At the Labour conference in Manchester, the party’s London regional director, Ken Clark, told me that anyone declaring their support for Lutfur Rahman would have their membership terminated.
At the same conference, although Ken Livingstone sailed close to the wind, he chose his words carefully and urged Helal Abbas’s supporters to place Lutfur second on their ballot papers.
Labour peer Lord Nazir Ahmed, who was last year jailed for two weeks dangerous driving, seems to have been a bit more reckless.
As a commenter on this thread last night has pointed out, the former jailbird appeared at a Lutfur campaign meeting last night in Bethnal Green.
Here’s what he said:
“I’m a Labour peer and for a Labour peer to come and support someone like Lutfur Rahman, I know that I could get into trouble, but…I’ve no hesitation in supporting Lutfur Rahman because he is the best candidate.”
After Lord Ahmed was jailed last year, there was some debate as to whether he would be expelled from the Labour party. However, he still believes he is, the House of Lords website still lists him as one, and so does the Lords information office, which just told me: “Lord Ahmed takes the Labour whip.”
I am waiting for the Labour party press office’s position on the matter. However, just as 11 members were expelled last week, I can’t see how Lord Ahmed can also escape.
Over to Ed Miliband…
Ted it appears that you are out there to get anybody that supports Lutfur? Your biased reporting only proves your credibility as a journalist and what you report will soon have no value. Lord Nazir is a Labour Peer, he was jailed for texting while driving, I agree it was wrong and he has been punished for it, the matter is two years old. The Labour party and the House of Lord is fine to reinstate him but it seems that you now have a problem with him because he happens to come out and support Lutfur. Please let people listen to why he has stood up and judge him for his comments rather then make personal attacks against him. This type of negative reporting and hostility only divides our community.
Ted by you attacking a Labour peer the party may even terminate your new membership. So you should be careful about what you say. Otherwise you will also be marginalised and left out in the cold and everything you say or do will be scrutinised.
E1 Resident – Thanks for the threat and the warning. But before you carry on with your “infamy, infamy” line of thought, perhaps you should listen to Lord A’s own words. He himself says he will “get into trouble’ – and he probably will, because as Harry’s Place points out, the Labour rule book states:
Ted it was not a threat, I appreciated your work when it was neutral and unbiased. Why is everything you recently write is against Lutfur?
Yes, I agree with E1Resident. Ted is orchastrating a campaign against Lutfur Rahman (along side his friend Gilligan) while the Labour party internally is in disarray.
The fact is a large amount of politically motivated propaganda has been waged by particular groupings (Abbas’s camp) within Labour in order to further their power and agenda. They have done this using programmes like Dispatches and the recent slurs against Lutfur Rahman and the dictatorial imposition of Abbas and sacking of Lutfur Rahman. You will find the very people that very Bangladeshi’s appeared on the Dispatches are the ones who are Abbas loyalists and are running around with him around Tower Hamlets campaigning for him. The politics of Tower Hamlets is very dirty and machavellian especially when it comes to the Abbas camp. Ted and Gilligan have fallen into the trap of readily accepting the words of some of the lying politicians in Tower Hamlets.
This is not journalism but politically motivated propaganda and gutter journalism!!
Ted show us one post you have written in the last month that is positive about Lutfur? And show us one post that is negative about Abbas? It seems as if you have now become the new communication officer for TH Labour. I rest my case.
Keep up the good work Ted. Do not listen to puppets of Lutfur.
Let us look at Lutfur’s associates:
1. Shiraj Haq, man benefited from Mela and possibly other businesses
2. Lutfur Rahman Ali, former Assistant Chief Executive of TH. His appointment was dodgy, his work was dodgy as he was moonlighting and his departure was dodgy too. Linked to IFE
3. Abjol Miah – Respect [SOME CONTENT REMOVED FOR LEGAL REASONS] (Lutfur is Respects official candidate endorsed by the NEC (Respect, not Labour)
4 Mahee Ferdous Jalil – Founder Chairman of Channel S, convicted fraudster. His TV Channel is mouth piece of Lutfur & Shiraj. [SOME CONTENT REMOVED FOR LEGAL REASONS]. Mahee was convicted for his criminal activities. His former Managing Director was heading First Solution (disappeared with people’s money),
Shiraj and Mahee jointly promote mela. Mahee’s Channel was fined by ofcom in the past for breaking the electoral rules in the past. His channel is doing the same again, being biased for last 1 year promoting Lutfur and Yes for Mayor.
Is there no justice? Perhaps, the ballot is the only justice. I don’t think ConDems can do it, nor the Green. Helal Abbas is only option to clear the mess of Tower Hamlets.
More dodgy dossier from Abbas supporters?
You lot keep saying “Lutfur is a Respect candidate” even Respect gave their support to Labour when Lutfur was elected with over 400 votes (and Abbas came 3rd place with over 100 votes)? So are you trying to saying Respect and Labour collusion when Lutfur was voted in????
Pathetic nonsense from Abbas supporters!!
If Helal Abbas gets in he will keep supporting his friends in high places and give all the tax payers money away to the Rich Mix centre (which all the other candidates have said they will not give any more funds to it!)
It’s so obvious that this is Cllr Shahed writing undercover comments again, here is what we all know:
1. Mr Shiraj – was a former friend of Shahed and they were both accused of lots of scandals – everybody in the community knows about this.
2. Lutfur Rahman Ali – Sorry, don’t know much about this man.
3. Abjol Miah – Shahed is a former Respect member, a councillor and Abjol was his close mate.
4. Mahee Jalil – This man is supposed to be Shahed’s friend, he even helped him during his election campaign, I wonder what will happen to their relationship now that Shahed is bad mouthing him publicly?
The moral of this comment: Don’t be friends with Cllr Shahed or he will stab you in the back.
Moi Shahed Ali? LOL… you must be desperate to prove some dodgy dossier point? I cant stand Shahed Ali.
Abjol Miah close friend of Shahed? Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about. Abjol has never been a close friend of Shahed, infact Shahed only got to know Abjol when he joined Respect but from what I heard the whole Respect party kept him at a distance from the comments he made! I am sure Ted can be witness to that 😉
Mr. Junior, dont be friends with Abbas’s camp, they will use you and then throw you away… the Machavellian way!!
We need sincere, hard working politicians not feet kissing politicians who siphon off money to their friends who own Rich Mix and some of the businesses under the Mile End yellow bridge!
Junior,
It is utterly unfair for you, whomever you really are, to make statements about me without any substance. As you can see from these words I speak, I am perfectly capable of writing my own letters, comments, emails etc. which I regularly do within various media streams. I have no reason to cloak myself behind various disguises such as Lutfur Rahman who obviously has been collaborating and colludling with Respect for months. I know this to be a fact because he himself stated in writing that a leader/cabinet model was successful for Tower Hamlets and should remain so. Now he states the opposite which does not surprise me at all because that is what liars and hippocrites do!
In response to your four points;
1. I was never a friend of Shiraj, rather his critic for the manner in which he handled the Mela. I have never been accused of scandals so please do feel free to enlighten us?
2. Lutfur Rahman Ali was one of four Assistant Chief Executive’s we employ at the council. His controversial appointment was given when Lutfur Rahman was leader, against the advice of professional headhunters. It is alledged that he was caught ‘Moonlighting’ and subsequently resigned rather than be potentially sacked.
3. Yes I was a former Respect member but saw the true face of the way in which it operates against my ethos therefore I, along with six other councillors and hundreds of members resigned. Abjol was more a colleague than a ‘close mate’ as you incorrectly describe.
4. Mahee Jalil is my friend and I have never bad mouthed him. I believe he has made a huge contribution to our community in many ways but obviously, our politics do not agree with each other. No doubt we shall continue to be friends when Cllr. Helal Abbas is duly elected the first Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets on 21 October, just as he was duly elected as leader fo the council as the first ever person of Bangladeshi origin, Insha-Allah.
Finally, I hope the ‘stab’ remark is not supposed to be a sick joke as I was actually the victim of a serious stabbing incident in 2005.
That is really incorrect and unfair, HELAL ABBAS instigated and created this mess, it was Abbas and his dodgy dossier against his own former colleague that led to this huge divide in the Labour party. He came third in the selection so it should have been John Biggs .
So many councillors have walked out because of this injustice. Helal Abbas will have this stain and guilt which he has to live with for the rest of his life. He will never be the people’s Mayor because he came by the back door.
Labour party’s reputation has been seriously damaged by Abbas and Rushanara Ali’s personal problems with Cllr Lutfur. The Labour party is a major mess at the moment. I would say just vote John Griffith and Lutfur Rahman, both are nice guys, very strong leaders and competent.
Its not like as if Nazir murdered or killed someone? All he did was a stupid thing of texting while driving. Does that amount to some massive wrong?
Yes it is a massive wrong. The man went to jail, there were no mitigating circumstances. As someone who needs all his concentration to send texts while sitting on the bus, I consider Nazir Ahmed an utter idiot. He and the Lutfurites deserve it other.
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Evict Lutfur from where and why? How cheap is that, the man is only standing to serve the people of this borough, if you don’t like him then don’t vote for him but don’t resort to this type of behaviour.
Lutfur still is a Labour man, who cares what some silly politicians say, he holds Labour values. So please no more personal attacks.
It’s so obvious that this is Cllr Shahed writing undercover comments again, here is what we all know:
1. Mr Shiraj – was a former friend of Shahed and they were both accused of lots of scandals – everybody in the community knows about this.
2. Lutfur Rahman Ali – Sorry, don’t know much about this man.
3. Abjol Miah – Shahed is a former Respect member, a councillor and Abjol was his close mate.
4. Mahee Jalil – This man is supposed to be Shahed’s friend, he even helped him during his election campaign, I wonder what will happen to their relationship now that Shahed is bad mouthing him publicly?
The moral of this comment: Don’t be friends with Cllr Shahed or he will stab you in the back.
Moi Shahed Ali? LOL… you must be desperate to prove some dodgy dossier point? I cant stand Shahed Ali.
Abjol Miah close friend of Shahed? Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about. Abjol has never been a close friend of Shahed, infact Shahed only got to know Abjol when he joined Respect but from what I heard the whole Respect party kept him at a distance from the comments he made! I am sure Ted can be witness to that 😉
Mr. Junior, dont be friends with Abbas’s camp, they will use you and then throw you away… the Machavellian way!!
We need sincere, hard working politicians not feet kissing politicians who siphon off money to their friends who own Rich Mix and some of the businesses under the Mile End yellow bridge!
(SINCE YOU DID TWO COMMENTS I RESPOND WITH 2!)
He’s expelled. He expelled himself. So he doesn’t need to be expelled by the party.
If anybody has watched the Bangla TV interview with Abbas, he has shockingly made a racist blunder against the African community, he said ‘we did not come to this country with African culture we know how to behave’. This is on record and copies of it has been sent to the Labour Party Executive community as well the standard panel.
Ted you are welcome to get a copy from Bangla TV (it was a one to one interview with Urmi 7.30pm on Tuesday 5th October), lets see how you report that. This will be a major disaster. If they give you an edited copy, contact me and as I have recorded it and will be happy to pass that on to you. Just let me know or I can post it on youtube.
So Dan after knowing that, will you still be supporting Abbas?
Aktar please post it on YouTube and let everyone know the link! This needs to be out every where… especially for Gilligan and Ted, let us see how they both react to this and see if they write a negative story!
“We do not come to this this country with African culture, we know how to behave”
Are we sure this isn’t yet another of those Bangladeshi proverbs that doesn’t translate to well out of the original Sylheti?
E1 resident,
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say about Ted’s motives, but at least he allows you to make comments, unlike the film above. On the Lutfur4Mayor Youtube channel comments are disabled.
Why would a “democratic” man like Lutfur Rahman be so worried about comments that they are disallowed?
Very strange compared to what he says he stands for.
Dan, personal promotion websites do not equate to democracy being destroyed. Its a personal website for personal promotion not an election for God sake!
Maybe you should tackle the dictatorship in Labour party and the undemocractic election of Abbas who only got around 100 votes (3rd place) and Lutfur got over 400. Stop shooting yourself in the foot and stand up against injustice.
Unbelieveable how these Labour lot redefine democracy for their own political gains not for what it truly is!
The nasty Dan is back! Guess what it’s another attack on Lutfur. There are three other candidates Dan, don’t be so personal it’s only an election and the best man will win.
Ted, I notice you are deleting my comments which are within your house keeping rules? Is it because they are pro Lutfur comments?
Comments made by Evict Lutfur has been made by Cllr Shahed Ali, the former Respect councillor and a good friend of Abjol Miah.
Talking rubbish again? Promoting rubbish? You really dont know what you are talking about. Shahed was kept at a distance by Respect with his sly remarks and constant attacks on Respect even when he was in Respect. Do you seriously think he was a close friend of Abjol?
I cant believe the sort of pathetic comments Abbas supporters make these days… first it is Dan now it is this person! Bunch of jokers these Abbas supporters. Desperatation at their best/worst (how ever you see it)!!
I suspect that Lord Nazir Ahmed, who is a busted flush as far as Labour is concerned, has jumped before he was pushed. He clearly didn’t have much of a future under Ed Miliband.
Clearly he is an opportunist, jumping on the Lutfur Rahman bandwagon just as the wheels came off his own. The same can be said of Respect who backed LR rather than come a poor fourth in the poll. In fact I can’t think of anyone on the Rahman team who isn’t opportunistic. including the candidate.
To be fair, Lord Ahmed may have a criminal conviction, but I think if its anyone who deserves to be banished from politics, its… you guessed it… Lord Ashcroft.
PWE Ingham (possibly Dan McCurry, cllr. Shahed Ali or cllr Bill Turner – all proven major opportunists),
Dan – his been with everybody, serious liability.
Cllr. Shahed – first Respect, then John Biggs, then Lutfur and now Abbas. Who next?
Cllr Bill Turner – nobody wants him, just a liability.
The so called Mr Ingham, what’s your motive then? Is this how Abbas wants to unite the East End, not with you people like you behind him.
Tower Hamlets voters beware of these divisive characters, their agenda is always to divide the community.
E1 Resident: you clearly have not been following my posts to Ted Jeory’s blog. If you did you would know that I am not supporting either of the Labour candidates; not Hellal Dee or Lutfur Dum. Also I am a real person, unlike most of the trolls and glove-puppets posting here. Incidentally since you are claiming to be a Tower Hamlets resident, I am slightly hurt you don’t recognise me. I’m not famous, but I have been around for a long time.
One for a particular group another rule for the rest.
So no one cares about LORD ARCHER and his 4 year sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice, but Lord Nazir becomes targetted for is 2 week jail term sentence..
AGAIN… one rule for some and another rule for others…
this is seriously getting boring
I just heard from a good source that senior Tories are planning to instruct Tower Hamlets Tories to give their seconds votes to Cllr Lutfur. If Cllr Lutfur wins then the Tories will have a major share of the cabinet. This could be a serious blow for Abbas. It’s not looking good for Abbas. Cllr Peter Golds could be the Deputy Mayor, even Lib Dems Cllr Eaton will be getting a cabinet. Can’t blame them, a real good oportunity for them to be in power. It’s also good to have a change.
Peter Golds and Stephanie Eaton have both categorically denied any deal or anything even remotely approaching a deal with Lutfur Rahman. They tell me that second preference votes are a matter for individual voters.
Aktar, I can see pigs fying at yor comments of Peter Golds as deputy under Lutfur, I think he will shoot himself first. the only Tories your probably thinking of the bangladeshis. Zakir khan and Anwara Ali, both failed in the elections didnt they,and no one knows what party they represent
Aktar, PG will NEVER become deputy mayor under Lutfur Rahman. So your source is very wrong.
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Even by fleeing to the UK it seems we can’t get away from low class Bengali sola-fira. We are doing politics mirroring the type in Bangladesh and worshipping criminals who are good at car insurance fraud. All these Deshis who married our girls for the red passport are to blame. I say repatriate them quickly.
Having actually taken some time out to read all of the above I am disgusted at the way British Democracy is used for doing village politics. What is the matter with all of you? Do you have no shame in the way you interact with each other. This is so typical of Bangladeshi village behaviour. Some of us have left that kind of life to better ourselves. It seems some of us have not. I am so glad I moved away from Tower Hamlets.