Saturday, 4 February 2012

Want to know the MP, read the EDM's they sign.

Support for mass murdering dictators.


EDM 982
FIDEL CASTRO
20.02.2008
Burgon, Colin
That this House commends the achievements of Fidel Castro in securing first-class free healthcare and education provision for the people of Cuba despite the 44 year illegal US embargo of the Cuban economy; notes the great strides Cuba has taken during this period in many fields such as biotechnology and sport in both of which Cuba is a world leader; acknowledges the esteem in which Castro is held by the people and leaders of Africa, Asia and Latin America for leading the calls for emancipation of the world's poorest people from slavery, hunger and the denial of human rights such as the right to life, the right to shelter, the right to healthcare and basic medicines and the right to education; welcomes the EU statement that constructive engagement with Cuba at this time is the most responsible course of action; and calls upon the Government to respect Cuba's right to self-determination and resist the aggressive forces within the US Administration who are openly planning their own illegal transition in Cuba.

Oh dear, not his finest moment.

Still this MP did have this to say on the oppression of the people of Eastern Europe:

The 50 years of communism was drab, uniform and mean. But everyone shared the misery equality which gave them a measure of contentment. The collapse of communism divided society into the new millionaire entrepreneurs and the bulk of the population whose income fell behind inflation. Inequality fostered unhappiness.

Not a mention of the gulags, the censoring of news, no freedom of speech, no free press or indeed freedom in any way unless approved of by the ruling party.

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