Galloway returns to Parliament in sensational win in Bradford West - Labour/Coalition smashed

[frogwoman]

she was pleased with the 'milliband wagon'

 

[belboid]

Perhaps one could infer that in traditional safe seats Labour are now potentially vulnerable on the left, at least given a well-organised left-wing populist opponent with a bit of brand recognition.

I'm wondering what would happen if a younger, lefter Glenda (as a sort of imaginary stereotype with some of the same qualities as GG) were to run for say the SP against 'Mad Frankie' Field here in Birkenhead for example.

ironic that would be, seeing as how mad frankie as only parachuted in to stop a trot (well, a soggy oggie) being selected

If it had turned out that someone had faked that letter, I would have been amazed and very impressed by whoever did it. It is Galloway to a fucking T! As far as I can see, it is only on U75 that people don't believe it's Galloway's letter.

Galloway is a piece of piss to parody. And its a question of wanting it confirmed, as it would hardly be the first time false quotes have been attributed to him.

i'm just down the road, if the road's the a1.

the A1 goes nowhere near Bradford!

 

[audiotech]

Harriet Harman, the woman's champion, who I remember at her first outing at the dispatch box, at the beginning of Labour's first term, attacking single mothers, reminiscent of any rabid tory you care to name.

 

[8115]

The thing is, I think Galloway is very good at putting himself in the middle of perfect storms (tired labour locally and nationally, people still haven't forgotten Iraq, no appetite on labour's part for what could have been a very nasty fight to guess at but a few of the reasons), but I'm not really convinced there's any wider significance.

 

[Belushi]

That's a particularly gormless photo of Ed in the background

 

[binka]

she's been talking for 5 minutes and said nothing.

yes, i know...

 

[frogwoman]

soggy oggie?

 

[Pickman's model]

the A1 goes nowhere near Bradford!

ok, it's up the a1 and round a couple of corners.

 

[binka]

who cares what sunny hundal thinks? newsnight is so shit almost all of the time these days

 

[JHE]

Just asking whether its provenance was confirmed by anyone trustworthy.

Well, I don't know, Bernard. Does GGG count as trustworthy?

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

soggy oggie?

Socialist Organiser now known as the AWL

 

[frogwoman]

lol haha don't get me started on the awl

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Well, I don't know, Bernard. Does GGG count as trustworthy?

I apologise for shitting up this thread with angry remarks based on stuff that happend on other threads long ago. Not necessary. (edited from 'fuck off ... ' etc )

 

[nastybobby]

Note to media: Clayton ward in #BradfordWest is predominantly white, middle class & affluent. #Respect took approx 900 votes #Labour 40

Via Salma Yaqoob's twitter. Just now

I'd agree that it's 'predominantly white'. But 'middle class and affluent' is pretty wide of the mark IMO/E. That makes it sound like Ilkley, which it most certainly isn't.

 

[Pickman's model]

lol haha don't get me started on the awl

keep it spikey

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Well, I don't know, Bernard. Does GGG count as trustworthy?

It was a foul letter. But then I don't see too many people on here praising Galloway. Lots of people who find it funny/are pleased that he won, but that's not the same thing.

 

[Pickman's model]

It was a foul letter. But then I don't see too many people on here praising Galloway. Lots of people who find it funny/are pleased that he won, but that's not the same thing.

for galloway is an honourable man

 

[where to]

Clayton and Fairweather Green (Ward) was 7% muslim in 2001 according to the ONS.

Labour won resoundingly one year ago in this ward, with 2000 votes. http://www.bradford.gov.uk/asp/elections2011/index.asp?w=8

i find it hard to believe Yaqoob's claim. for one thing a capitulation of labour vote from 2000 to 40 in less than 12 months is just too great. if true it flies in the face of every Respect election result pretty much ever.

 

[Lock&Light]

Fuck you racist twat.

Constantly calling someone racist doesn't make them so.

 

[manny-p]

History is one damn thing after another. I don't exonerate Labour in any way, shape or form. But things are as they are, not as we might wish them to be

Fuck off. You are not welcome here.

 

[Lock&Light]

You are not welcome here.

You're not the one to decide that.

 

[Pickman's model]

Constantly calling someone racist doesn't make them so.

quite. another example: i could call you intelligent for months and months but you'd still be thick as pigshit

 

[audiotech]

Wasab recounts how he was driving a Respect speaker van on Wednesday night and was stopped by police, searched, taken to the station and then released. “They were just wasting my time,” he shrugs.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=28021

 

[Pickman's model]

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=28021

it would be nice if they'd used that article to illustrate the diverse backgrounds of people in the ruc

they might even have found a catholic

 

[manny-p]

You're not the one to decide that.

I just did.

 

[Lock&Light]

quite. another example: i could call you intelligent for months and months but you'd still be thick as pigshit

I could call you a cab, but I won't.

 

[Lock&Light]

I just did.

Luckily your decisions dont count.

 

[Pickman's model]

I could call you a cab, but I won't.

do you remember how i said no one could make you look such a twat as you do yourself?

perhaps you could recall that famous line about it being better to keep quiet and have people think you a fool than open your gob and prove yourself one.

 

[audiotech]

it would be nice if they'd used that article to illustrate the diverse backgrounds of people in the ruc

they might even have found a catholic

I take your point (or were you taking the michael?), but this comment from the same article goes some way to address the diversity in Bradford and counters some misconceptions.

Wasab acknowledges that crime is a problem in the area, but says the media makes things worse by racialising the situation and presenting it as an “Asian” or “Muslim” problem. In truth people in Bradford live far more mixed lives than these stereotypes suggest. “I work in a call centre,” he says. “It’s very mixed race. We all want the same thing—it’s all about love, peace and respect. It’s all about dignity".

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=28021

 

[Lock&Light]

perhaps you could recall that famous line about it being better to keep quiet and have people think you a fool than open your gob and prove yourself one.

You would do better to take such advice yourself.