REBEL MCMILLAN-SCOTT REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE TORIES’ NEW BEDFELLOWS

It is not just his opponents who are pointing out that David Cameron is flirting with fascism and homophobia. Today Edward McMillan-Scott MEP who has lost the Conservative whip writes a withering attack which exposes the extremism of the Conservative Party. With all respect to the Yorkshire Post it deserves wider circulation. I have written previously about the hopeless political strategy that the Conservatives have adopted. To form a group in the European Parliament you need political parties from at least sevendifferent countries. The new Conservative group originally had eight, but the Finns were embarassed by some of the new partners and left. This means Cameron is at the whim of tantrum politics. If any of the paties in the new European Conservatives and Reformist (ECR) Group are unhappy they can threaten to leave and he has to submit to this blackmail. These small parties could easily leave and join one of the other right wing groupings. That means the termination of the group and the consequent loss of administrative resources, money and most importantly positions of political influence.

McMillan-Scott explains, who stood as an independent candidate for Vice-President of the European Parliament and defeated Polish Pinochet fan Michael Kaminski, explains some of the shenenigans which has gone on in th3e ECR Group:

 ”In an undemocratic vein, my Yorkshire colleague, Timothy Kirkhope – leader of the Conservative MEPs – who that day had been elected leader of the ECR, was simply replaced by Kaminski.”

No votes, no discussion, just a diktat to  give in to the demands of the Polish extremists because they had threatened to walk out.

McMilan-Scott goes on:

“It has now been disclosed, as Kaminski should have done to the Conservative Party when nominated for Vice-President, that he has had fascist links – he was a member of Poland’s notorious fascist National Revival (NOP) – and he tried, as its MP, to cover up one of the worst anti-Jewish atrocities in wartime Europe.”

Turning to gay rights:

“Kaminski was pictured on Polish TV in 2000 using a homophobic term which even the interviewer says is offensive: Kaminski repeats it. He caused a storm at that time by using the pre-war anti-semitic slogan, “Poland for the Poles”.