tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900451110005138012.post7859702612357728540..comments2023-08-06T15:44:27.346+01:00Comments on Primly Stable: Government admits there was no evidence to support Eric Pickles' Winterval TaleP. Stablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09657721343030685167noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900451110005138012.post-2829934314993532862011-01-27T13:38:14.193+00:002011-01-27T13:38:14.193+00:00What's really disturbing is that Pickles's...What's really disturbing is that Pickles's rhetoric is bolstering the English Defence League who sent this letter to counils threatening them with voilence protests if they failed to celebrate christmas appropriately.<br /><br /><br /><br />: Dear Sir/Madam<br /><br />I am writing to you on behalf of Tommy Robinson, leader of the English Defence League.<br /><br />Tommy would like to request that if your Council is considering any Christmas celebrations i.e. Christmas lights, nativities, pantomimes etc. that the Council keep the word Christ in Christmas and do not lose the meaning of Christmas by changing it to Winter Festival.<br /><br />As I'm sure you are aware Christmas is a long established tradition in British history and indeed other cultures/religions and dates back as far as 400AD and the word Christmas is derived from the Middle English language Christemasse and old English Cristes maesse.<br /><br />Please keep Christmas as Christmas and not let our culture and traditions be eroded and preserve English values.<br /><br />Any Council that does not keep the word Christmas in the annual celebrations and opts for Winter Festival, out of the politically correct appeasement of others to the detriment of our traditions, will have their town visited by the English Defence League throughout the following year. The average cost to the Council is £500,000 when the English Defence League demonstrates at any given location and it is hoped that this will be avoided by your Council keeping the word Christmas alive and celebrating it without any worries of appeasement.<br /><br />Yours faithfully<br />Helen Gower<br />PA to Tommy Robinson <br /><br />http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/english_defence_league#incoming-131048<br /><br />Frederika Whitehead, The GuardianFrederika Whiteheadhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/frederika-whiteheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900451110005138012.post-85735687718555154882011-01-26T21:43:23.059+00:002011-01-26T21:43:23.059+00:00Great bit of work!
It's such a shame there...Great bit of work!<br /><br />It's such a shame there's no way of making Pickles - or any politician - answer for things they've said to the press.<br /><br />Especially pieces like this where it's not actually caused any change for anyone; the people he is supposedly targeting look around bewildered and get on with their life. However the uncomfortable feeling that "they" are changing Britain for the worse is re-enforced in the minds of newspaper readers.<br /><br />It's subtle propaganda at its finest. An idea floated long enough to trouble people then it disappears from sight like a wisp of smoke leaving nothing but a lingering smell.Scottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412537303966514195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900451110005138012.post-2013666644420078452011-01-26T20:56:59.035+00:002011-01-26T20:56:59.035+00:00Great blog, keep up the fight.
Eric Pickles has ...Great blog, keep up the fight. <br /><br />Eric Pickles has to learn that he can't just spout rubbish without evidence. He is suppose to be the Secretary of State not some drunken old geezer down the boozer.Derek Tickleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839820139011912140noreply@blogger.com