No place for telling the truth in PC Britain
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A Conservative frontbencher has been forced to resign his ministerial position over comments he made about British soldiers from ethnic minorities. His comments have rattled the cages of the multiculturalists in Parliament and his chances of any career progression within the new liberal-lite Cameron Conservative Party look slim indeed.
In a frank admission about life in the Army the Homeland Security spokesman 50 year old Patrick Mercer suggested being called a “black bastard” was part of life for non-whites in the Army.
Mr Mercer had suggested being racially abused was like being singled out for having ginger hair.
He told The Times some soldiers from ethnic minority backgrounds played the race card as an excuse for poor performance.
Mr Mercer said it was commonplace for troops to be given a hard time over their ethnicity, the colour of their hair, or because they were overweight.
“That’s the way it is in the Army. If someone is slow on the assault course, you’d get people shouting ‘Come on you fat xxxx, come on you ginger xxxx, come on you black xxxx’.”
He added: “I never came across a piece of nastiness inside the battalion that was based exclusively on racism.”Out of favour
For simply telling the truth about how it is the Conservative leader, David Cameron forced the MP for Newark to resign. In a repeat of the vitriol which faced other former Conservatives who have not been more observant in adopting politically correct behaviour his Parliamentary colleagues were quick to gang up on Mr. Mercer.
Jack Straw said “The comments are breathtaking and dreadful and Mr. Mercer’s resignation is appropriate.”
Adam Ingram, Labour Armed Forces Minister condemned Mr. Mercer saying:
“Racist abuse can have no place in any walk of life, and it is appalling and inappropriate for any politician, never mind a senior Tory MP like Patrick Mercer, to suggest that ‘this is just the way it is in the Army’.
Our troops and our officers are 21st century people who recognise that there is no place for prejudice in the modern world… Patrick Mercer may have a military background but he no longer speaks for the Armed Forces. “
Conservative leader David Cameron has denounced his remarks as “completely unacceptable” and forced Mr. Mercer ro resign his front bench post.
Regret
Mr Mercer later said he “deeply regretted” the offence he had caused.
“What I have said is clearly misjudged and I can only apologise if I have embarrassed in any way those fine men whom I commanded.”
Unlike many in the House of Commons Patrick Mercer is not a career politician having spent 25 years doing something useful with his life as an officer in The Sherwood Foresters after studying history at Oxford University.
During his time in the Army, he completed nine tours in Northern Ireland and latterly commanded his battalion in Bosnia.. Other tours included time in Uganda and Germany and he served as an instructor at both the Staff College Camberley and at the Army’s University at Cranfield. Mentioned in dispatches in Northern Ireland in 1983, this was followed by a gallantry commendation in 1990 and the MBE in 1992. In 1997 he received the OBE for services in Bosnia.