How come she's allowed to say this... oh, I see.

From the BBC:

The Conservatives failed to win an overall majority at the general election because of electoral fraud, Baroness Warsi has said. The party chairman told the New Statesman that Labour benefited from the alleged fraud. She said it happened with at least three seats but would not say where.

A Labour spokesperson said the allegations were "unsubstantiated" and urged Lady Warsi to share any evidence she had with the authorities. Lady Warsi said: "It is predominantly within the Asian community."
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UPDATE, re JuliaM's comment, they are all at it, here are the top five Google hits in no particular order. As you will see, a disproportionate number of the guilty parties appear to have 'Asian' names:

Conservatives.
Labour
Lib Dems and Labour
Labour
Conservatives

Victimhood Poker

TDK alerts me to this long-ish article (by Mark Steyn, so take it with a pinch of salt) about the excellent standards of Victimhood Poker being played over in Canada (in one semi-final, a gay B&B owner who was allergic to dogs had to play against a potential guest who was blind and had a guide dog - edge of the seat stuff!!)

I liked this bit best:

... in Britain, an educational establishment gung-ho about forcing the kindergartners of evangelical Christians to be taught the joys of same-sex marriage crumbled in nothing flat when Muslim parents in Bristol objected. If it's a choice between "Heather Has Two Mommies" or "Heather Has Four Mommies And A Big Bearded Daddy Who Wants To Marry Her Off To A Cousin Back In Pakistan", bet on the latter.

Fun Online Poll: Have you ever used the word 'Paki'?

Much faux outrage has been spewed on the topic of young Prince Harry (pictured) using the P-word. I'd be interested to know how many people have done the same, I can confirm that I once did (and was carpeted for having done so, even though I was merely reporting reported speech).


Vote here or in the sidebar.

Ann Cryer MP (Lab, Keighley)

Prompted by Verity over at DK's, I have uncovered some fascinating statistics.

Another Labour MP making evidence-based-policy! Whatever next?

She doesn't always get it right though - she called for immigrants to be forced to learn English a few years ago, which is bollocks of course. Once people are here they are here, you can't deport them for failing a language test. The cheaper and better solution would be to grant residence permits only to people who can already speak reasonably good English when they apply.

* Update - a subsequent post at Vindico's has set me thinking - would such a ban be in the slightest enforceable? Hmmm...