The Dishi-Rishi thread....

[Deleted member 49]

At least he's not as robotic as Truss ...

View: https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1584563803957534720?t=c0qHq7URMVC3bF7sOT_qjw&s=19

 

[BoldonLad]

How about just 'Sunak', if 'that glassy-eyed shortarse tax-dodging billionaire with the weird trousers' is a bit of a mouthful?

Hurrah!, I am not the only one who noticed that

 

[BoldonLad]

The fact that it can be so easily and obviously interpreted as racist ought to be enough to give anyone pause for thought. And we know that there are sections of the Tory electorate who regard a white person born overseas as more British (English even) than a Brown person born in Hampshire.

It's worth noting that Campbell Bannerman was born in Bombay, not Mumbai.

I think just the word "electorate" would be more accurate. Just IMHO, of course.

 

[Deleted member 49]

No need.
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Sorry whats the big deal ?

 

[BoldonLad]

Sorry whats the big deal ?

Quite

 

[Rusty Nails]

Sorry whats the big deal ?

Bombay/Mumbai?

 

[Deleted member 49]

Bombay/Mumbai?

Same place last time I was there ?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Same place last time I was there ?

Always has been, but it's the only difference I could see.

 

[Deleted member 49]

Always has been, but it's the only difference I could see.

No I just wondered why it was mentioned...as in is it meant to be derogatory to use the wrong name ?

 

[newfhouse]

No I just wondered why it was mentioned...as in is it meant to be derogatory to use the wrong name ?

Think Rhodesia / Zimbabwe.

 

[winjim]

Sorry whats the big deal ?

You can't disregard the effects of colonialism when discussing nationality, ethnicity and identity, that of people of white British heritage born in former Empire countries, and people of Indian heritage born in England.

 

[Rusty Nails]

No I just wondered why it was mentioned...as in is it meant to be derogatory to use the wrong name ?

A throwback to using a name from the days of the Empire?

 

[BoldonLad]

You can't disregard the effects of colonialism when discussing nationality, ethnicity and identity, that of people of white British heritage born in former Empire countries, and people of Indian heritage born in England.

Very true

 

[Deleted member 49]

You can't disregard the effects of colonialism when discussing nationality, ethnicity and identity, that of people of white British heritage born in former Empire countries, and people of Indian heritage born in England.

Fair enough but easy mistake as it would of been Bombay when he was born ?

 

[BoldonLad]

Fair enough but easy mistake as it would of been Bombay when he was born ?

dicey position that isn't it?