Is he guilty of making a very stupid observation redolent of many upper middle-class men of his background and vintage?
Yes, is the answer.
Is he a racist?...No!
Lindsay is one of the best resident-facing councillors this Borough has.
That's not just the Dame's opinion but one shared by residents from across the borough irrespective of who they are and their politics. When asked to help he gets stuck in.
When Thames Water flooded the Borough with sewage Lindsay fought unrelentingly for victims.
The Dame got a Whats App from an avowed and influential Labour propagandist. She was blunt in saying Lindsay will be very much missed by residents.
Lindsay took the job of councillor and mayor very seriously.
He is a good man and should be remembered for that not a stupid aberration.
A good man and a decent one
ReplyDeleteDear dame,
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly did this upper middle class toff say?
It is no good declaring he is not a racist when the context of his remark might suggest otherwise. He might be a good bloke but that does not mean he is not a racist. Bring it all out in to the open.
Now, we had all this in the past with Coad. Coad, the Royal Spaniard, Medici Borgias Columbus and all of that, said she is not racist and expected us all to believe her. Some said she is "mildly racist" but that is like being a bit pregnant.
Usually when I look at a person’s face, my first thought isn’t “I wonder what inanimate object I can compare their complexion with”.
ReplyDeleteEvidently, this is what goes through David Lindsay’s mind when he meets black and brown people. He has been exposed as a racist (other people have heard him make comments in the past) and it is right that he should no longer hold a public role that requires no judgement of people based on colour or race.
He is known as a timid man but I’ve personally witnessed him lose his temper with constituents on many occasions. To use a form of speech he’d be familiar with, his face turns “as red as a punnet of strawberries” when he gets upset. It is now time for him to step back from public life.
Nobody is to blame for this but David.
Dame. The vast majority of vintage upper middle-class men would never use that sort of racist language! https://medium.com/language-explained/this-phrase-youre-using-has-a-harmful-other-meaning-4a1427b26a14
ReplyDeleteNever had a problem with him. Has he been made a scapegoat for other council misbehaviour and misconduct? I think so
ReplyDeleteI’d prefer David Lindsay to Ben Coleman as my councillor.
ReplyDeletePlease can someone tell me why Ben Coleman, the MP for Chelsea and Fulham, is still a H&F councillor?