Thursday 8 May 2008

Want to know how Muslim Politics Work?

And this is where the decisions about who governs some of our cities is made

You do? I thought you might.

You may find this hard to believe but elections in Aston, Birmingham are usually decided on canvassing votes in Kashmir rather than on the streets of Birmingham itself.

Sounds incredible but it is true. But to understand what is happening in Aston, you have to understand how Pakistani and Bangladeshi Politics work and realise that those political practises from those third world countries have been imported into Our sad Country along with the colonisers.
Put simply, extended family and kinship networks, frequently with their origins in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kashmir, are mobilised by political parties to secure the support of hundreds of electors, effectively constituting a block vote. In other words, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
In Aston, two tribes have been at war now for several years and it is a dirty war between Labour and the Liberal Democrats that has been compared to First World War generals grinding each other into the dust in order to win just a few yards of land.

Now much as I enjoyed reading about the dirty deeds played on each other, there is a very serious side that affects us all. Their way of doing things is not Our Way.

Their acceptance of fraud and corruption as being legitimate political practises damages and threatens Our Way of life. We need reform of the voting system with Postal Ballots scrapped except for the elderly and disabled. Even then these postal votes should be examined under a microscope in those parts of the country that have benefited from enrichment.

Anyhow, go have a read of the article. I assure you, you will find it entertaining and educational.

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