More than 50% English are racist

[JohnD]

A lot of them are anti-English.

 

[masona]

I wonder how many Scots are racist

Loads

I just don't understand why Scott1968 is having an issue with the English and also doesn't like England, so I asked again, why is this Scott1968?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Poll: A recent poll suggest more than 50% English are racist,


More than 50% of English said they would not vote for Gordon Brown because he is Scottish

Were these the same 50% that have never voted for Tony Blair because he is Scottish, or a different 50% who are so thick that they don't know that he is?

 

[johnny_t]

Poll: A recent poll suggest more than 50% English are racist,


More than 50% of English said they would not vote for Gordon Brown because he is Scottish



Scott
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Glasgow Curry Capital of the UK

Any chance of a link to this poll, because, frankly, I don't buy it. Lets say, for the sake of making up a number, that 33% of people would vote for Gordon Brown, which means that 67% wouldn't. And so, of the people that wouldn't, fifty-sixtysevenths of them (or 75%) said it was because he's Scottish ???

I've said it before, I'll say it again - I don't buy it.

 

[Softus]

That isn't how polls work masona

So how can it be accurate, eg: 1000 polls survey, so 500 people represent the rest of the English population

Why do you think that it was claimed to be accurate? It's a poll

Why the rolling eyes

They were supposed to convey my disbelief I needed to point out that polls don't work the way that you appeared to think.

 

[Softus]

You're only a racist these days if someone else percieves you to be a racist.

I don't agree. Why do you think that there has been a change to the definition?

For example if you took a dislike to a work colleague and you called him a t0sser and that colleague just happened to be black, does that make you a racist?

No.

If you are black yourself then the answer is no but if you are white then someone else is bound to label you a racist regardless.

Bound to? Really? And does their opinion overide the dictionary definition of the word?

The whole issue has gone completely out of context.

No it hasn't - what has changed is that it has become unacceptable to be racist, whereas it used to be accepted as the norm.

 

[jbonding]

Poll: A recent poll suggest more than 50% English are racist,


More than 50% of English said they would not vote for Gordon Brown because he is Scottish



Scott
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Glasgow Curry Capital of the UK

so 50% are racist and the other 50% wouldnt vote for Gordon Brown because hes scottish sounds about right

 

[JohnD]

I shall wait till I see the details of this poll.

 

[jbonding]

I shall wait till I see the details of this poll.

dont hold your breath

 

[JohnD]

"Across the UK, 52 per cent of respondents said it was wrong for an MP north of the Border to become Prime Minister now Scotland has its own parliament.

Forty-five per cent said they did not mind a Scottish MP becoming Prime Minister, with 3 per cent undecided. The percentage of those objecting to the idea of a Scottish Prime Minister was 55 per cent for England and 59 per cent in the south-east, and 20 per cent in Scotland."

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=721892006

"The BBC poll represents one of the first pieces of definite evidence of English resentment to the so-called "West Lothian Question".

This asked why Scottish MPs could decide English domestic matters in the UK parliament while English MPs had no chance to influence Scottish domestic policy, which is decided in Holyrood.

One English Tory, Ian Liddell-Grainger, the MP for Bridgwater, expressed the views of some of his colleagues at Westminster when he railed against the £2,000 extra per head in public spending that Scotland enjoys. "I do not like the extra money going to Scotland," he said.

And he added: "If they want it, they will have to pay for it. If the Scots want more, taxes in Scotland must go up."




Is that racism, then? If so, 20% of Scots people seem to be racially prejudiced against the Scots.

I'm not sure it supports Scott's assertion that

A recent poll suggest more than 50% English are racist,

More than 50% of English said they would not vote for Gordon Brown because he is Scottish

Scott

and to be strictly accurate, only the voters in Gordon's constituency get the chance to vote for him (or not).

 

[masona]

That isn't how polls work masona

So how can it be accurate, eg: 1000 polls survey, so 500 people represent the rest of the English population

Why do you think that it was claimed to be accurate? It's a poll

Sadly, I can believe that this is an accurate assessment.

Apologies if I'm reading it wrong.

Where is scott1968 by the way

 

[scott1968]

Where is scott1968 by the way

I'm at work,
Where are you?

 

[masona]

Where is scott1968 by the way

I'm at work,
Where are you?

Wow, that was quick I'm at home

 

[johnny_t]

Ah, so it is because he is the MP for a Scottish seat, rather than just Scottish that the poll refers to then. Knew there was something fishy about the initial statistic.

 

[2scoops0406]

A recent poll said 148% of scots were racist, followed by another poll that claimed 84.37% of statistics are made up on the spot! Based on a sample of one.

To quote benjamin disraeli

Lies, Damned lies and statistics.