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Post by eastmidlandsright on Jul 28, 2024 12:52:56 GMT
He seems to be saying say inflammatory things there. Has he actually been appointed as the family solicitor, or has he appointed himself? Yes. He is the family solicitor. Further proof that the family are the detestable scumbags that most of us assumed them to be. |
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Post by jamie on Jul 28, 2024 12:55:42 GMT
I wouldn’t use such strong language, but the fact they chose him as a solicitor is very revealing, as is the fact he’s allowed to go on a media round saying inflammatory things.
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 28, 2024 13:02:25 GMT
Yes. He is the family solicitor. Further proof that the family are the detestable scumbags that most of us assumed them to be. "Most of us....Assumed..." Predictable. |
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Jul 28, 2024 13:03:47 GMT
Further proof that the family are the detestable scumbags that most of us assumed them to be. "Most of us....Assumed..." Predictable. Well we know they raised a feral yob which was a pretty strong indicator. |
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Post by birkinabe on Jul 28, 2024 13:36:16 GMT
Aside from that, Yakoob in general is definitely just one of those people that you truly have to see to believe - some scriptwriter somewhere is probably very embarassed that they didn't come up with him at any point in their career.
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Post by cathyc on Jul 28, 2024 13:46:35 GMT
"Most of us....Assumed..." Predictable. Well we know they raised a feral yob which was a pretty strong indicator. Mr and Mrs Yaxley-Lennon say hi. |
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Jul 28, 2024 14:45:21 GMT
Well we know they raised a feral yob which was a pretty strong indicator. Mr and Mrs Yaxley-Lennon say hi. I know nothing about Mr and Mrs Yaxley-Lennon but if they defend the actions of their football hooligan son I would hold them in the same level of contempt as I do the family of the degenerate who assaulted numerous police officers at Manchester airport. |
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Post by mattbewilson on Jul 28, 2024 15:01:13 GMT
Well we know they raised a feral yob which was a pretty strong indicator. Mr and Mrs Yaxley-Lennon say hi. are we playing late arrivals? |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 28, 2024 15:24:38 GMT
I literally started work on that in the early hours of this morning. You raise a good point about Hall Green. I wonder if any of our local correspondents have an idea of which wards one may have been stronger in relative to the other? I think it’s probably safe to say the independents probably won in Sparkbrook and Sparkhil, which one it’s impossible to say! I’ve heard that our result of out Moseley and Kings Heath basically saved the day here (as well as the split opposition) Similarly I’ve heard in Hodge Hill we were saved by the addition of ‘Solihull North’. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 28, 2024 15:46:46 GMT
I literally started work on that in the early hours of this morning. You raise a good point about Hall Green. I wonder if any of our local correspondents have an idea of which wards one may have been stronger in relative to the other? I think it’s probably safe to say the independents probably won in Sparkbrook and Sparkhil, which one it’s impossible to say! I’ve heard that our result of out Moseley and Kings Heath basically saved the day here (as well as the split opposition) Similarly I’ve heard in Hodge Hill we were saved by the addition of ‘Solihull North’. There were two muslim Independent candidates in Hall Green who each secured a similar share of the vote. Very obviously both of them will have done best in the most heavily muslim wards rather than in Moseley or Hall Green South. The question was which (if any) had greater support than the other in one ward or another (whether for example Afsar is stronger in Sparkhill than Hafeez, but Hafeez is stronger in Sparkbrook) |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 16:09:08 GMT
Akhmed Yakoob has now inserted himself into the Manchester Airport incident. He is a fine example of Main Character Syndrome. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 16:11:02 GMT
I think it’s probably safe to say the independents probably won in Sparkbrook and Sparkhil, which one it’s impossible to say! I’ve heard that our result of out Moseley and Kings Heath basically saved the day here (as well as the split opposition) Similarly I’ve heard in Hodge Hill we were saved by the addition of ‘Solihull North’. There were two muslim Independent candidates in Hall Green who each secured a similar share of the vote. Very obviously both of them will have done best in the most heavily muslim wards rather than in Moseley or Hall Green South. The question was which (if any) had greater support than the other in one ward or another (whether for example Afsar is stronger in Sparkhill than Hafeez, but Hafeez is stronger in Sparkbrook) Hafeez should be stronger in Sparkhill, but I am not privy to any information on this. |
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 28, 2024 16:11:43 GMT
I think it’s probably safe to say the independents probably won in Sparkbrook and Sparkhil, which one it’s impossible to say! I’ve heard that our result of out Moseley and Kings Heath basically saved the day here (as well as the split opposition) Similarly I’ve heard in Hodge Hill we were saved by the addition of ‘Solihull North’. There were two muslim Independent candidates in Hall Green who each secured a similar share of the vote. Very obviously both of them will have done best in the most heavily muslim wards rather than in Moseley or Hall Green South. The question was which (if any) had greater support than the other in one ward or another (whether for example Afsar is stronger in Sparkhill than Hafeez, but Hafeez is stronger in Sparkbrook) Hafeez is moderate, pro-Palestinian, which is a given, but Afsar is effectively Islamist. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 16:34:56 GMT
It was always worth carefully observing that this is the one constituency in Birmingham where Muslim does not automatically mean South Asian Muslim even if it mostly does. Candidate quality will have told as well, but I was reasonably sure throughout the campaign that there were other inner/partially inner Birmingham seats at greater risk than this one, even after the boundary changes. Balsall Heath West has some of the Balsall Heath Yemeni community but not all. There is also a Somali population in several wards but their turnout in elections has been sub-5% in the past. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 18:20:01 GMT
If I was going to guess, I'd say Bordesley & Highgate voted for Yakoob because of differential turnout. The middle class yuppie flats are low-turnout and hard to campaign in and the Highgate estate, which is the home to the gorgeous St Alban the Martyr church is also low turnout, but Bordesley will have had lots of Yakoob votes.
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Post by birkinabe on Jul 28, 2024 18:59:13 GMT
If I was going to guess, I'd say Bordesley & Highgate voted for Yakoob because of differential turnout. The middle class yuppie flats are low-turnout and hard to campaign in and the Highgate estate, which is the home to the gorgeous St Alban the Martyr church is also low turnout, but Bordesley will have had lots of Yakoob votes.
Yeah, I did wonder if that had possibly been the case (albeit I was also unsure about just how much lower the turnout would be in the more middle class areas of the ward in particular). BTW, do you also have any idea if the Yemeni community in Balsall Heath West might have been particularly inclined to vote against Labour over Gaza?
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 19:03:39 GMT
Having worked for the Law Society sometime ago, they move very slowly and unless the offence is against the clients money, they tend to try and protect solicitors. According to the BBC. Mr Yakoob is no longer acting for the family, which has instructed a new lawyer.This may be due to the new video emerging or his outlandish claim that the lad kicked in the head had a brain tumour. I suspect our average Lawyer in a Leased Lambo will be at least annoying until the 2026 local elections which are going to be fascinating. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 19:05:15 GMT
If I was going to guess, I'd say Bordesley & Highgate voted for Yakoob because of differential turnout. The middle class yuppie flats are low-turnout and hard to campaign in and the Highgate estate, which is the home to the gorgeous St Alban the Martyr church is also low turnout, but Bordesley will have had lots of Yakoob votes. Yeah, I did wonder if that had possibly been the case (albeit I was also unsure about just how much lower the turnout would be in the more middle class areas of the ward in particular). BTW, do you also have any idea if the Yemeni community in Balsall Heath West might have been particularly inclined to vote against Labour over Gaza?
It has been a good while since I was active in that area, but quite a few of them used to vote Tory. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 28, 2024 19:12:17 GMT
According to the BBC. Mr Yakoob is no longer acting for the family, which has instructed a new lawyer.This may be due to the new video emerging or his outlandish claim that the lad kicked in the head had a brain tumour. On the telly the other day his use of certain legal terms to mean things quite different to the normal understanding of them was certainly intriguing and would maybe not inspire that much confidence in his legal abilities in general... |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 28, 2024 19:40:21 GMT
If I was going to guess, I'd say Bordesley & Highgate voted for Yakoob because of differential turnout. The middle class yuppie flats are low-turnout and hard to campaign in and the Highgate estate, which is the home to the gorgeous St Alban the Martyr church is also low turnout, but Bordesley will have had lots of Yakoob votes. Yeah, I did wonder if that had possibly been the case (albeit I was also unsure about just how much lower the turnout would be in the more middle class areas of the ward in particular). BTW, do you also have any idea if the Yemeni community in Balsall Heath West might have been particularly inclined to vote against Labour over Gaza?
Also the positioning of the polling stations in the Highgate area does not, ahem, encourage middle class turnout. When Smithfield is finished and several other developments, even allowing for high levels of churn and poor registration, Chandos School is going to be a very big polling station and that might tip the balance. I imagine Cllr Aziz may actually pay some attention to those areas now, if he is reselected, if he wants to win in 2026. Interesting to note that the Wankers Party of Britain candidate in Sutton Coldfield in 2024 was the Tory candidate for Bordesley & Highgate in the 2022 council election, something I hadn't clocked until now. |
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