In a constituency with more than 31,000 black people of Caribbean origin alone; where over 31% off the constituency is black (second highest in UK); and in which almost 2/3 are non white, you were unable to scrape even 600 votes ahead of the Monster Raving Looney Party or National Front.
I'm philosophical about running for office, and at least I stood for something. I see no shame in trying. Three weeks and £5k expenditure against the Labour machine spending ten of thousands? Plus the racist press coverage of my time in City Hall? Hey Im proud off what I tried and failure is a critical part of success. Thee good news is I aint dead yet. I follow in a great tradition of people who tired and failed at their first attempt to get elected, the list is illustrious. I am proud to be part of the club that tried and failed only to go onto to succeed.
You may have convinced yourself that it is only white people (filthy racists that they are) who reject your politics. But you are conveniently ignoring the voice of the black community which has made its own clear statement about your credibility as a leader.
Your entitled to your myopic, uniformed, view, however shit talk is shit cheap and none of you white people on here, ( and lets face it this site is about as representative as UKIP) who support this view can evidence your private prejudices. May I remind you that Farage aint elected either.
Your bile, is all part of your personal prejudice that allows you to wrongly assume in vain glorious, self righteous and pompous ignorance, that I think all white people are racist. This is a gross distortion of course reflects the popular. but misguided white liberal sentiments that so bedevilles our struggle for equality.
Let me be clear for the avoidance of doubt, it isn't all white people, its white people like you.
But if as you assert, I'm so unpopular and my views soooo unrepresentative of my community, then why won't anyone on here, like you with plenty to say on this subject, why wont anyone come and debate with me lol?
I think like the reason is obvious, like most reactionary white liberals (right or left) they are generally cowards, most vocal behind closed doors, in private or hiding behind their on line anonymity. I think deep down you know that my views would be supported by the majority of both black and whites.
Your collective refusal to take this into the real world reflects that fact and you realise, like most on line braggadocios bullies and cowards, that this black man has your measure.
So you spit your venom in the forlorn hope that you can somehow bolster your miserable sagging self esteem.
I take no lessons on credibility from anonymous white people who have no record in fighting racism. None.
As Dr King pointed out, we ignore the soft siren voices of such damnable 'friends.'
