Broken OfBritain · @BrokenOfBritain
18th Jun 2011 from Twitlonger
Some choice comments by Davies as noted by Guardian Readers:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/17/disability-pay-minimum-wage?CMP=twt_gu
"Why it is so offensive to black up your face, as I have never understood this?"
He also asked whether it was racist for a policeman to refer to a BMW as "black man's wheels"
In early 2010, Davies was criticised by the press and religious organisations for using Parliamentary rules to "wreck" the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill, an anti-poverty measure designed to stop "Vulture funds" from buying up the debt of third-word countries in order to aggressively pursue repayments through the international courts. The bill eventually failed because an anonymous Tory shouted "object", allegedly while Conservative frontbenchers covered their mouths to hide their identity. Douglas Alexander, the development minister, wrote to David Cameron accusing the Conservatives of deliberately scuppering the bill.
He is against reform of parliament and has been targeted by the Power 2010 campaign as one of 6 MPs "who stand in the way of a reforming Parliament". Davies responded in the local press saying that the group's view was "unbalanced".
On 7 October 2006, after an act of vandalism initially alleged to have been perpetrated by Muslims, The Sun quoted Davies as saying "if there’s anybody who should f*** off it’s the Muslims who do this sort of thing."
It was later exposed by The Independent, among others, that the incident never involved Muslims and The Sun was forced to issue an apology four months later. Davies, however, has not apologised for his comments.
He has called for government to "scrap the Human Rights Act for foreign nationals and chuck them out of the country"
Davies is the parliamentary spokesman for the Campaign Against Political Correctness.
Davies wants to "enable those entitled to the minimum wage to opt out from that entitlement". In today's employment conditions this is de facto scrapping the minimum wage for everyone.
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/employmentopportunities.html
He's just using disabled people as a cynical excuse. With an emphasis on "using"
Is the highest expenses claimant (ie from the British taxpayer he seeks to save money for) of all the Bradford area MP's including claiming the maximum for the second home allowance. So much for doing his bit as a public servant for the great put upon UK taxpayer. Whilst Davies seeks to deny disabled individuals pay parity due to their "lesser ability' to do the job , on the other hand he claims more money</b< than other MP's from his area for doing the same job as them.