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Post by John Chanin on Jun 7, 2024 16:34:58 GMT
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Post by John Chanin on Jun 7, 2024 18:04:45 GMT
I'm guessing that Hafeez has stood in opposition to Afsar, quoted above, who is certainly an extremist. I have made the point before that there is nothing monolithic about the muslim community, and there is a wide range of opinions, although all will be upset about the death toll in Gaza.
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Post by iainbhx on Jun 7, 2024 18:17:19 GMT
I'm guessing that Hafeez has stood in opposition to Afsar, quoted above, who is certainly an extremist. I have made the point before that there is nothing monolithic about the muslim community, and there is a wide range of opinions, although all will be upset about the death toll in Gaza. Hafeez was supposed to be the Wankers, sorry, Workers party candidate but appears to be an Indo. Afsar is a massive bigot, he won't just run on Gaza. |
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Post by John Chanin on Jun 15, 2024 14:42:42 GMT
Unfortunately there is a large Afsar poster directly outside Anderton Park school, which is really taking the piss.
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Post by iainbhx on Jun 15, 2024 19:30:46 GMT
Unfortunately there is a large Afsar poster directly outside Anderton Park school, which is really taking the piss. It's probably completely deliberate. Blokes an absolute knob. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 15, 2024 19:41:45 GMT
So, John Chanin, what's your problem with Izzy Knowles, as you clearly have some big beef with her and her performance as ward councillor. While I don't see her winning the Westminster seat, I expect her to hold her council seat in 2026 with a huge majority, probably bringing Radley Russell over the line with her. But I'd guess you won't have voted for her. |
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Post by bd on Jun 16, 2024 9:16:56 GMT
The Lib Dem campaigns across Birmingham seem fairly lowkey. Where are Lib Dem activists being directed if that’s not giving too much away? The West Midlands seems fairly thin pickings for the Lib Dem’s at Parliamentary level. Solihull springs to mind but they are currently third. Yardley was another former Lib Dem seat but again they’re also third. In this seat they came fourth and if they do better than that this time around it will be an achievement. Is Cheltenham the nearest realistic prospect?
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Post by Ports on Jun 16, 2024 9:25:24 GMT
The Lib Dem campaigns across Birmingham seem fairly lowkey. Where are Lib Dem activists being directed if that’s not giving too much away? The West Midlands seems fairly thin pickings for the Lib Dem’s at Parliamentary level. Solihull springs to mind but they are currently third. Yardley was another former Lib Dem seat but again they’re also third. In this seat they came fourth and if they do better than that this time around it will be an achievement. Is Cheltenham the nearest realistic prospect? Probably either North (and South?) Shropshire, or Stratford on Avon. Ed Davey has been to both North Salop and Stratford during the campaign, so if it's good enough for him... |
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Post by bd on Jun 16, 2024 9:47:34 GMT
I forgot about Stratford, that’s probably the best option for Birmingham Lib Dem activists as Cheltenham seems almost an inevitable gain whereas Stratford would be at the upper end of expectations.
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Post by batman on Jun 16, 2024 9:57:59 GMT
Yes Stratford-on-Avon would be their least bad option. Or they could consider trying to regain their once strong position in Solihull. I don't see Labour making any serious effort there, they have more important priorities.
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Post by John Chanin on Jun 21, 2024 16:39:26 GMT
Impressed that the Gaza independent here (Mohammad Hafeez) has not just delivered the first election leaflet, but is ambitious enough, with enough supporters, to leaflet leafy middle class Moseley, where votes are likely to be few. Bland post office delivered leaflet from the Liberal Democrats yesterday. Today a hand delivered leaflet from Labour, featuring as its centre post what Tahir Ali has said about Gaza, and, just to annoy Chris from Brum a feature about Kashmir. As well of course as the usual Labour stuff. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 21, 2024 16:54:31 GMT
Impressed that the Gaza independent here (Mohammad Hafeez) has not just delivered the first election leaflet, but is ambitious enough, with enough supporters, to leaflet leafy middle class Moseley, where votes are likely to be few. Bland post office delivered leaflet from the Liberal Democrats yesterday. Today a hand delivered leaflet from Labour, featuring as its centre post what Tahir Ali has said about Gaza, and, just to annoy Chris from Brum a feature about Kashmir. As well of course as the usual Labour stuff. Ha, it doesn't really annoy me as I expect little else from him. He's just totally uninterested in domestic issues, but that's for the CLP to address when considering their priorities next time round. |
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Post by iang on Jun 29, 2024 19:07:40 GMT
Ended up following the Shakeel Afsar leafletter around this morning in Moseley. Photo of him with Akhmed Yaqoob. There's some real (it seems to me) dog whistle stuff about "challenging the teaching of sexualising young children in primary schools", and "protecting parental rights".
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Post by John Chanin on Jul 2, 2024 18:14:03 GMT
To my total astonishment I have been canvassed by Labour in this safe seat. Surely they are not worried about it. Perhaps it's just that I'm a former Labour member.
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Post by YL on Jul 3, 2024 13:37:31 GMT
To my total astonishment I have been canvassed by Labour in this safe seat. Surely they are not worried about it. Perhaps it's just that I'm a former Labour member. It would not surprise me if Labour had had some jitters about this one. |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 3, 2024 15:32:31 GMT
To my total astonishment I have been canvassed by Labour in this safe seat. Surely they are not worried about it. Perhaps it's just that I'm a former Labour member. Activists are staying put to campaign in Yardley, Hall Green, Ladywood, Perry Bar, Northfield, Hodge Hill, I believe. I think only Erdington, Edgbaston & Selly Oak are ‘paired’ with winnable Tory seats. |
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Post by bd on Jul 6, 2024 9:17:54 GMT
The Mayoral results in Birmingham did indicate that seats like this were far from being the safe seats they had previously been. I have seen some comments that Hall Green was saved by a divided independent vote. I am not sure it is as simple as that. Hafeez seemed to run a far more conventional campaign and probably picked up a lot of disaffected left voters in parts of the constituency. Afsar was running an out and out populist campaign that came from the Galloway (and Yakoob) playbook. There’s an overlap in terms of their target audience but it is not wholly interchangeable. A lot of Hafeez’s supporters wouldn’t vote for Afsar given his hard right wing pitch and there are a lot of Afsar voters whom Hafeez would not have galvanised to vote because they are drawn to a more confrontational and angry narrative.
A single independent challenge would have seen a closer result but it would more likely be along the lines of Hodge Hill or Yardley than a gain. It may not even have been as close as that.
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Post by cibwr on Jul 8, 2024 14:03:10 GMT
Things that there ought not to have been a consultation on... Yes but then we wouldn’t be getting the magnificently named Pineapple Road station. Sorry I came to this somewhat late - Love the idea of a Pineapple Road Station, I used to live at the Dads Lane end. A station here and at the top of Highbury Park would have been very convenient! |
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