With the May local elections fast approaching, Galloway’s Bradford bandwagon is still rolling. Yesterday, Bradford West Green candidate Dawud Islam announced via Twitter that he was defecting to Respect to stand under that party banner in May. He stated:
Hello everyone. I have just released the following Press release on why I am joining the Bradford Spring: http://on.fb.me/HdKgz2#BradfordWest
His full press release is as follows:
This will not be the first time that he has changed party affiliation, for in 1996 he left the Labour Party for the Greens owing to his sense of unease with the New Labour project. Radical changes of identity are something that Dawud Islam would seem to be comfortable with, for once upon a time he was a non-Muslim named David Edler. Quite what made Mr Edler embrace such a backward creed is currently beyond the knowledge of this blogger.
Moreover, in line with my speculations on possible Labour defections, some sources claim that the Labour candidate for Manningham has jumped ship at the last moment, and will instead be standing for Respect. If this is true, he will of course take the bulk of his ‘community’ backing with him, and in all likelihood, capitalise upon the jubilant ‘community’ support displayed for Galloway. We will not have long to wait for the veracity of this claim to be established, for all candidates will be announced tomorrow lunchtime. It will be interesting to see how many other Labour candidates might display such brazen opportunism.
Bradford City Centre: Berlin Wall Theme Park?
You can view his press release here...
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There's some really disgraceful political opportunism going on in this part of the UK at the moment, inspired by the dreadful Galloway. Who knows where all this will end. I'm sure the equally repulsive Livingstone is taking notes as the mayoral election approaches.
Thanks for the link Reed. It's an interesting statement that makes it perfectly clear that he's joining Respect simply because he thinks that he stands more of a chance of winning under that banner. After all, he is still full of praise for the Greens, so why leave otherwise?
DeleteAs for Livingstone, he is certainly a politician befitting of the label "repulsive", although I read that Boris Johnson was using some far stronger language to describe him.
I genuinely do not understand this reaction.
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It will end in a few years with Respect merging with Hizb ut Tahrir. They have been waiting in the wings for 25 years, until the muslim population was large enough.
ReplyDelete13% of prisoners in the UK are muslims. And I don't think that, on the whole, muslims are more criminal than anyone else. Only a fool would believe the government's stats on population. 1.5 million households did not even fill in the 2001 census (and nothing was done to them).