The Leftovers Collective

A dossier of racism in the Conservative Party. This dossier was put together from news reports in the local and national media and is far from comprehensive. But it shows is that the Conservative Party is regularly beset by allegations of racism against its MPs, councillors and candidates. It’s also clear that only rarely do such instances – even when particularly offensive – result in the person being expelled from the Party. The cases include Tory elected representatives using racist abuse like “Pakis”, “pikies”, and “piccaninnies” – as well as several anti-semitic or Islamophobic remarks. But most appear to have been allowed to continue their membership and even to represent the Conservative Party. Back in 2001 Andrew Lansley MP complained of “endemic racism” in the Conservative Party. In January 2015 a former aide to both Margaret Thatcher and John Major described the Conservative Party as “essentially racist”. Just recently, lifetime Tory voter and Daily Ma

Here is a full list of the MPs that voted against providing a free school meal for around 1 million children from poor families. It includes the normal suspects such as McVey, Davis, Rees-Mogg, and Theresa May. One name that did stick out was that of Tory MP Mark Francois. Who? I hear you ask. His past expense claims  include Mars bars, Snickers, Kit Kats , wine gums, Twiglets , Jaffa Cakes, chocolate biscuits, Pringles crisps and "bags of sweets". The Conservative MP for Rayleigh in Essex also claimed for Häagen - Dazs ice cream, lemon sorbet, choc ices, crisps, Starburst , Bourneville dark chocolate and Trebor mints. Among his purchases were several Peperami "hot" 5 packs. A typical receipt from a trip to his local Tesco showed that he spent £7.87 on ice cream, £4.36 on bags of sweets, £3.24 on Kit Kats , £2.68 on Mars bars, £1.28 on Snickers bars, and 96p on wine gums. O