Language Timothy
Political Language is in the spotlight in this week’s Southwark News. Last week, Cllr Danny McCarthy, who left the Lib Dems to join Labour just six months after the election, was described as a rat. Intemperate, maybe. But no doubt he has called and been called worse. Danny duly put pen to paper to complain about this outrageous use of language. But his protests have been dented by the decision of his New Labour colleague, Andrew Pakes to compare the Council leader with the murdering dictator General Pinochet! Cllr Pakes learnt his politics in the National Union of Students …
Brian Tamworth said,
January 20, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Would this be the same sensitive soul Danny McCarthy who accused the Councillors of “pandering to the disabled” at the Chamber last Council Meeting?