So a left wing politician dares to point out that

[Peter]

If your constituents' views are that the mass rape of white girls isn't that big a deal, I don't think there's any duty to represent them. Indeed, you have a duty not to.

And what if your constituents' views are that they don't like foreigners, they hate them coming over here and taking our jobs and therefore want a referendum on the EU? Is it ok to view that kind of racism as unacceptable and ignore their wishes for 40 years?

[Monty92]

And what if your constituents' views are that they don't like foreigners, they hate them coming over here and taking our jobs and therefore want a referendum on the EU? Is it ok to view that kind of racism as unacceptable and ignore their wishes for 40 years?

Why is not liking a foreigner for taking your job racist?

[Peter]

Why is not liking a foreigner for taking your job racist?

Why don't you read the entire sentence?

[Monty92]

Why don't you read the entire sentence?

I refer you to Burney's previous response. If your constituents don't like foreigners because of bare-faced ethno-nationalism, then they don't have any duty to represent them.

[Peter]

I refer you to Burney's previous response. If your constituents don't like foreigners because of bare-faced ethno-nationalism, then they don't have any duty to represent them.

That isn't what Berni said. Quite the opposite.

[Burney]

And what if your constituents' views are that they don't like foreigners, they hate them coming over here and taking our jobs and therefore want a referendum on the EU? Is it ok to view that kind of racism as unacceptable and ignore their wishes for 40 years?

Even if we accept your rather crude representation of those feelings and accept that they underlie the leave vote (which I do not, for the record), the fact remains that none of those views involves tacitly supporting illegality. You may not like those views, but they are nonetheless valid.

[Peter]

Even if we accept your rather crude representation of those feelings and accept that they underlie the leave vote (which I do not, for the record), the fact remains that none of those views involves tacitly supporting illegality. You may not like those views, but they are nonetheless valid.

So it is illegal to think that grooming gangs are 'not a big deal'....?

I wasn't suggesting that the leave vote was based on racism, don't drag me there. It was, as you say, a crude representation.