Just hours after the Labour Party proved yet again what the Left Wing Ruling Establishment thinks of the people of Britain (especially the English), Ukip went on to win their second MP.
Yesterday, on the day that the people of Rochester and Strood, with its lovely medieval castle dominating the area, in Kent went to the polls in their by-election, Labour's Emily Thornberry posted on Twitter a photo she took in the constituency of two things the British Left-wing Ruling Establishment hates - a house bedecked with English flags and a white van parked in its driveway, followed by her sneering comment: 'never seen anything like it' (she went on to call the flags "British flags"!!).
Last night the Labour leader Ed Miliband made two phone calls to Thornberry, who is (surprise surprise!) the MP for Islington South and Finsbury (who says the British Ruling Establishment is now mainly a posh North London liberal elite?): the first to make clear his anger and the second minutes later to tell her to quit her role as Shadow Attorney General.
Dan Ware, the father of four who lives in the house she photographed, condemned the out-of-touch Labour politician, declaring: 'She's a snob.' Homes throughout England are often bedecked out with St George's Flags, especially during major football tournaments.
Snobby Left-winger Mrs Thornberry lives in a £3 million house (outside which somebody has tied a St George's Flag) and used to be a Yuman Rites barrister - one of those people who tell us we can't deport foreign terrorists because it would be "against their yuman rites."
This morning she quit as Shadow Attorney General.
The Labour Party, of course, was originally founded to represent the working class, but the Left-wing party now hates the working class with a vengeance, especially the English working class. Labour also hates the idea of England, Englishness and English patriotism, whilst it courts its Welsh and Scottish client states to win their votes.
Millions of people will also remember, during campaigning for the 2010 General Election, the then Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown being overheard on his microphone on national television calling long-time Labour voter Gillian Duffy in Rochdale "that bigoted woman" just minutes after she asked him in the street what his party are going to do to tackle immigration. Despite voting Labour for years, an outraged Mrs Duffy refused to vote for them at that election.
So this is another indication of what the Left-wing Ruling Establishment REALLY thinks of the people of Britain.
Thankfully, Mrs Thornberry's Labour Party and the rest of the anti-English Liberal Ruling Establishment of Britain (including the Tories) were yet again given a bloody nose by Ukip (and the English) yesterday as Mr Farage's party romped to victory in Rochester and Strood by 2,920 votes over second-placed Tories to get their second-ever MP, Mark Reckless.
Mr Reckless took 16,867 votes, 2,920 more than Conservative Kelly Tolhurst's 13,947, with Labour's Naushabah Khan on 6,713 - ahead of the Green Party.
The Lib Dems came fifth with their lowest vote total in a by-election - just 349 votes.
The by-election was sparked by Mr Reckless's decision to defect from the Tories to the anti-EU party. He had been the Tory MP for Rochester and Strood, but now he's the Ukip MP for the area.
Just last month Ukip won their first-ever MP when a fellow defector from the Tories, Douglas Carswell, won in Clacton, a seat he had previously represented as a Tory MP.
I've just got this to say to Mrs Thornberry and the rest of the anti-English Ruling British Establishment: the English are fighting back, we're switching to Ukip and Ukip are coming. Watch out.
Mark Reckless takes his seat in the Commons as Ukip's second MP hours after winning Rochester by-election by sweeping away Tory majority of almost 10,000
Mark Reckless held his Rochester and Strood seat after changing parties with 16,867 votes - a majority of 2,920
He defected on the eve of the Tory party conference, and David Cameron vowed to lead the fight to defeat him
Ukip leader Nigel Farage said: 'All bets are off for a general election next year. Literally anything can happen'
The Conservatives came second with 13,947 votes. Labour came third with 6,713 overall turnout was 50.67 percent
With 1,692 votes, the Green Party outpolled the Lib Dems by almost five to one to move into fourth place
Liberal Democrats continued a humiliating string of by-election performances, with just 349 votes
By Matt Chorley, Political Editor for MailOnline
21 November 2014
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Rochester and Strood by-election full results
'Whichever constituency, whatever your former party allegiance, think of what it would mean to have a bloc of Ukip MPs at Westminster large enough to hold the balance of power.
If you believe in freedom, if you believe in low taxes, if you believe in clean government, if you believe in localism, if you believe in people power.
If you believe that the world is bigger than Europe, if you believe in an independent Britain, then come with us and we will give you back your country.
If we can win here, we can win across the country. If you vote Ukip, you get Ukip.'
- New Ukip MP Mark Reckless during his victory speech early this morning
Mark Reckless (UKIP) 16,867 (42.10%)
Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative) 13,947 (34.81%)
Naushabah Khan (Labour) 6,713 (16.76%)
Clive Gregory (Green) 1,692 (4.22%)
Geoff Juby (Lib Dem) 349 (0.87%)
Hairy Knorm Davidson (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) 151 (0.38%)
Stephen Goldsbrough (Ind) 69 (0.17%)
Nick Long (People Before Profit) 69 (0.17%)
Jayda Fransen (Britain First) 56 (0.14%)
Mike Barker (Ind) 54 (0.13%)
Charlotte Rose (Ind) 43 (0.11%)
Dave Osborn (Patriotic Socialist Party) 33 (0.08%)
Christopher Challis (Ind) 22 (0.05%)
Tory defector Mark Reckless was today sworn in as Britain's second Ukip MP, hours after delivering a devastating blow to the Conservatives by winning the Rochester and Strood by-election.
He declared that Ukip will 'give you back your country' after winning his seat by 2,920 votes, erasing the Tory majority of almost 10,000 that he secured in 2010.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Reckless said: 'If we can win here, we can win across the country. If you vote Ukip, you get Ukip.'
Jubilant Nigel Farage punched the air and declared that the 'massive, massive' win in what he called a 'David v Goliath battle' meant 'all bets are off' for the general election in 2015.
The result is embarrassing for David Cameron who just six weeks ago tore into Mr Reckless and vowed to kick his 'fat a***' out of the Commons. Today the Prime Minister insisted he is 'absolutely determined' to win the seat back at the general election in May.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage being photographed with fans outside Rochester Castle whilst campaigning
Mr Reckless beat Tory candidate Kelly Tolhurst, with Labour pushed into third.
He follows Douglas Carswell into the Commons, after he became Ukip's first elected MP after defecting in August.
The Liberal Democrats continued a humiliating string of by-election performances, finishing fifth behind the Greens with just 349 votes and losing another deposit. Turnout was 50.67 per cent.
Commons Speaker John Bercow interrupted proceedings in the Chamber to announce that a new MP was to take his seat. Mr Reckless was accompanied by Mr Carswell and Tory Eurosceptic MP Philip Hollobone, who has denied he plans to defect.
Earlier Mr Reckless said his victory had proved that Ukip could win nationwide and urged voters to ensure enough MPs were elected to hold the balance of power after 2015.
'Whichever constituency, whatever your former party allegiance, think of what it would mean to have a bloc of Ukip MPs at Westminster large enough to hold the balance of power,' he said.
'If you believe in freedom, if you believe in low taxes, if you believe in clean government, if you believe in localism, if you believe in people power.
'If you believe that the world is bigger than Europe, if you believe in an independent Britain, then come with us and we will give you back your country.'
He added: 'If we can win here, we can win across the country. If you vote Ukip, you get Ukip.'
He said the large number of Labour voters who switched their support to him showed that 'the radical tradition, which has stood and spoken for the working class, has found a new home in Ukip'.
'As Labour represents those comfortable at the top of the public sector, it is not Ed Miliband but Ukip that represents the concerns of most working men and women,' he declared from the stage after a six-hour count.
The Conservatives tried to put a brave face on the defeat, insisting the margin was smaller than some polls had suggested.
But it is embarrassing for Mr Cameron, who vowed after Mr Reckless' defection: 'We are coming for you in by-elections and we are going to throw everything we can at you.'
Today the Prime Minister said: 'I am absolutely determined to win this seat back at the next general election because anything other than a Conservative government will put our recovery at risk and Ed Miliband in Downing Street. I am more determined than ever to deliver security for Britain.'
The Leader of the Commons, William Hague, insisted that Conservative MPs had their sights focused on winning the general election in May, but admitted that he could not rule out further defections.
'Conservative MPs are very determined to win that general election. I don't have a crystal ball about what every MP will do, but certainly that is the mood of the Conservative Party at Westminster,' he told BBC News.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said he was 'disappointed with the result' and accepted that it would 'make it harder to do the things we want to do in terms of controlling immigration, carrying on with this economic recovery'.
But he said the narrower-than-predicted margin of victory for Ukip meant Tory candidate Ms Tolhurst was well placed to wrest back the seat on May 7.
'Over the course of this campaign the gap has closed. They have ended up with about a 7% lead for Mark Reckless. They were predicting something over twice that level. So 2,900 is not a big majority now to try to win back in 170 days time,' he said.
'I'm very sorry that Kelly has not been elected but with 2,900 votes in it, it certainly puts her in strong contention for the general election and we will be fighting very hard to win this back.'
He told the BBC: 'The future of this country ... wasn't on the ballot paper yesterday. It will be in 170 days' time.
'And that means that we really need to emphasise to people the risk of doing anything other than voting Conservative.'
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On your bike! Miliband FIRED Labour frontbencher over 'outrageously snobby' tweet of terraced house flying three St George's flags
Emily Thornberry told MailOnline she had 'never seen anything like it'
Furious Ed Miliband telephoned her to make clear his unhappiness
Minutes later he called again and insisted she quit the shadow cabinet
Her remarks were condemned by Labour MPs for being 'derogatory'
Islington MP took photo of house while out campaigning in Rochester
House owner Dan Ware, 36, called the Shadow Attorney General a 'snob'
Tory Cabinet minister Eric Pickles said families should fly flag with pride
After furore over message Ms Thornberry tweeted apology for 'offence'
By Matt Chorley, Political Editor and Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline
21 November 2014
Daily Mail
21 November 2014
Daily Mail
On your bike: Labour MP Emily Thornberry cycling away from her home this morning, after being ordered by Ed Miliband to resign from the shadow cabinet
Ed Miliband fired one of his closest allies from the Labour frontbench after being branded a 'snob' for sneering at a family home draped with Cross of St George flags.
Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry sparked a storm when she told MailOnline she had 'never seen anything like it' after tweeting a picture of the terrace home in Rochester with three England flags and a white van parked in the drive.
Last night the Labour leader made two phone calls to the Islington MP: the first to make clear his anger and the second minutes later to tell her to quit.
Dan Ware, the father of four who lives in the house she photographed, condemned the out-of-touch Labour politician, declaring: 'She's a snob.'
Leaving her house today, Ms Thornberry told waiting reporters: 'I got it wrong. I made a mistake. I've resigned.
'And if I have upset anyone or insulted anybody, I apologise.'
She later climbed on to her bike to cycle to Westminster for a debate on the NHS.
David Cameron joined the chorus of criticism today.
Asked if he would have sacked her if she had been on of his minsters, the Prime Minister said: 'Absolutely, and let’s be clear Emily Thornberry is one of Ed Miliband’s closest allies and aides.
'Effectively what this means is Ed Miliband’s Labour party sneers at people who work hard, who are patriotic and who love their country and I think that’s completely appalling.
The Islington South MP faced a barrage of criticism including from outraged Labour colleagues who accused her of being 'derogatory'.
One senior Labour insider said it was 'worse than the Gillian Duffy moment' when Gordon Brown was recorded calling a voter a 'bigoted woman'.
Labour MPs and senior frontbenchers began privately calling for Ms Thornberry to be ousted from the shadow Cabinet last night before Mr Miliband decided she had to go.
Tory think tank chief David Skelton said it was an example of the 'outrageous snobbery of modern Labour. Sneering at working people.'
Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry defended posting the image, claiming she had never seen anything like it
Ed Miliband, pictured today, ordered Ms Thornberry to resign as shadow Attorney General. She lives in a house worth an estimated £3million in Islington, north London (right) outside which somebody has tied a St George's Flag
Dan Ware owns the house in Strood featured in the Shadow Attorney General's controversial tweet
Last night Mr Ware, 36, said Ms Thornberry 'should have asked me first' before taking the picture of his three-bedroom home, which he bought with wife Maria for £119,000 in 2002.
He said he had simply put up the three St George flags to celebrate the World Cup, and that it was 'not political'.
Referring to Miss Thornberry, he said: 'She's a snob. What's she got, a three-storey townhouse in Islington? These flags can be found anywhere you look.'
He works in the motor trade and does property maintenance, was at work when the MP came round.
He was not aware there was a byelection, but voted Conservative at the last general election and has never voted Labour.
Ms Thorberry tweeted the photograph as voters in Rochester went to the polls in the by-election triggered by Tory MP Mark Reckless' defection to the Tories.
Labour represented the area until 2010, but came a distant third when the result was announced overnight.
Ms Thornberry is a close ally of Mr Miliband, and was the first to nominate him for the Labour leadership in 2010.
Mr Miliband called her at around 6pm last night to voice is disapproval. 'He made his anger very clear,' a Labour source said. Mr Miliband said he had 'never been so angry'.
'It is fair to say he made his view very clear that people should fly the England flag with pride,' a source added.
Shortly afterwards there was another call, in which Mr Miliband made clear she would have to leave the shadow cabinet.
Ms Thornberry initially tried to defend her tweet. Speaking to MailOnline, she denied snobbery but said she was astonished to see people hanging so many flags outside their house.
She said: 'It was a house covered in British flags. I've never seen anything like it before.
'It had three huge flags covering the whole house. I thought it was remarkable. I've never seen a house completely covered in flags.'
When pressed that flying flags was commons, she said: 'I was brought up in a council house and I've never seen anything like it.'
'I thought it was absolutely amazing,' she added.
Announcing her resignation last night, Miss Thornberry accepted her tweet has 'caused offence to some people'. She added: 'That was never my intention and I have apologised.
'However I will not let anything distract from Labour's chance to win the coming general election. I have therefore tonight told Ed Miliband I will resign from the shadow cabinet.'
Tory Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told Mrs Thornberry she should be proud to see the St George's flag flying
Mrs Thornberry was bombarded with criticism on Twitter within minutes of posting the picture
Ukip leader Nigel Farage reacted immediately to the photo, saying it had let 'Miliband's mask slip'
Three hours after posting the photo Ms Thornberry apologised. She wrote: 'I apologise for any offence caused by the 3 flag picture. People should fly the England flag with pride!'
It came after she was slammed by fellow Labour MPs.
Simon Danczuk said: 'Everyone will know exactly what she meant by that comment.
'I think she was being derogatory and dismissive of the people. We all know what she was trying to imply.
'I've talked about this previously. It's like the Labour party has been hijacked by the north London liberal elite and it's comments like that which reinforce that view.' He added: 'I want to see more people flying the British flag.'
Labour backbencher John Mann said the tweet was 'embarrassing' for Mr Miliband and the party, but he insisted the leader's swift action was a 'big moment'.
On Ms Thornberry's tweet, Mr Mann told BBC Radio 4's Today programme:
'It was horrendous. It insults people like me, it insults the people I know - my friends and family - Labour voters across the country because white vans, England flags, they're Labour values and actually pretty routine Labour values for most of us.'
He went on: 'I do think it's quite a big moment not because of what she's done, which would have disappeared fairly quickly, but the fact Ed Miliband has responded so quickly.
'I think this is a different approach from the Labour leader and his message came out very, very clearly last night and she's had to go, she's been forced out.
'I think he's applying what I hoped he would apply all the way through which is what I call the Doncaster North test, which is one of the tests he needs to apply and that is 'if we've got a policy, if we're saying something, how will it fit with the voters in my own constituency in Doncaster', and they would not have been happy with what Emily Thornberry did.'
Shadow welfare minister Chris Bryant told the BBC: 'The first rule of politics is surely that you respect the voters.
'She was absolutely wrong to tweet what she did, and absolutely right to have resigned.'
He added: 'All I can say is, if somebody came into my constituency and did that, I would be furious.'
Ms Thornberry, a millionaire former barrister, was accused of looking down on Labour's traditional voters.
Initially, the multi-millionaire MP refused to apologise. She even told reporters she felt she was a victim of 'a somewhat prejudiced attitude towards Islington'!
Labour leader Ed Miliband was pictured during a visit to Tetronics International in Swindon, more than 100 miles from the constituency in Rochester
One outraged voter reacted to her tweet, asking: 'How out of touch are you? And you wonder why no one wants to vote for you and your vacuum packed lefty snobs.'
Another responded to her: 'Thanks for the reminder of why no working man should ever vote Labour.'
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: 'Whatever one's class, colour or creed, the St George's flag is a unifying symbol for our nation. Don't knock it - let's fly the English flag with pride.'
Henry Smith MP added: 'This snobbery is the mark of a true champagne socialist and shows what 'One Nation' Labour really looks like.'
Ukip leader Nigel Farage tweeted: 'What is Labour's Emily Thornberry trying to imply about Rochester and Strood? I suspect she's let Miliband's mask slip.'
However, some colleagues came to her defence. Alan Johnson, the former home secretary, said he did not think it was a 'resignation scandal'.
He told BBC One's This Week: 'All I know is that Emily Thornberry came from a very poor background. She was council house-raised and in many ways epitomises social mobility, rose up to being a barrister... She's not a stranger to council housing – it's where she comes from. I don't know, it doesn't sound to me like a resignation scandal.'
But he conceded there is a problem with the perception that Labour is no longer in touch with working-class patriotism.
'Maybe that's why he's furious, because it looks as though it's patronising to working-class people. But I wouldn't think Emily Thornberry is a good example of someone who would do that, given her background.'
Ms Thornberry lives in Islington with her husband and three children. She has previously sparked controversy after choosing to educate her children privately.
She was raised by her mother, a former Labour Councillor and Mayor, on a council estate outside Guildford.
Before entering Parliament, she practised as a human rights barrister.
Read more: Labour's Emily Thornberry resigns from Shadow Cabinet over St George's flags tweet | Daily Mail Online
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The people, and Ukip, are fighting back against the out-of-touch, anti-English, metropolitan, North London, Left-wing, liberal Ruling Establishment (I'm sorry if any of these Tweets offend Islington, Ms Thornberry):
Jim Vaughan @jimvghan 2h2 hours ago
@EmilyThornberry bit late isn't it, your bigotry is out in the open. I'll never vote labour ever.
sarx cool @sarxNFFC 2h2 hours ago
@EmilyThornberry your not sorry,your only sorry for looking a complete twat.out of touch pig with her nose in the trough.SCUM
Tom Jeffery @JefferyThomas88 2h2 hours ago
@EmilyThornberry I don't blame you Emily.. Must be dreadful there with all those working class "people"
Sophie Faith @SophieFaith 2h2 hours ago
@EmilyThornberry why tweet it in the first place. Were you surprised that there are still patriotic Englishmen left in the country?
Harridan Harperson @ihatelefties 2h2 hours ago
@EmilyThornberry @BaIdyLocks Betrays your real thoughts about the English working class you claim to represent
You despise us. We hate you
https://twitter.com/EmilyThornberry/status/535496617026408448
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