Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
I'm afraid that your memory is playing tricks with you again, animal. The steel workers were not told they were losing their jobs; TATA announced it's decision to put it's UK steel operation up for sale, which is somewhat different.
Sure, Javed could have taken part in a few photo opportunities standing with steel workers but that would have been 'tokenism'.
As it turns out, the whole affair ended reasonably happily with TATA, the government and the workers via their TU coming up with some compromises.
You missed by question though, do you regard the presence of Diane Abbott on the Labour front bench and, presumably, in the Home Office after any Labour GE victory as 'tokenism'?