Election 2010: Profile of Rochdale gran branded a bigot by PM Gordon Brown eats humble pie with Gillian Duffy in Rochdale Labours contempt for the white working class Comment: The hypocrisy of the attack on Brown Robin Page: My manifesto for the countryside Rochdale under pressure: How the Home Office was warned Gillan Duffy's town is at risk of race riots 'Bigot' jibe exposes disconnect between politicians and voters UK punters bet against Labour after "bigot" gaffe Population reaches 31-year high Immigration is a key issue on the doorstep Oh Dear: Calling Voters "Bigots" Doesn't Often End Well Political perils of open mic night Full conversation between Gordon Brown and Gillian Duffy What does the 'bigot-gate' affair say about Gordon Brown? Brown apology over 'bigot' remark General election: BNP target major parties in Wales Labour steps up attacks on Liberal Democrats as polls point to hung parliament Immigrant will be deported after police found 496 drug plants in raid UK 'BREAKING INTERNATIONAL LAW' Forger produced fake visas and passports for thousands of illegal immigrantsA selection of recent media reports
Grandmother Gillian Duffy isn't the sort of person who hides her political allegiances. The lifelong Labour supporter who told Gordon Brown her father sang the traditional socialist Red-Flag song when he was a teenager - has displayed posters in her window supporting the party for years and she is known...
Manchester Evening News (28-Apr-2010)
One minute you are popping round the corner for a loaf of white sliced, and the next you are changing the course of British politics. Yes, it was a funny old day for Gillian Duffy. Not funny at all for Gordon Brown, of...
Telegraph.co.uk (28-Apr-2010)
I suppose it is the perfect expression of how and why the Labour Party has lost the white working class vote in the last fifteen years; it has only contempt for...
The Spectator (28-Apr-2010)
Brown's 'bigot' gaffe may be unpleasant, but those attacking him should look in the...
Politics.co.uk (28-Apr-2010)
Fresh policies are needed to rectify 13 years of rural misrule from London, says Robin...
Telegraph.co.uk (28-Apr-2010)
When grandmother Gillian Duffy suggested immigration was a problem in Rochdale, she was swiftly dismissed as a 'bigot' by Gordon Brown. But the Prime Minister was betraying not only his real feelings about the worries of millions of Britons, but also his ignorance of what has been going on in the...
Mail Online (28-Apr-2010)
Labour's political elite has failed to explain social change to ordinary...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (28-Apr-2010)
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's punters have been betting against Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party securing a majority win in next week's election after he called a woman voter a "bigot" during a campaign walkabout in northern England on...
Reuters UK (28-Apr-2010)
Scotland's population is at its highest level for 31 years at almost 5.2 million people, figures have...
East Lothian News (28-Apr-2010)
During the General Election, there has been one thing the three main parties have agreed on from the start, immigration has been one of the biggest issues they face on the...
Northampton Chronicle and Echo (28-Apr-2010)
Well the only good thing, from Labour's perspective, is that this has happened the day before the final debate and not several days before it. So there's just a chance it will be a 36 hour story, not a 72 hours...
The Spectator (28-Apr-2010)
Sorry, Gordon, it doesn't get much worse than this. In your wildest straw-clutching you might hope the public will agree with you that Gillian Duffy is a bigot because of her comments about immigration.
Evening Standard (28-Apr-2010)
Conversation between Gordon Brown and pensioner Gillian Duffy during a campaign visit in Rochdale: Duffy: My family have voted Labour all their...
Evening Standard (28-Apr-2010)
Sponsored by: Share: Email a friend As far as Labour election campaign howlers go, this is not quite up there with John Prescott cuffing the phantom egg thrower in...
Citywire (28-Apr-2010)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised "profusely" after being caught on microphone branding a woman who spoke to him on the campaign trail "bigoted".
Channel 4 News (28-Apr-2010)
The BNP say immigration is just one element to their manifesto Leading figures in the British National Party in Wales say they are hoping to win votes from the major parties after launching their UK...
BBC News Wales (28-Apr-2010)
Labour has ordered its party workers to launch an unprecedented assault on the Liberal Democrats amid mounting concern that their rise could kill Labour's prospects of retaining...
The Independent (28-Apr-2010)
A VIETNAMESE man who came to Britain on the back of a lorry helped to grow thousands of pounds worth of cannabis plants in a detached house on a residential...
The Sentinel (27-Apr-2010)
The UK is among several European countries defying international rules by returning asylum seekers to Iraq despite continuing violence, a human rights group...
Daily Express (27-Apr-2010)
A forger cost taxpayers millions of pounds by producing fake visas and passports for up to 15,000 illegal immigrants that fooled Home Office...
Telegraph.co.uk (26-Apr-2010)
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