During the campaign, and at the height of their surge, I remarked on how the Lib Dems would have trouble getting any MPs elected from ethnic minorities.
So it proved. None of Nick Clegg's 57 can be so described, and no ethnic minority candidate got anywhere near for the party.
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Comment number 1.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:COULD IT BE
That, of the three parties, only the Lib Dems resist the urge to 'hug an ethnic' for CYNICAL POLITICAL ADVANTAGE? Sometimes, what people DON'T do, is more telling than what they DO!
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Comment number 2.
At 10th May 2010, jauntycyclist wrote:in some parts of london many mps would fit the profile of an ethnic minority?
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Comment number 3.
At 10th May 2010, DebtJuggler wrote:SKY News’ Kay Burley harasses a pro PR spokesperson in the name of democracy and journalism.
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Comment number 4.
At 10th May 2010, Abandon wrote:And your point?
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Comment number 5.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:PURE ZEN (#2)
Or perhaps Alice Through the Looking Glass? Your comment threatens to open a can of 'Pandora's Worms' Jaunty. What a triumph: to have succeeded in tying ourselves up in a Gordian Knot!
Oh - it's all going awfully well.
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