Labour: A Seething Pit Of Racism

Via Obo, it seems Tom Harris has been accused of racism.

I AM A racist.

I had no idea up until this morning, when I was informed that my racism has manifested itself in a particularly ugly act of race-oriented bigotry and vindictiveness: I have not made a financial contribution to Diane Abbott’s leadership campaign.

Strangely enough, Diane Abbott has also been accused in the past.

Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott is at the centre of a race row after describing David Cameron and Nick Clegg as 'two posh white boys'.

Miss Abbott, 56, has previously faced accusations of racism after suggesting that the 'blonde blue-eyed Finnish girls' working in her local hospital were unsuitable as nurses because they had 'never met a black person before'.

Miss Abbott has positioned herself as an anti-racism campaigner and once claimed that Britain had 'invented racism'.

She's nearly correct. In Britain, Labour 'invented' the spurious racism insult and have abused it to such an extent that just a mention of skin colour - or even a preference for one person over another, as Harris has just discovered - is considered racist.

Presumably, now I've mentioned that the racist tag is highly overused, I can now be termed racist for not taking the issue of racism seriously. Meanwhile, true racists can revel in a new found anonymity as we all join them on the naughty step.

Isn't this fun? Mama, weer all racist now.