city holding THE multicultural event. sofa king Jul 2012 #19
Yeah, what are they doing with that multicultural crap tabasco Jul 2012 #21

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
2. Maybe he can get a job with rMoney on his election team it would be an improvement.
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:13 AM
Jul 2012

He would fit very well.

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
4. It's going to be a tough century for these assholes
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:15 AM
Jul 2012

12 years in and the best they can come up with to preserve their hold on the culture is voter supression.

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
8. "Multicultural Crap" ? He sounds Like Our version Of........
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 01:15 AM
Jul 2012

Sig Hiel Lumpy, Fox Noise, and every disgusting R the USA has to
endure on a daily basis.

newspeak

(4,847 posts)
20. actually, instead of the "multi-cultural crap", he might have been dreaming
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:52 PM
Jul 2012

of brown uniformed goons goose stepping with an arm pointed in his direction. Of course, all of those doing the high step would all look the same.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
10. This guy is high up in the party for a 31 year old. Just shows what a bunch of nasty bigots
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 01:40 AM
Jul 2012

Cameron's Tories are. He should be sent to the back bench with a coloring book and crayons.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
12. The article says they are about to kick his nazi ass out...
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 02:44 AM
Jul 2012

Besides, they'll lose his seat if they don't. (And even if they do: it's close.)

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
19. A multicultural city holding THE multicultural event.
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jul 2012

But it is a good reminder that every country has its backwards arch-conservative bridge trolls, and that those poltroons speak for their countries just as inarticulately as ours do.

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