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

[manny-p]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01f5lcj/Womans_Hour_The_Undateable/

Starts at 17:40

Cheers but Salma has done some cuntish things herself so I hear whilst she was a councillor.

 

[Fisher_Gate]

Cheers but Salma has done some cuntish things herself so I hear whilst she was a councillor.

a) that's not acceptable language
b) there's a code of conduct and standards board that councillors can be reported to - if you or anyone else had a problem with it she should have been reported;
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Member-Services/PageLayout&cid=1223096351551&packedargs=website=1&pagename=BCC/Common/Wrapper/Wrapper&rendermode=live
c) slurs against Salma when she was on the Council were common, especially from LibDems. Here's one apology from a repeat offender who's in trouble again only this week:

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/...mingham-council-extremism-row-65233-28422052/

 

[DexterTCN]

Available here till tomorrow http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm

Direct iplayer link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01f5lcj

Starts 17:45 minutes. 22 minutes bbc bod says labour has betrayed the working class. Balanced by 'respect appreciation society' comment a minute later, to be fair. It's certainly interesting but it's almost like a Chat! or Hello! type interview.

(eta never saw other post with link, sorry)

 

[manny-p]

c) slurs against Salma when she was on the Council were common, especially from LibDems.

What I heard was that she was open to the privitisation of some swimming baths. Is there any truth in that?

 

[IC3D]

What I heard was that she was open to the privitisation of some swimming baths. Is there any truth in that?

Labour run councils are doing that up and down the country so not really much of a smear.

 

[manny-p]

Labour run councils are doing that up and down the country so not really much of a smear.

It's a fucking joke that's what it is.

 

[Fisher_Gate]

What I heard was that she was open to the privitisation of some swimming baths. Is there any truth in that?

No

 

[manny-p]

No

You seem to be a fan boy/girl of Salma. I respected her for what she did during the soldier thing but no politicians are saints.

 

[manny-p]

Available here till tomorrow http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm

Direct iplayer link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01f5lcj

Starts 17:45 minutes. 22 minutes bbc bod says labour has betrayed the working class. Balanced by 'respect appreciation society' comment a minute later, to be fair. It's certainly interesting but it's almost like a Chat! or Hello! type interview.

(eta never saw other post with link, sorry)

24.30 - Kumar the paedo? eh?

 

[DexterTCN]

On my link it's a flourescent jacket at 24.30

 

[manny-p]

On my link it's a flourescent jacket at 24.30

keep going

 

[Fisher_Gate]

You seem to be a fan boy/girl of Salma. I respected her for what she did during the soldier thing but no politicians are saints.

She's a reformist politician, but I judge her by what she does and says. On the Sparkhill baths I can't see anything wrong with her issues, she genuinely fought to defend a community facility and opposed PFI/privatisation:
http://www.salmayaqoob.com/2010/02/sparkhill-baths-shut-till-2012.html
http://www.salmayaqoob.com/2010/02/lib-dems-mislead-public-over-sparkhill.html
http://www.salmayaqoob.com/2010/02/we-want-community-pool-run-by-community.html

 

[DexterTCN]

keep going

No...it's called Women's Hour for a reason. I get worried in there.

 

[DexterTCN]

Interesting article by Mark Steel. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...y-and-aung-san-suu-kyi--so-alike-7615451.html

The last paragraph is interesting.

So maybe the main thing that's changed is it's proved that people, including the young, can be reconnected with politics. But it helps to be against pointless wars, and making the poor poorer, and to go about it like Galloway, quietly and with humility and never making yourself the centre of attention.​

 

[Fisher_Gate]

Interesting article by Mark Steel. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...y-and-aung-san-suu-kyi--so-alike-7615451.html

The last paragraph is interesting.

Remind me what Mark Steel's occupation is?

 

[BigTom]

You seem to be a fan boy/girl of Salma. I respected her for what she did during the soldier thing but no politicians are saints.

Salma is good afaik though. There doesn't seem to be anything much in the way of hypocracy etc., she's not always been responsive when I've emailed about something (as a constituent of hers - I don't know her personally), but then no councillor has, and I've always felt that she worked for her ward.
Don't generally vote, but I voted for her, and that's because I think she does have as much integrity as it's possible for a politician to have.

And I'm certainly no respect/salma fanboy

 

[treelover]

Well there is one downside(one?) to GG being elected as a Respect MP

the return of Fisher Gate.....

 

[barney_pig]

Is bigamy a obstacle to being able to sit as an mp?

 

[Maurice Picarda]

I believe he doesn't have more than one civil marriage at a time. Still hoping that he'll be caught out on embezzlement, though.

 

[two sheds]

Back on I'm a celebrity .... I hear

Americans I feel have an inflated opinion of his importance though.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/september-11-mastermind-guantanamo-trial

 

[audiotech]

<idiocy snipped>

Not one for differences of opinion and open debate then treelover?

 

[SLK]

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Sorry I am late to this, and I'm only reading the thread because I am interested, but this post from lockandlight saying being laughed at as a jock (I am) should be laughed off in the same way as called a paki is, bluntly, ignorant at best and racist at worst.

 

[Lock&Light]

Sorry I am late to this, and I'm only reading the thread because I am interested, but this post from lockandlight saying being laughed at as a jock (I am) should be laughed off in the same way as called a paki is, bluntly, ignorant at best and racist at worst.

I never said "laughed off".

 

[treelover]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/04/how-women-won-it-for-galloway


A lot of hostages to fortune is this rather strange article...

I think it will all end in tears...