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		<title>By: sarah Yates</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/08/30/young-thugs/comment-page-2/#comment-18647</link>
		<dc:creator>sarah Yates</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Cycling on the pavement is illegal so despite all your self-righteousness about other posters here, you&#039;re boasting that you teach your children to break the law. And to disrespect, inconvenience and endanger pedestrians. If it&#039;s not safe for them to cycle to school legally, and since you won&#039;t drive them, they should take public transport or walk.&quot;

I am not boasting, I am pointing out that the law in this respect is an ass, and that road users who reqularly and self righteously break speed limits are acting, literally, hundreds of times more dangerously than a 10 year old &#039;yob&#039; on a bike. Cars do not disrespect, inconvenience and endanger children, they kill them. Unfortunately there is no form of public transport which would get my children to school, I cannot drive them since I have no access to a car during the day, even if I wished to which I do not, and it would take more than an hour to walk to school, each way that is. With a heavy bag instead of panniers.  As it happens the paths have now been converted, in the last few weeks, to dual pedestrian/bike use, and many local precincts  are to follow suit. Because sensible people understand my point is perfectly valid once they think about it properly. And the hard evidence is that pedestrians are at relatively low risk, compared to the alternatives. Boot camp i.e. physically abuse cycling children or make reasonable provision for them- which strikes you as the reasonable option?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Cycling on the pavement is illegal so despite all your self-righteousness about other posters here, you&#8217;re boasting that you teach your children to break the law. And to disrespect, inconvenience and endanger pedestrians. If it&#8217;s not safe for them to cycle to school legally, and since you won&#8217;t drive them, they should take public transport or walk.&#8221;</p>
<p>I am not boasting, I am pointing out that the law in this respect is an ass, and that road users who reqularly and self righteously break speed limits are acting, literally, hundreds of times more dangerously than a 10 year old &#8216;yob&#8217; on a bike. Cars do not disrespect, inconvenience and endanger children, they kill them. Unfortunately there is no form of public transport which would get my children to school, I cannot drive them since I have no access to a car during the day, even if I wished to which I do not, and it would take more than an hour to walk to school, each way that is. With a heavy bag instead of panniers.  As it happens the paths have now been converted, in the last few weeks, to dual pedestrian/bike use, and many local precincts  are to follow suit. Because sensible people understand my point is perfectly valid once they think about it properly. And the hard evidence is that pedestrians are at relatively low risk, compared to the alternatives. Boot camp i.e. physically abuse cycling children or make reasonable provision for them- which strikes you as the reasonable option?</p>
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		<title>By: Graham</title>
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		<dc:creator>Graham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said!

I wish your party had the guts to speak up like that; they would have the support of the overwhelming majority of the voters.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said!</p>
<p>I wish your party had the guts to speak up like that; they would have the support of the overwhelming majority of the voters.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know a huge amount about politics (being a spritely 16 in age), however this last weekend myself and a group of friends were attacked and two friends punched by 4 18 year old young men with nothing better to do and without provocation. How can our country have become like this? And what can we possibly do?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know a huge amount about politics (being a spritely 16 in age), however this last weekend myself and a group of friends were attacked and two friends punched by 4 18 year old young men with nothing better to do and without provocation. How can our country have become like this? And what can we possibly do?</p>
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		<title>By: Brit Pat</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/08/30/young-thugs/comment-page-2/#comment-18644</link>
		<dc:creator>Brit Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently there are only 1 in 58 Police on the streets, it looks to me as though the Govt wants society to destroy itself....must be really frustrating that British are generally rather civilised.....and law abiding...so whast do they do..release violent criminals early and DONT deport foreign violent crims...Result...

We are constantly lied to about who commits most crime in the UK, all we ever heart about is cases where  Brits have commited crimes, like....Ian Huntley, Fred West, Beverly Allet, the Dunblane Massacre, the Black Panther Murders, the Stephen Lawrence Murder, Dr Shipman
Peter Sutcliffe, Damiola Taylor, Chris Langham, MichaelBarrymore, the Guy in Portugal Maddelaine case...All Shown month after month after month,after month..Brainwashing the british...

Here&#039;s the Mets 12 Most wanted list..
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/&lt;/a&gt;

Here&#039;s their 15 Most wanted
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/othercases.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/othercases.htm&lt;/a&gt;

Here&#039;s west Midlands most wanted..
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/wanted/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/wanted/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;

It is clear to me that Our Govt does not want us so we are to be slaughtered by an ever growing number of imported &#039;hitmen&#039;
(On contract with free housing and benefits no doubt)
who they repeatedly fail to deport when caught or are released early even if they do get caught...Suppose we get killed, well thats another Brit out the way...Suppose instead some Brit defends himself...well then its plastered all over the Media as yyet another evil racist crime..so the Brit end up in Jail...where he is then in exactly the same predicament...

&lt;a href=&quot;http://iamanenglishman.com/rogues_gallery.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://iamanenglishman.com/rogues_gallery.php&lt;/a&gt;
We never see these in the News Either.
Is this slaughter another way for the Left to get rid of the British.English.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://newnation.org/NNN-UK-Europe.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://newnation.org/NNN-UK-Europe.html&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://thefallenlist.blogspot.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://thefallenlist.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;


While I&#039;m here can I post this, its a worthy cause..

Help our Troops, Lets Honour the Covenent, Poor equipment, Pay, Low Morale...being sent to war in thin skinned Landrovers
when better armoured vehicles are available.Hundreds have died through this appaling situation.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=516704&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=516704&lt;/a&gt;

There are 60 Million People in this country that in order for this campaign to grow, this link must be Passed on
60 Million times.Pretty Impossible huh...
NO not at all..

If instead of Passing it on to one of your Mates, you pass it in to two and ask them to do the same a rather miraculous thing happens.
If 1 Person emails the link to Two, asking them in turn to do the same, thats 4 People involved, if they in turn do the same thats 8 People Involved, if they in turn do the same thats 16.......etc etc...

Here are the Numbers....1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096....etc ect...the result being that in Only 30 steps you can help get this Important mesage to 30 Million British People.....all you have to do is sign the Petition asking the Govt to Give our troops better conditions and equipment them Pass the link to Two  (or more) close friends, collegues of family members,
Making Sure you ask them to do the same...copy and past this entire piece to two (or more) other People.

Lets snowball this worthy cause...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently there are only 1 in 58 Police on the streets, it looks to me as though the Govt wants society to destroy itself&#8230;.must be really frustrating that British are generally rather civilised&#8230;..and law abiding&#8230;so whast do they do..release violent criminals early and DONT deport foreign violent crims&#8230;Result&#8230;</p>
<p>We are constantly lied to about who commits most crime in the UK, all we ever heart about is cases where  Brits have commited crimes, like&#8230;.Ian Huntley, Fred West, Beverly Allet, the Dunblane Massacre, the Black Panther Murders, the Stephen Lawrence Murder, Dr Shipman<br />
Peter Sutcliffe, Damiola Taylor, Chris Langham, MichaelBarrymore, the Guy in Portugal Maddelaine case&#8230;All Shown month after month after month,after month..Brainwashing the british&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the Mets 12 Most wanted list..<br />
<a href="http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/" rel="nofollow">http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s their 15 Most wanted<br />
<a href="http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/othercases.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.met.police.uk/wanted/othercases.htm</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s west Midlands most wanted..<br />
<a href="http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/wanted/index.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/wanted/index.asp</a></p>
<p>It is clear to me that Our Govt does not want us so we are to be slaughtered by an ever growing number of imported &#8216;hitmen&#8217;<br />
(On contract with free housing and benefits no doubt)<br />
who they repeatedly fail to deport when caught or are released early even if they do get caught&#8230;Suppose we get killed, well thats another Brit out the way&#8230;Suppose instead some Brit defends himself&#8230;well then its plastered all over the Media as yyet another evil racist crime..so the Brit end up in Jail&#8230;where he is then in exactly the same predicament&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://iamanenglishman.com/rogues_gallery.php" rel="nofollow">http://iamanenglishman.com/rogues_gallery.php</a><br />
We never see these in the News Either.<br />
Is this slaughter another way for the Left to get rid of the British.English.<br />
<a href="http://newnation.org/NNN-UK-Europe.html" rel="nofollow">http://newnation.org/NNN-UK-Europe.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://thefallenlist.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thefallenlist.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>While I&#8217;m here can I post this, its a worthy cause..</p>
<p>Help our Troops, Lets Honour the Covenent, Poor equipment, Pay, Low Morale&#8230;being sent to war in thin skinned Landrovers<br />
when better armoured vehicles are available.Hundreds have died through this appaling situation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=516704" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=516704</a></p>
<p>There are 60 Million People in this country that in order for this campaign to grow, this link must be Passed on<br />
60 Million times.Pretty Impossible huh&#8230;<br />
NO not at all..</p>
<p>If instead of Passing it on to one of your Mates, you pass it in to two and ask them to do the same a rather miraculous thing happens.<br />
If 1 Person emails the link to Two, asking them in turn to do the same, thats 4 People involved, if they in turn do the same thats 8 People Involved, if they in turn do the same thats 16&#8230;&#8230;.etc etc&#8230;</p>
<p>Here are the Numbers&#8230;.1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096&#8230;.etc ect&#8230;the result being that in Only 30 steps you can help get this Important mesage to 30 Million British People&#8230;..all you have to do is sign the Petition asking the Govt to Give our troops better conditions and equipment them Pass the link to Two  (or more) close friends, collegues of family members,<br />
Making Sure you ask them to do the same&#8230;copy and past this entire piece to two (or more) other People.</p>
<p>Lets snowball this worthy cause&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: cath</title>
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		<dc:creator>cath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right. Everyone knows it. Even the silly PC brigade. The criminals have been setting the agenda for ages in the UK. The CCTV, all the crime signs, &#039;it&#039;s an offence to do this, do that&#039; - it&#039;s all telling the yobs they&#039;re in control of society. The sane majority has to reassert control, assume and insist on pro-social behaviour and collectively resist anti-social behaviour. The yob on the tube relies on everyone else keeping their head down when one brave person makes a challenge; it&#039;ll be a different picture when finally everyone in the carriage stands up and forces the yob to back down. It&#039;s so easy to do as long as people stand together because, of course, the vast majority do object - strongly - to the loutish minority.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right. Everyone knows it. Even the silly PC brigade. The criminals have been setting the agenda for ages in the UK. The CCTV, all the crime signs, &#8216;it&#8217;s an offence to do this, do that&#8217; &#8211; it&#8217;s all telling the yobs they&#8217;re in control of society. The sane majority has to reassert control, assume and insist on pro-social behaviour and collectively resist anti-social behaviour. The yob on the tube relies on everyone else keeping their head down when one brave person makes a challenge; it&#8217;ll be a different picture when finally everyone in the carriage stands up and forces the yob to back down. It&#8217;s so easy to do as long as people stand together because, of course, the vast majority do object &#8211; strongly &#8211; to the loutish minority.</p>
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		<title>By: cath</title>
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		<dc:creator>cath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right. Everyone knows it. Even the silly PC brigade. The criminals have been setting the agenda for ages in the UK. The CCTV, all the crime signs, &#039;it&#039;s an offence to do this, do that&#039; - it&#039;s all telling the yobs they&#039;re in control of society. The sane majority has to reassert control, assume and insist on pro-social behaviour and collectively resist anti-social behaviour. The yob on the tube relies on everyone else keeping their head down when one brave person makes a challenge; it&#039;ll be a different picture when finally everyone in the carriage stands up and forces the yob to back down. It&#039;s so easy to do as long as people stand together because, of course, the vast majority do object - strongly - to the loutish minority.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right. Everyone knows it. Even the silly PC brigade. The criminals have been setting the agenda for ages in the UK. The CCTV, all the crime signs, &#8216;it&#8217;s an offence to do this, do that&#8217; &#8211; it&#8217;s all telling the yobs they&#8217;re in control of society. The sane majority has to reassert control, assume and insist on pro-social behaviour and collectively resist anti-social behaviour. The yob on the tube relies on everyone else keeping their head down when one brave person makes a challenge; it&#8217;ll be a different picture when finally everyone in the carriage stands up and forces the yob to back down. It&#8217;s so easy to do as long as people stand together because, of course, the vast majority do object &#8211; strongly &#8211; to the loutish minority.</p>
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		<title>By: Er Gun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Er Gun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Britain should have bombed Dublin every time the IRA kidnapped a British soldier, and blitzkrieged Boston and New York every time the IRA fired a bullet or let off a bomb. Anti-Semitism is unforgivable, as is defending Israeli Zionist OTT aggression.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Britain should have bombed Dublin every time the IRA kidnapped a British soldier, and blitzkrieged Boston and New York every time the IRA fired a bullet or let off a bomb. Anti-Semitism is unforgivable, as is defending Israeli Zionist OTT aggression.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian Cox</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/08/30/young-thugs/comment-page-2/#comment-18640</link>
		<dc:creator>Julian Cox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would have a lot more sympathy for Lord Pillips if he did not take the Liberal Democrat whip in the House of Lords. In fact, I would have every sympathy for him. Let me explain my peevish partisanship.

Since the height of the Second Lebanon War last year when Israel responded to a legitimate causus belli - which Messrs Hague and Cameron used as an excuse to indulge the sophistry of what constitutes &quot;disproportionate&quot; - I have been subject to no less than 10 anti-Semitic incidents on the streets of London.

Some, it is granted, have been minor; several simply unpleasant, but two constituted outright physical assault. Whatever the severity of the crimes committed against me, no level of anti-Semitism is tolerable.

There is much debate as to the causes of this discernable rise in anti-Semitism in Britain amongst those untouched by it: for those who are its victims, it is more than clear that such incidents usually coalesce around events concerning Israel, fuelled by the anti-Israel bias of the liberal press and media, the Guardian, Independent and BBC by far the worst examples - to the point that anti-Israel sentiment is now mere cultural shorthand for anti-Semitism proper, and a large proportion of it stoked by the so-called &quot;liberal&quot; left and its ineffable &quot;agenda&quot;.

By far the worst offenders of this phenomenon are the Liberal Democrats, their ranks replete with garrulous mavericks seemingly waiting only for the opportunity to conflate Israel bashing with their anti-Semitism. By far the greatest exponent of this is Baroness Jenny Tonge, once sacked from front bench politics in the Commons for expressing sympathy with Islamist Palestinian suicide bombers and then unaccountably sent to the Lords for her crimes where she continues to indulge her vitriolic and vicious attacks on Israel, to the point that Sir Menzies Campbell carpeted her for her statements &quot;bordering on anti-Semitism&quot;. He could not find a way to sack her. No sooner was this charade completed but the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Lords, Tom McNally, promoted her to Junior Health Spokesindividual in replacement of Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, now President of the radical denomination of Progressive Judaism known in Britain as Liberal Judaism. Neuberger, who has never once been elected to anything, has remained stubbornly silent and reluctant to condemn Tonge&#039;s remarks, putting the lie to a 30 year, vocal and strident career of media manipulation in the Liberal Democrat cause - and thereby reducing her principles to nothing more than vacuous cant.

My correspondence with Campbell continues with regard to Jenny Tonge and I tire of his offhand dismissal of my concerns. The last incident to which I was subject coincided with Tonge&#039;s recent promotion, proving beyond any debate the law of cause and effect in respect of her rantings. This is then followed by Lord Phillips crawling out of the hedgerows of the leafy county of Suffolk, grumbling about a group of children spoiling his rural idyll.

When the Liberal Democrats as a political party finally get around to condemning Tonge, Julia Neuberger deafens us with her condemnations rather than her obdurate silence and when this irresponsible woman finally has the Liberal Democrat Whip removed and is dispatched into the outer darkness occupied by David Irving and his like, I shall be a lot more sympathetic to Lord Phillips and his ilk.

And maybe I shall be able to walk the streets of London in peace - as is my right.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would have a lot more sympathy for Lord Pillips if he did not take the Liberal Democrat whip in the House of Lords. In fact, I would have every sympathy for him. Let me explain my peevish partisanship.</p>
<p>Since the height of the Second Lebanon War last year when Israel responded to a legitimate causus belli &#8211; which Messrs Hague and Cameron used as an excuse to indulge the sophistry of what constitutes &#8220;disproportionate&#8221; &#8211; I have been subject to no less than 10 anti-Semitic incidents on the streets of London.</p>
<p>Some, it is granted, have been minor; several simply unpleasant, but two constituted outright physical assault. Whatever the severity of the crimes committed against me, no level of anti-Semitism is tolerable.</p>
<p>There is much debate as to the causes of this discernable rise in anti-Semitism in Britain amongst those untouched by it: for those who are its victims, it is more than clear that such incidents usually coalesce around events concerning Israel, fuelled by the anti-Israel bias of the liberal press and media, the Guardian, Independent and BBC by far the worst examples &#8211; to the point that anti-Israel sentiment is now mere cultural shorthand for anti-Semitism proper, and a large proportion of it stoked by the so-called &#8220;liberal&#8221; left and its ineffable &#8220;agenda&#8221;.</p>
<p>By far the worst offenders of this phenomenon are the Liberal Democrats, their ranks replete with garrulous mavericks seemingly waiting only for the opportunity to conflate Israel bashing with their anti-Semitism. By far the greatest exponent of this is Baroness Jenny Tonge, once sacked from front bench politics in the Commons for expressing sympathy with Islamist Palestinian suicide bombers and then unaccountably sent to the Lords for her crimes where she continues to indulge her vitriolic and vicious attacks on Israel, to the point that Sir Menzies Campbell carpeted her for her statements &#8220;bordering on anti-Semitism&#8221;. He could not find a way to sack her. No sooner was this charade completed but the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Lords, Tom McNally, promoted her to Junior Health Spokesindividual in replacement of Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, now President of the radical denomination of Progressive Judaism known in Britain as Liberal Judaism. Neuberger, who has never once been elected to anything, has remained stubbornly silent and reluctant to condemn Tonge&#8217;s remarks, putting the lie to a 30 year, vocal and strident career of media manipulation in the Liberal Democrat cause &#8211; and thereby reducing her principles to nothing more than vacuous cant.</p>
<p>My correspondence with Campbell continues with regard to Jenny Tonge and I tire of his offhand dismissal of my concerns. The last incident to which I was subject coincided with Tonge&#8217;s recent promotion, proving beyond any debate the law of cause and effect in respect of her rantings. This is then followed by Lord Phillips crawling out of the hedgerows of the leafy county of Suffolk, grumbling about a group of children spoiling his rural idyll.</p>
<p>When the Liberal Democrats as a political party finally get around to condemning Tonge, Julia Neuberger deafens us with her condemnations rather than her obdurate silence and when this irresponsible woman finally has the Liberal Democrat Whip removed and is dispatched into the outer darkness occupied by David Irving and his like, I shall be a lot more sympathetic to Lord Phillips and his ilk.</p>
<p>And maybe I shall be able to walk the streets of London in peace &#8211; as is my right.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian Cox</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/08/30/young-thugs/comment-page-2/#comment-18639</link>
		<dc:creator>Julian Cox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would have a lot more sympathy for Lord Pillips if he did not take the Liberal Democrat whip in the House of Lords. In fact, I would have every sympathy for him. Let me explain my peevish partisanship.

Since the height of the Second Lebanon War last year when Israel responded to a legitimate causus belli - which Messrs Hague and Cameron used as an excuse to indulge the sophistry of what constitutes &quot;disproportionate&quot; - I have been subject to no less than 10 anti-Semitic incidents on the streets of London.

Some, it is granted, have been minor; several simply unpleasant, but two constituted outright physical assault. Whatever the severity of the crimes committed against me, no level of anti-Semitism is tolerable.

There is much debate as to the causes of this discernable rise in anti-Semitism in Britain amongst those untouched by it: for those who are its victims, it is more than clear that such incidents usually coalesce around events concerning Israel, fuelled by the anti-Israel bias of the liberal press and media, the Guardian, Independent and BBC by far the worst examples - to the point that anti-Israel sentiment is now mere cultural shorthand for anti-Semitism proper, and a large proportion of it stoked by the so-called &quot;liberal&quot; left and its ineffable &quot;agenda&quot;.

By far the worst offenders of this phenomenon are the Liberal Democrats, their ranks replete with garrulous mavericks seemingly waiting only for the opportunity to conflate Israel bashing with their anti-Semitism. By far the greatest exponent of this is Baroness Jenny Tonge, once sacked from front bench politics in the Commons for expressing sympathy with Islamist Palestinian suicide bombers and then unaccountably sent to the Lords for her crimes where she continues to indulge her vitriolic and vicious attacks on Israel, to the point that Sir Menzies Campbell carpeted her for her statements &quot;bordering on anti-Semitism&quot;. He could not find a way to sack her. No sooner was this charade completed but the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Lords, Tom McNally, promoted her to Junior Health Spokesindividual in replacement of Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, now President of the radical denomination of Progressive Judaism known in Britain as Liberal Judaism. Neuberger, who has never once been elected to anything, has remained stubbornly silent and reluctant to condemn Tonge&#039;s remarks, putting the lie to a 30 year, vocal and strident career of media manipulation in the Liberal Democrat cause - and thereby reducing her principles to nothing more than vacuous cant.

My correspondence with Campbell continues with regard to Jenny Tonge and I tire of his offhand dismissal of my concerns. The last incident to which I was subject coincided with Tonge&#039;s recent promotion, proving beyond any debate the law of cause and effect in respect of her rantings. This is then followed by Lord Phillips crawling out of the hedgerows of the leafy county of Suffolk, grumbling about a group of children spoiling his rural idyll.

When the Liberal Democrats as a political party finally get around to condemning Tonge, Julia Neuberger deafens us with her condemnations rather than her obdurate silence and when this irresponsible woman finally has the Liberal Democrat Whip removed and is dispatched into the outer darkness occupied by David Irving and his like, I shall be a lot more sympathetic to Lord Phillips and his ilk.

And maybe I shall be able to walk the streets of London in peace - as is my right.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would have a lot more sympathy for Lord Pillips if he did not take the Liberal Democrat whip in the House of Lords. In fact, I would have every sympathy for him. Let me explain my peevish partisanship.</p>
<p>Since the height of the Second Lebanon War last year when Israel responded to a legitimate causus belli &#8211; which Messrs Hague and Cameron used as an excuse to indulge the sophistry of what constitutes &#8220;disproportionate&#8221; &#8211; I have been subject to no less than 10 anti-Semitic incidents on the streets of London.</p>
<p>Some, it is granted, have been minor; several simply unpleasant, but two constituted outright physical assault. Whatever the severity of the crimes committed against me, no level of anti-Semitism is tolerable.</p>
<p>There is much debate as to the causes of this discernable rise in anti-Semitism in Britain amongst those untouched by it: for those who are its victims, it is more than clear that such incidents usually coalesce around events concerning Israel, fuelled by the anti-Israel bias of the liberal press and media, the Guardian, Independent and BBC by far the worst examples &#8211; to the point that anti-Israel sentiment is now mere cultural shorthand for anti-Semitism proper, and a large proportion of it stoked by the so-called &#8220;liberal&#8221; left and its ineffable &#8220;agenda&#8221;.</p>
<p>By far the worst offenders of this phenomenon are the Liberal Democrats, their ranks replete with garrulous mavericks seemingly waiting only for the opportunity to conflate Israel bashing with their anti-Semitism. By far the greatest exponent of this is Baroness Jenny Tonge, once sacked from front bench politics in the Commons for expressing sympathy with Islamist Palestinian suicide bombers and then unaccountably sent to the Lords for her crimes where she continues to indulge her vitriolic and vicious attacks on Israel, to the point that Sir Menzies Campbell carpeted her for her statements &#8220;bordering on anti-Semitism&#8221;. He could not find a way to sack her. No sooner was this charade completed but the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Lords, Tom McNally, promoted her to Junior Health Spokesindividual in replacement of Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, now President of the radical denomination of Progressive Judaism known in Britain as Liberal Judaism. Neuberger, who has never once been elected to anything, has remained stubbornly silent and reluctant to condemn Tonge&#8217;s remarks, putting the lie to a 30 year, vocal and strident career of media manipulation in the Liberal Democrat cause &#8211; and thereby reducing her principles to nothing more than vacuous cant.</p>
<p>My correspondence with Campbell continues with regard to Jenny Tonge and I tire of his offhand dismissal of my concerns. The last incident to which I was subject coincided with Tonge&#8217;s recent promotion, proving beyond any debate the law of cause and effect in respect of her rantings. This is then followed by Lord Phillips crawling out of the hedgerows of the leafy county of Suffolk, grumbling about a group of children spoiling his rural idyll.</p>
<p>When the Liberal Democrats as a political party finally get around to condemning Tonge, Julia Neuberger deafens us with her condemnations rather than her obdurate silence and when this irresponsible woman finally has the Liberal Democrat Whip removed and is dispatched into the outer darkness occupied by David Irving and his like, I shall be a lot more sympathetic to Lord Phillips and his ilk.</p>
<p>And maybe I shall be able to walk the streets of London in peace &#8211; as is my right.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin T</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/08/30/young-thugs/comment-page-2/#comment-18638</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cycling on the pavement is illegal so despite all your self-righteousness about other posters here, you&#039;re boasting that you teach your children to break the law. And to disrespect, inconvenience and endanger pedestrians. If it&#039;s not safe for them to cycle to school legally, and since you won&#039;t drive them, they should take public transport or walk. I always love how holier-than-thou cyclists just can&#039;t imagine dismounting and walking any sort of distance. It sounds to me like you&#039;re teaching them to have the same chip on their shoulder you have.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cycling on the pavement is illegal so despite all your self-righteousness about other posters here, you&#8217;re boasting that you teach your children to break the law. And to disrespect, inconvenience and endanger pedestrians. If it&#8217;s not safe for them to cycle to school legally, and since you won&#8217;t drive them, they should take public transport or walk. I always love how holier-than-thou cyclists just can&#8217;t imagine dismounting and walking any sort of distance. It sounds to me like you&#8217;re teaching them to have the same chip on their shoulder you have.</p>
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