Examples of Abdul's non-fibs:

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2010/05/labour-lib-coaliti...

15 May 2010 at 15:14
"Michael Hesseltine (sic), Simon Hughes, David Dimbly (sic) just looked at you as if you are just a savage."

16 May 2010 at 12:36
"And Medhi was just a rude bad mannered savage . "

Not that it matters - your last comment just raised the bar of boorishness.

Christ! Does Abdul the pig ever go home?!

Up to a point. There may well be a legitimate charge against the way in which the question has been put and reported, or even the motivation for it.

But are we sure about that? I would have thought that both YouGov and the Sun would have been very aware, from the existing public attitudes information, that this would give a "tolerant" outcome: "bigots in small majority". And it is worth knowing how many people are outside that broad consensus, before we all declare that homophobia has been eradicated entirely from the land.

So it is surely legitimate to ask questions in opinion surveys which quantify prejudice. It is enormously valuable that the British Social Attitudes survey does so. For example, as a result of that, we have a very useful finding about the inter-generational dynamics of prejudice. Similarly opinion poll findings about the prevalence of prejudice are useful sources of information for public debate too, though a caveat about how such questions are asked and reported may well be legitimate.

@swatantra

Not wishing to reveal your sexuality is not a crime and it has yet to be proven if he did "cheat on his expenses"

There are certain arse hats that post regularly on this site who seem intent on treating any debate as a dirty protest.

I dread to think if The Sun were to have a Comments Section following this poll?

It would be like staring into the abyss of humanity - and we all know what Nietzsche had to say about that.

silly mistake - I meant "bigots in small minority"

Wow.

Heterosexuals yet again prove themselves to be hateful bigots toward the very gay people that heterosexuals themselves created.

I've never heard anything quite like it before. Someone should alert the press.

Morality indeed, heterosexuals.

Morality.

Indeed.

Abdul says - 'Every comment dripping in acid, laced with venom, caked in poison'
Is this a self appraisal?

Interesting read here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/01/sun-poll-gay-cabinet...

Sadly I still have to concur with Baig. I'm afraid those with a more metropolitan outlook are reticient to see beyond the results of BSA surveys.

Homophobia is still rife in places where a small town mentality persists - I have to live in such an area.

Yes, I agree that the Sun poll is shocking. Anyone care to comment on the BBC one?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/16/bbc-africa-have-your-say

Abdul - yeah, why should we bother to attempt to view Africa as a huge and diverse place with corresponding gulfs of opinion?

After all, it's much easier to denounce a whole continent as being populated by ignoble savages who aren't so keen on anal love.

I'm such an asshole. I just love ruining all the comment pages!

Could someone on the NS writing staff or even the webmaster do something about "Abdul" piggy wiggy?!

Don't you people read the postings??

Of course "gay people" can be in the cabinet. The same rules should apply to them as to straight people.

I wonder what The Scum would be saying if it was Alan Duncan who had resigned instead of shiny Dave Laws?!

I refer to the quickly forgotten Tory party manifesto on the 'big clean up' of politics;(you know the one the Tories voted him in on):

"It is vital that we act quickly and decisively to restore the reputation of politics. Too much unacceptable behaviour has gone unchecked
for too long, from excessive expenses to sleazy lobbying practices. The people of Britain have looked on in horror as revelations have stripped away the dignity of Parliament,leaving millions of voters detached from the
political process, devoid of trust in the political classes, and disillusioned with our system
of government.

We will act rapidly to push through farreaching reforms to restore ethics to politics and revive the electorate’s faith in politicians.
It will take nothing less than a deep clean of the political system in Westminster to root out the
sleaze and dispel suspicion. We will start by cleaning up the expenses system to ensure MPs live by the same standards as the people
who give them their jobs, and by curbing the way in which former Ministers have secured lobbying jobs by exploiting their contacts.
But that is just the start. We will also cut Ministers’ pay and reduce the number of MPs in Parliament. Then we will go further,Make Politics more accountable.

We will clean up politics: the expenses, the lobbying and problems with party funding. We will cut
the cost of Parliament, cut the number of MPs and cut Ministers’ pay. We will give citizens direct
control over what goes on in Westminster, make government more accountable and safeguard the
independence of the civil service.
far further, since the expenses scandal was just the trigger for a deeper sense of frustration.
We promise a total overhaul of our system of government, so that power is passed from the politicians at Westminster back to the people of
Britain. But this is the very least that is needed to fix our broken political system.

Clean up Westminster

The political crisis was triggered by the scandal of MPs’ expenses. We were the Party that insisted that MPs’ expenses were published
online, and we have supported the independent proposals to clean up the House of Commons. We proposed legislation so that anyone
wanting to be a member of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords will need to be treated as a full UK taxpayer. But much,
much more is needed to clean up our politics and restore public trust.
At the moment, there is no way that local constituents can remove an MP found guilty of serious wrongdoing until there is a general election. That is why a Conservative
government will introduce a power of ‘recall’

Change politics / Make politics more accountable to allow electors to kick out MPs, a power
that will be triggered by proven serious wrongdoing. And we will introduce a Parliamentary Privilege Act to make clear that privilege cannot be abused by MPs to
evade justice. The cost of politics has spiralled out of control. We will cut the perks and bureaucracy"

Oh yes Mr Cameron, it's your 'big society' manifesto, did you not forget to insert?....." But as soon as we get in, by whatever means it takes, we'll cut bureaucracy even further and put our beloved manifesto straight through our industrial sized shredder" ........ Along with other clauses such as
" and when any of us gets caught with our pants down; stealing £40,000 from the electorate, we'll quickly be onto the press and get it glossed over in the the way we always did; and what's more, any one caught will get a glowing cv from me and my wholehearted support that should stay on as an honourable MP".

Good grief, why don't they promptly dispatch Dave C out to that massive oil spewing disaster? - he's so big on clean ups' he'd have it cleanded up in a jiffy!!

Abdul,No one and I mean no one can post the shi** that you post not even a fake Abdul you have that honour all to your self. Why would any one try to discredit a ejit like yourself, you do it better than anyone else could, so please do not stop with your posting regardless of the shi** you post if nothing else it gives us all a laugh on how stupid you really are including your assertion that someone is using your name and copying "the real one" what an ar** why would anyone ? Gives us the benefit of your political analysis why the Sun thinks it is a bad idea to have gay men in the cabinet instead of the closet.

Abdul, you see you prove my point is this your attempt at humour, gutter humour at best. Is this with extent of your crital analysis of the question posed. You have found a web site that is not moderated and you are in your element. You respond just like Pavlov's dog, give you a crumb and you jump at the chance to prove to all that read this and any other column that your one finger can type that you an 100% tin plated non entity

Hi Nick, I fully support the Telegraph in all that it is doing to get rid of the more obvious corrupt MP's, in Scotland and Glasgow in particular the Speaker Martin was a good example of how corrupt you can get.I personally knew Jim Devine ex MP he worked his way up from shop steward to union officer did his time in the Labour Party and was finally rewarded by being elected as an MP but rather that being sub'tle like the rest jumped straight onto the gravy train just a little bit late and was caught and rightly so.

I did send an email to David Laws and told him I thought it was a disgrace what he did and he should do the " honourabe " thing I do not think I will be able to use those two words again in the same sentence talking about him. There is more to come out the rest is a smokescreen, civil servants salaries, being gay.

The electorate may be fooled and persuaded that the Telegraph carried out a witch hunt but the facts speak for themselves, who in their right mind millionaire or not would pay back tens of thousands of pounds if you had not done anything. The Telegraph did not fabricate David Laws living arrangements he did.

I bought the book by the two journalists who almost broke the story "No Expense Spared " it is an eye opener as you know the whole scandal started by an American woman who made a request under the Freedom of Information Act brought in by a Labour Government who is having the last laught now, and laid it at Mr Speaker Martin's feet it was his handling of the whole affair that caused the Telegraph to pick it up.

As night follows day there will be more revelations I am sure of that the sooner parliament is cleaned up the better for all of us. Good luck Nick

Nick, Last post before bed I agree totally with you but think of the ones who have gone before you need to get them kicking and screaming from the commons to get them to stand down it is the power and money they make yes they maybe millionaires but in the commons they dont have to touch their millions as we the taxpayer pay for everything the list is endless select committees on foreign fact finding trips, first class travel, free phone calls, employing family members, it goes on and on. Jeffery Archer takes the biscuit in my book sorry for the pun. What about Hazel Blears if there was ever a case it was hers bold as brass, pays out what £12/16 thousand small change its ok she will get it back on expenses ! for work done to her second home, nearly brings down the Prime Minister at the time, bumped out of the cabinet hated by her electorate and what do they do re elect her they deserve her what chance of seeing justice there, she was on with George Galloway an other self serving politican on the Andrew Neil show I nearly put my foot through the tv I switched off she has no credibility as far as I am concerned. Yes a law for them in the old boys club and one for us to keep them in the luxury that they have become accustomed to.

Abdul, as a fully fledged Muslim; should it not be 'as Allah is my witness?' ah chucks your blowing your cover again KID!

Abdul Amir Hassan still free to post here. Just ignore him and he might get the message.

Why has David Laws been made out to be the genius our country cannot do without? What will we do without him?

He was a nobody before rising to sudden stardom at the back of the poor Lib Dem election result, nor did he take our economy to record success in 2.5 weeks. He was a man of no significance before and was paid no attention to so I think we can continue to pay no attention to him with the knowledge that he is back to the insignificant place he belongs.

Al - I realise we shouldn't really engage with Abdul, but once today's blogs have been written we should instigate a sweepstake on what time the bum clown makes his first post.  

An extra bonus could be awarded to the first person he accuses of racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, etc. 

Hi Al and Nick, I agree with you totally after last nights spate with you know who, I have decided to totally ignore him and not respond to any of his post as that only gives him the air of publicity.