More revelations over Southall election
I’m told that today’s Evening Standard is going to do a story on Tony Lit / Ealing Southall election which is potentially damaging to the Conservatives. I was told this last night so I don’t know if it’s true or what’s going to be printed. I expect that the first edition will be rolling off the printers soon so do keep an eye out. If there’s any other last minute gossip (election is tomorrow) then post it below.
Yesterday Cameron made his fifth visit to the area while today David Davis is going down there.
Update: False alarm. Nothing in the ES today, but Political Penguin has an exclusive about electoral law being broken (via Tyger).
And GM points us to this example of dodgy electioneering by the Tories. Tsk, and right next to Sunrise radio too.
Update 2: BBC Online is now running a story about “alleged electoral fraud” in Southall following that Telegraph blog post. This is going to get messy.
Update 3: Tim Ireland points out someone is trying to spread rumours of an election suicide.
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There is this shocking incident…it made The Times’ blog so does that make it gossip?
Nothing yet?
Time to sack your sources?
Hey Sunny, don’t miss this.
Don’t you ever have anything interesting to contribute?
ooh im getting all excited ( even though i live miles from southall..) do we think any indian style goondami will be perpetrated?
That update is being investigated by the police:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6905715.stm
All very interesting, but will it actually get anywhere?
I doubt it. A bit of a damp squib, today…
Actually, Sunny, it looks bad for Isaby, who made the post at the Torygraph.
The guy trades on being an insider with access to Tory gossip and made the claim that his source was an insider on the campaign.
Even if he was bullshitting, the relevant section of the act covers statements that are or might reasonably taken to be based in information given by voters, which cover exit polls and tallies taken while verifying postal votes.
Basically he’s hung himself already and the big question now is whether he was spinning a yarn or whether he did get a tip from the inside of the Lit campaign.
I suppose if the bobbies check the actual results, and they happen to tally with Isaby’s post…
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Story emerging (www.sikhsangat.com) that someone called Mr Rai has committed suicide. If this is Dr Rai one of the candidates, do the rules allow the election to carry on in Ealing Southall.
The suicide-rumour comment above has been posted verbatim to several weblogs this morning and I for one would like to know who’s behind it.
Southall Zindabaad !!
What a demented by-election.
Jagdeep, winner of the 2007 Understatement Award!
Apologies for the stupid, senseless and downright irresponsible behaviour of my schizophrenic son Anil. He’ll be washing dishes for a week now.
ctlly gt (grp) -mld t hlp cnvss n tht (lctrl) snke-pt. H! My mmm ddn’t rs n fls.
Dr Rai, the candidate of the ‘visible Sikh’ minority, got 275 votes – a truly pathetic total in the circumstances.