Excellent so he’ll take the district in….er….2329!

And while we are on the subject of corrections – your original claim was that I had said the entire march was a pro-Hezbollah one, but – as I pointed out to you – the original posting certainly did not say that. If the original posting had said that, you’d be right to say it was wrong – but it didn’t. I’m curious as to why you’re so keen to claim I made a blanket comment about everyone on the march? (Or do you now think that comment of yours was a mistake?).

I’ll leave aside the ambiguity of that (misquoted) slogan, and simply ask: how many people in the picture are holding it? Again, if I pointed out an SWP banner in a photo of a crowd at the 2003 march and concluded that they were all revolutionary socialists that would be absurd – yet you’re doing the same thing here. Your case is unsound, to say the least. Retract and correct.

Busharat Ali says that he considers “the Easton/Lawrence hill area are predominantly ethnic minority areas…” This is not in fact true, but it shows how he wants to see East Bristol and where his priorities lie.

http://www.thesomalivoice.co.uk/counselling.htm

Labour / Lib Dems are cynically and dangerously playing on loyalties and divisions in the area, pandering to vocal groups and effectively marginalising people (minority or majority) who are not organised.

One East Bristol scene that gives a clue to what is going on may be seen where a church and a mosque face each other. The church is quiet, with groups of broken-down people drinking themselves into oblivion. The mosque is alive with a homogeneous group of men who stand confidently in the street on weekdays, networking busily.

Whether LibDem / Labour strategy will benefit the area and all the people in it, or actually create longer term resentment remains to be seen.

Is he hedging his bets, or is there something more going on?”

It is common in my experience for asian run shops – particularly in areas of high asian populations to display posters for candidates from all parties – sort of a bit like a community noticeboard.

Interestingly, on the street where Busharat Ali lives (in a neighbouring ward) at least one shopkeeper is displaying a Lib Dem poster “Malik for Mayor” side by side with Labour poster “Farook Chaudhury”.

Is he hedging his bets, or is there something more going on?

To this bystander the latest photo shenanigans just look like the tip of a very large iceberg in the community.

The reason the real photo came out so soon is that it is a very obvious fake.

Who cares if the photo has been taken out of context, until it can be vaified that it is a fake, by the appropriate organisations, it is irresponsible to publish it saying it is fake.

Did you not look at the two photos? It is quite clearly a fake!

Who cares if the photo has been taken out of context, until it can be vaified that it is a fake, by the appropriate organisations, it is irresponsible to publish it saying it is fake.

I hope the Liberal Democrats do as badly in the elections on Thursday as they are predicted to do, as then a new leader can be chosen, one who will inspire the party to become modern, green, and democratic.

1) The Tory candidate is an ex Lib Dem member, who appeared to move with his family to supporting Labour in 2005 and were alledgedly camapaigning for them on the doorstep on Polling day, and has recently become a Tory – Make your own minds up !

2) Mr Ali has been seen ripping down Lib Dem posters from local shops, without asking the shopkeepers permission – In some cases the shopkeepers chased him down the road, but could not catch him – Some shopkeepers are, according to them, considering contacting the police about intimidation, after there were confrontations with some employees in local shops which resulted in perceived aggression.

Looking forward to Friday and the results!

This of course is totally unrelated to the fact that the political editor of the Evening Post, Ian Onions, is pally with the coordinator of the Lawrence Hill campaign, Labour PPC Paul Smith…