Comments on: Conservative donors coordinate Kaminski letter by “Jewish leaders”

By: The Jewish Labour Movement » Blog Archive » JLM adds weight to ‘Tory friends’ charge on Telegraph letter

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:25:08 +0000

[...] a hat tip to the Left Foot Forward site, who worked out after some not too time-consuming research, that most of the signatories weren’t neutrals in the [...]

By: John77

John77 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:07:59 +0000

This sounds like a “Dog bites man” headline. You have identified six out of twenty-six signatories as Conservatives and one as being a friend of a Conservative (now that is a REALLY Stalinist comment). Even including the friend that is only 27% of the signatories while 40+% of the adult population support the Conservatives. A statistician or an impartial commentator would title this “ONLY 27% of Kaminski supporters are known (or suspected) Conservatives”.
You should rewrite your reply to “Arthur” as it implies that the other 22 are poor-quality journalists who support the conservatives and there are libel laws in this country

By: FT.com | Westminster Blog | Further Reading

FT.com | Westminster Blog | Further Reading — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:38 +0000

[...] Defenders of Kaminski include donors to the Tories [...]

By: willstraw

willstraw — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:55 +0000

Arthur – The point is that the letter was written up by the Telegraph as coming from “Jewish leaders” rather than from “Conservative donors and hacks who happen to be Jewish”. If it had been the latter, as you suggest, it would never have been a story for the very point you raise.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:57 +0000

Stop Press: ‘Conservative Party is attacked, Conservatives defend themselves.’

What on earth is the implication of this post? That somehow it is wrong for Conservatives to defend themselves when they are attacked by their opponents?

By: Peter Koroly

Peter Koroly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:34:08 +0000

In Hungary politicians of the Fidesz (belonging to the association of people’s parties)are collaborating with the extreme right Jobbik party in many local coalitions. Fidesz declares itself to be a conservative party, but in reality it is a völkisch-nationalist party. One of their MPs Oszkár Molnár, who is also mayor of Edelény said in a TV interview: “Jewish big business wants to occupy our land, with our agriculture, drinking water, hospitals and schools. One has to be quiet about that in Hungary”
Probably those gentlemen warning: “Anti-Semitism is far too grave a charge to be used as a political football. We call upon those responsible for making unsubstantiated allegations to withdraw them.” Will explain us, that “conservatives” can never be antisemites. But the fact remains, an MP of the Fidesz has made racist, antisemitic and homophob declarations, but his party has not excluded him, and party leader Viktor Orbán said that Molnár’s declarations are “embarassing”.

By: Snag

Snag — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:40:53 +0000

“and Benjamin Perl was John Major’s constituency agent in Huntingdon.”

“He was introduced in the early 1990s to Peter Brown, Mr Major’s constituency agent, by Benjamin Perl, a friend of Mr Major. Mr Perl runs a picture- frame factory in the Prime Minister’s Huntingdon constituency, but Mr Nagel has no connection with the constituency.”

I know socialists have comprehension problems, but didn’t realise they lack basic reading skills.

By: David Cameron

David Cameron — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:45 +0000

How dare our opponents misuse anti-semitism! Only we can do that: http://bit.ly/Gxn0V

By: Liberal Conspiracy » Telegraph omits political ties of signatories attacking Miliband

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:44:44 +0000

[...] Will Straw at Left Foot Forward points out that several of the signatories to the letter attacking David Miliband themselves have [...]

By: Clay Harris

Clay Harris — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:03 +0000

RT @AdamBienkov: RT @wdjstraw Total donations to Tories from signatories of Telegraph "Jewish leaders" letter = £136k http://bit.ly/Gxn0V