Margaret Hodge plays the race card.

Writing in the observer on sunday, Hodge said that housing should always be prioritised to British people. Apart from the fact that most immigrants/ asylum seekers are rarely housed by local authorities, it seems Hodge has been getting her facts from somewhere. Perhaps the bnp website has given her'facts' about the housing shortage in her constituency.

It really reveals a lot about new labour when a cabinet minister tries to outflank fascists by repeating what they are saying. It is quite another thing when the cabinet minister in question is descended from Jewish immigrants.
Nothing that new labour does really surprises me. I'm also heartened by the fact that there has been an outcry from fellow MPs and most importantly from Jon Cruddas, contender for the deputy leadership of the labour party.

Hodge should be ashamed of herself for parroting myths and lies about housing and stigatising immigrants as the cause of these problems. Surely as a Jewish person, she should know better.