So Nigel Hastilow has "resigned", whether he jumped or was pushed.
His fault was to be slightly journalistic - mentioning the name Enoch Powell, and thus driving the New Labour smear machine into full speed, and committing the cardinal sin of stating that Enoch Powell was right.
What he said was not incompatible with what David Cameron had said earlier in the week, but whereas DC had talked about the problems in infrastructure which had arisen from uncontrolled immigration over the last decade or two, Hastilow was unwise enough to declare Powell correct.
Did the candidate miscalculate, and think that as his leader's comments had been well received he could comment in different ones? The trouble is that he has had "form", apparently once rubbishing William Hague. His loose cannon reputation was enough to send the Party establishment into frenzies.
He might have made a good MP, if he could have thought before he spoke. We shall probably never know. Meanwhile Hain and Harman have demonstrated that the smear machine can still quickly rise with self-righteous political correctness.
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The trouble is that while it's O.K. to speak about population growth, as Cameron does, you must never use the words "En.ch Pow.ll" to many people have their own prejudices about him and will be enraged.
It's the thought police, with their political correctness - we now have a more subtle censorship than ever!
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