By honestly describing a female support as a "bigot", but negligently forgot to remove the mic on his lapel, Gordon Brown is setting to be ousted from 10 Downing Street in the coming election.
So again, it just proves that human beings are prone to committing errors. With Brown being the prime minister of UK, once "the empire on which the sun never set", it just can't help people agreeing that things dwindle. Of this kind of "talent" as the leader of our beloved kingdom is as comical as Wilde's satires. How dare would those personal comments be slipped out of the mouth of any English gentlemen?
Could the remark be treated as gaffe? Realistically yes. Labour Party is more likely to change side with Tories in the Parliament after the event. However, if we are just looking into the word bigot itself, the conclusion may not be that obvious. According to Merriam-Webster, a Bigot is "a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices". Logically speaking, someone could either have or have not a view on a certain event. If you have a view, and you are Churchill, we would use "steadfast" instead of "bigotry".
Anyway, political correctness rules the media.
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