MP Sacked After Nazi Party Photo

WindSock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16234529

MP Aidan Burley sacked after 'Nazi' party guest photo

Mr Burley was appointed parliamentary private secretary to the transport secretary in October
A Conservative MP has been sacked as a parliamentary private secretary over "offensive and foolish" behaviour.

Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley was pictured in the Mail on Sunday last week with a man dressed as a Nazi SS officer at a stag party in France.

Mr Burley said subsequently he "deeply regretted" what had happened.

But the Conservative Party said the MP was being removed from his post and it was launching a fuller investigation "in light of information received".

A Conservative Party spokesman said: "Aidan Burley has behaved in a manner which is offensive and foolish.

"That is why he is being removed from his post as parliamentary private secretary at the Department for Transport. In light of information received the prime minister has asked for a fuller investigation into the matter to be set up and to report to him."

After the Mail on Sunday's original article last week, Mr Burley issued a statement saying he was sorry for any offence caused and tweeted an apology.

"There was clearly inappropriate behaviour by some of the other guests and I deeply regret that this happened. I am extremely sorry for any offence that will undoubtedly have been caused," he said.

Mr Burley also wrote to the Jewish Chronicle, offering an "unreserved, wholehearted and fulsome apology".

He said that he wished he had left the stag party earlier.

"What was happening was wrong and I should have completely dissociated myself from it. I had a choice, and I made the wrong choice not to leave. I apologise for this error of judgment."

For Labour, shadow transport minister John Woodcock, who is also chairman of Labour Friends of Israel, said: "It speaks volumes about David Cameron's judgement that he dithered for a week before taking action against his MP."

The chap was at a stag party where his mates were dressed as Nazi's and now he is to step down. Will there ever be a time when people choose not to be offended anymore over the whole nazi thing, or is it still 'too soon'?
Seems to be....and of course the man is obviously a racist and an anti semite like young Prince Harry.

Conor108

I bet he did nazi that coming...

Mercurius

I guess he could nazi the problem with wearing it.

o1s1n

Maybe it was a misunderstood Hugo Boss appreciation party?

Dudess

Probably a PR exercise by the party - I suspected it would do something all right, but not this harsh.

ejmaztec

It's hard to have a bit of a laff these days.:(

Smcgie

^^ all them replies are gas

ejmaztec

o1s1n wrote: »

Maybe it was a misunderstood Hugo Boss appreciation party?

You've Hitler nail on the head there.

WindSock

He is worse than Hitler. You wouldn't find Hitler playing Jungle music at 3 o clock in the morning!

padd b1975

Sacked!
Jewest for appearing in a photo?

AnamGlas

he's having a holocaust

My name is URL

I like a good pun as much as anyone else but this subject is just out of mein kampfort zone

TheMilkyPirate

Your all going to heil.

RayM

If people don't stop making Nazi puns, I'm goering to report this thread.

Son Of A Vidic

If he's standing beside a guy in SS uniform on a podium while giving a speech - big problem.

But he was beside a guy in SS uniform at a fancy dress stag - no problem you would think.

Context is the key word here, but the PC brigade don't do context.

Jimoslimos

Damn reich wing Conservatives.

Dudess wrote: »

Probably a PR exercise by the party - I suspected it would do something all right, but not this harsh.

Well, he's still an MP, only his internal party position has been lost - so fair enough really.

Son Of A Vidic

RayM wrote: »

If people don't stop making Nazi puns, I'm goering to report this thread.

What are you Waffen on about?

Bumblegoose

I just noticed something extraordinary, all of your comments look like Nazi puns. What a strange coincedince.

RayM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

What are you Waffen on about?

If you don't stop, I promise I'll take this matter führer.

ejmaztec

WindSock wrote: »

He is worse than Hitler. You wouldn't find Hitler playing Jungle music at 3 o clock in the morning!

He would have done but he never got that far south.

Dudess

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Context is the key word here, but the PC brigade don't do context.

Corvus, I am disappoint. :-/

This decision doesn't have anything to do with the mythical PC brigade...

hatrickpatrick

Guilt by association? Someone else at the party did it so he gets punished?!
And even if he HAD done it... Freedom of speech anyone?

Lol decaying Britain.

Eric Cartman

he was reich to do it. the nazi thing is hillarious and i think its a great costume

Dudess

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

And even if he HAD done it... Freedom of speech anyone?

Doesn't exist actually - certainly not for a public rep. You can't say what you like in Britain, despite the teenage rebel notion that you can/should.
What's the decaying Britain thing about?

Dudess

Eric Cartman wrote: »

he was reich to do it. the nazi thing is hillarious and i think its a great costume

He didn't do anything.

mikom

WindSock wrote: »

Mr Burley said subsequently he "deeply regretted" what had happened.

If only he could find a DeLorean and go Back to the Führer

TheZohanS

I hate all these Nazi/jew jokes, they're not funny ann frankly I won't stand for them.

Eric Cartman

TheZohan wrote: »

I hate all these Nazi/jew jokes, they're not funny ann frankly I won't stand for them.

i dont know what jew are talking about, i find them heil-arious

Defiler Of The Coffin

DudeSS wrote: »

...

I had heard all the rumours before, now I have finally figured it out.

Conor108

Relevant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuDNVaPn7ic

ShooterSF

I was gonna say I felt bad for him but to come out and say he "deeply regretted" it makes him just as bad. He should have came out and told people to cop on to fuck.

Zebra3

He apologised to the Jewish Chronicle?

Ah sure that's ok, because they were the nazis only victims. :rolleyes:

hatrickpatrick

Dudess wrote: »

Doesn't exist actually - certainly not for a public rep. You can't say what you like in Britain, despite the teenage rebel notion that you can/should.

That's pretty sad, I always thought they actually did have that right in Britain. O_o

What's the decaying Britain thing about?

It's a joke from another site, I momentarily forgot which part of the internets I was posting in :P

Standman

Ah come one, I'm sure he's a gas man given his due.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Zebra3 wrote: »

He apologised to the Jewish Chronicle?

Ah sure that's ok, because they were the nazis only victims. :rolleyes:

It's a bit like white celebrities who say the 'N word' apologising to Jesse Jackson. He's not the emperor of black people, and I'm sure the Jewish Chronicle isn't the support group for Nazi-victims either.

How long will it take for Nazism to become funny?

Dudess

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Dudess wrote: »

Doesn't exist actually - certainly not for a public rep. You can't say what you like in Britain, despite the teenage rebel notion that you can/should.

That's pretty sad, I always thought they actually did have that right in Britain. O_o

Huh? There's nothing revelatory about that - there's libel, slander, the Incitement to Hatred Act. You can't go round saying whatever hateful sh1t you like without recourse - and rightly so. What about the rights of the people on the receiving end? Bizarre how some fascist kunt's free speech rights are deemed more important by some.
Howls for free speech nearly always seem to come from people who want to say dickish things, e.g. supporters of that mayor in Naas.

tricky D

A lot of rezyklon been done here with all yers bad puns.

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/19/121f24b7-1f1f-487d-b555-0fcb3d483cd9.jpg

ejmaztec

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

It's a bit like white celebrities who say the 'N word' apologising to Jesse Jackson. He's not the emperor of black people, and I'm sure the Jewish Chronicle isn't the support group for Nazi-victims either.

How will it take for Nazism to become funny?

Not long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08akOt2kuo

Dudess

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Zebra3 wrote: »

He apologised to the Jewish Chronicle?

Ah sure that's ok, because they were the nazis only victims. :rolleyes:

It's a bit like white celebrities who say the 'N word' apologising to Jesse Jackson. He's not the emperor of black people, and I'm sure the Jewish Chronicle isn't the support group for Nazi-victims either.

How will it take for Nazism to become funny?

Which aspects do you feel are worthy of being funny?

Defiler Of The Coffin

Dudess wrote: »

Which aspects do you feel are worthy of being funny?

Ah you know, the fact that Hitler and his cohorts all believed in the premise of an Aryan 'Master Race', even though barely any of them were blue-eyed or blonde at all.

Also the fact the Reinhard Heydrich had Jewish ancestry.

We've all the heard the holocaust jokes too. Tasteless as they may be people find humour in such things.

Also, Mein Kampf is quite a rollicking piece of fun too, if you find the crazed ramblings of a mad-man funny. Pity none of the leaders of Hitler's time read the damn thing.

K-9

Would have been a good Transport Minister too, good at making trains run on time.

Dudess

The Producers spoofed the nazi ridiculousness. So did an older movie - can't remember the name. Certain comedy takes on the third reich are sharp and not intended to offend. But some people just want to be dicks and/or outrageous for the sake of it, and pretend they're just joking.
This story too - was it definitely just a joke nazi themed party? Can't see what's funny about it if it was - just "look at me!" stuff.

Yakult

I did nazi that coming..

Defiler Of The Coffin

Dudess wrote: »

The Producers spoofed the nazi ridiculousness. So did an older movie - can't remember the name. Certain comedy takes on the third reich are sharp and not intended to offend. But some people just want to be dicks and/or outrageous for the sake of it, and pretend they're just joking.
This story too - was it definitely just a joke nazi themed party? Can't see what's funny about it if it was - just "look at me!" stuff.

Indeed, the shock value of wearing Nazi outfits has subsided. It's a lazy way to needlessly offend. People should look past the 1930s and 1940s for their attention-seeking endeavours.

Even the sons of fascists can't get away with this stuff anymore

Batsy

Some people don't understand what fancy dress parties are.

This is the same furore as we had when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party dressed as a Nazi in February 2005.

ejmaztec

K-9 wrote: »

Would have been a good Transport Minister too, good at making trains run on time.

They weren't too hot on return tickets though.

Aidric

Seems like all the good puns have been goebbeled up at this stage.

Dudess

Batsy wrote: »

Some people don't understand what fancy dress parties are.

This is the same furore as we had when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party dressed as a Nazi in February 2005.

Bet you'd be outraged by it if it was a bunch of people dressed up as Stalin and the red army.
Interesting though how the "guardianistas" wouldn't do that, despite their apparent admiration of Stalin (in the imagination of wack-jobs).

ejmaztec

Aidric wrote: »

Seems like all the good puns have been goebbeled up at this stage.

I'm sure that there are some missing.

prinz

Time and a place really. Remember it is actually against the law in many European countries to wear Nazi regalia etc. without permission (say for filming a movie or some such)... if these twats wanted to dress up and play nazi they should've stayed in England to do it. Either way, it's not really that funny at the end of the day.

Satire is funny. Parody is funny. A group of no-doubt drunken English fools on the continent giving mock orders and Nazi salutes is not funny. In the slightest.