Political Hack Forced to Recant Anti-Immigration Comments

Source: Canada First Immigration Reform Committee | May 3, 2001

Another heretic has been tortured, shown the fire and stake and forced to recant. In politically correct lands, one
pays a heavy price if one criticizes the immigration tidal wave. Our replacement by alien populations is, in many
circles, simply not debatable. Consider the sad state of the British Conservative Party.

– Paul Fromm

Then:

“Our homogeneous Anglo-Saxon society has been seriously undermined by the massive immigration – particularly Commonwealth immigration – that has taken place since the war. Illegal immigrants have got a new ploy. They call themselves asylum seekers. In my view the only way to deal with the problem is to send them back quickly. Many come from violent societies and inevitably crime is already beginning to rise in the areas where they are. Mr Powell would have become Prime Minister if people had known how accurate his forecast about the impact of immigration would turn out to be.”

            • - Yorkshire East Conservative MP, John Townend, 2001

Now:

Source: London Telegraph | Monday 30 April 2001

Tory MP Signs Race Pledge:

Be quiet or you’re out, Hague tells race MP

JOHN TOWNEND, the MP for Yorkshire East, has apologised for his controversial remarks about race, after being told by William Hague to do so – or be thrown out of the Conservative party. Mr Townend withdrew his remarks and said he accepted that racism had no part in the party in a written statement released by Conservative Central Office.

In his statement, Mr Townend said: “I entirely accept that racism has no place in the Conservative party and am very sorry that ill-chosen words by me may have given a different impression.

“Accordingly, I withdraw the recent words which I have issued on the subject of race, apologise for the embarrassment which they have caused the Conservative Party, regret any offence which I have caused to others and undertake not to repeat them under any circumstances.”

Mr Hague was forced to act amid growing concern among senior Tories that he appeared to be tolerating Mr Townend’s claims that immigration had undermined Britain’s “homogenous Anglo-Saxon society” and was creating “a mongrel race”.

Speaking outside central office, Mr Hague said: “We mean business about being an inclusive party that has no truck with racism. And we mean business about being a disciplined party determined to win election.”