Last night's byelection results are «significant enough for David Cameron to really regret calling Ukip «a bunch
of closet racists and fruitcakes»,» ITV News Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship reports.
Not exact matches
The party
of hate are nothing more than
closet racist.
Frank Langella plays Chief Justice Warren Burger as a venomous
closet racist, the pro-establishment defender
of President Richard Nixon's increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam, while Chistopher Plummer is a stern - but-wise Justice John Harlan II.
The simple fact is that Crosby's attempts to paint Nigel Farage's party as a bunch
of «
closet racists and loons» are working.
Asked about David Cameron's description
of the party as being populated by «fruitcakes and
closet racists», Mr Clarke replied: «I have met people who satisfy both those descriptions in Ukip.
Speaking on Sky News, Ken Clarke risked angering Ukip supporters by saying many
of them were «
closet racists».
We know what senior Conservatives think
of them - from Michael Howard's «cranks and gadflies» and David Cameron's infamous «fruitcakes and
closet racists» to Ken Clarke's disastrous «clowns» comment on the eve
of the local elections.
Following the comments made by Blue Labour leader David Cameron yesterday (4.4.06), suggesting that UKIP supporters are «
closet racists», UKIP Leader Roger Knapman MEP has published the contents
of the letter he has written to Mr Cameron asking him to apologise.
That cheap sneer (fruit cakes and
closet racists, backed up by his sister - in - law using a quote from Operation Black Vote)-RRB- did UKIP a lot
of good.
He was already a fierce critic
of Conservative leader David Cameron, who earlier that year had described UKIP members as «fruitcakes, loonies and
closet racists».
Some would like him to get on and conclude a pact with Ukip, but one
of his friends asks: «How can you do deals with people you have called fruitcakes, loonies and
closet racists?»
All those sneering gags about Ed Miliband that David Cameron had planned for this week will fall flat as the edges
of the Prime Minister's authority over his own party continue to fray and his future now firmly lies in the hands
of Ukip's «fruitcakes, loonies and
closet racists».
You are probably right that most criticism will come from
closet racists, but only because most objective critics are terrified by the backlash they would receive from being critical
of black panther.
I have been criticized for being a
closet racist — not only for singling out a particular breed
of dog, but also the people who live in violent communities where these dogs are kept for personal protection, often left in outdoor yards, and forced into illegal dog fights.