The Abstainers Ride Again 140
Posted on
October 26, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
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Return Of The Abstainers 60
Posted on
October 23, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The coalition government’s horrific new immigration bill passed its first hurdle in the House Of Commons last night by 303 votes to 18.
The administration that brought us vans touring cities telling foreigners to leave or be arrested, gangs of armed officers sweeping tube stations for any dark-skinned undesirables, British citizens being harassed by text message and incomers to Scotland met with UK Border Agency posters urging them to go home intends to make life even more wretched and intolerable for vulnerable refugees and people who want to come here and contribute to our economy and culture.
And Labour? Labour bravely abstained from the vote.
The Abstainers 88
Posted on
March 22, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We already know that Labour, particularly in Scotland, have no policies on just about anything. But in the light of the past week’s glut of abstentions, we decided to see if we could find out if the party had any remaining principles either. The results were startling, by which we mean not startling in the slightest.
Below are just a few of the votes that Labour has abstained on, at both Westminster and Holyrood, in recent memory. What, we ponder rhetorically, is the point of having an Opposition that doesn’t ever actually oppose anything?
