The Prime Minister: David Cameron was in Barnet yesterday - responding to the antics of long-time embarrassment to the Conservative Party: Brian Coleman - by launching his concept of the 'Big Pariah'. Here is his speech in full:It’s great to be here in Barnet.
Before I get into the details, let me briefly explain who the Big Pariah is and why it is such a powerful idea.
You can call him Brian. You can call him Coleman. You can call him the king of bling. You can call him Mr Toad. I call him the Big Pariah.
The Big Pariah is about a huge freeloading councillor…
…where people, in their everyday lives, in their homes, in their neighbourhoods, in their workplace…
…don’t bother turning to officials, Barnet Council or the London Assembly for answers to the problems they face …
…but instead feel the pain of repeatedly paying out enough for Coleman and his fellow councilllors to help themselves.
It’s about people paying for his massive hikes in pay. Londoners forking out for his endless taxis. Constituents coughing up for yet more hikes in pay.
It’s about amphibious liberation –the biggest, most dramatic redistribution of power from the man and woman on the street to the Toad in the council chamber.
It’s time for something different, something bold - something that just pours money down the green-skinned throat of the ward councillor for Totteridge.
The Big Pariah is that something different and bold.
It’s about saying if we want Brian Coleman for the long-term, we need people to come together and hand over the cash together – because we’re all in this together.
