Councillors, Gurcharan Singh, Manjit Singh, Maninder Kaur Keith, Jarnail Singh Jandu and Jagdish Gupta. In a joint statement the five councillors said,
"It has become increasingly obvious as this by-election campaign has progressed, that the Conservative candidate Tony Lit is the best person to represent Ealing Southall as our next MP. He's energetic, dynamic and displays the kind of qualities that would make him ideally suited to represent the people of Ealing Southall. We wanted to provide him with our backing and joining the Conservative Party sends the clearest possible message.Ealing Southall Labour Party appears to be going into meltdown doesn't it? I wonder how they're by-election chief Tom Watson will be feeling after this news. I guess we can expect comments trashing the five councillors shortly.
Locally since Conservatives took control of Ealing Council in May 2006 we have noticed that they have been making great strides towards trying to improve the quality of life for all our residents. We've finally reached the stage where it has become blatantly obvious that we would be doing own voters a great disservice if we continue to dogmatically stick with a disorganised and divided Labour Party. Our goal is to see genuine improvements for our residents. We believe that the Conservative Party now provides our community with greater opportunities and is genuinely interested in improving services for all.
At a national level we are extremely impressed by David Cameron's modern Conservatives and, with the changes that he has now made, we feel that the Conservative Party now best represents our views. In a sense we believe the Conservatives have become our natural home and we are very excited about the opportunity to play a full part in a Party which we believe is destined to form the next government."
It's not just Labour councillors though. The Independent candidate, Gulbash Singh has also decided to stand aside and endorse Tony Lit as well.
6 comments:
Shall I wait for all the new Tory Councillors to resign their seats and seek new mandates in by-elections...?
Councillors, Gurcharan Singh, Manjit Singh, Maninder Kaur Keith, Jarnail Singh Jandu and Jagdish Gupta plus Gulbash Singh.....
looks more like a racial than a political choice to me.
You might have a point were not all the candidates from the main parties asian
Stand by for a good showing by the Green candidate, as tends to happen when there is a 'non-ethnic' fringe candidate in an 'ethnic minority' seat.
From Clunker's 'nu-improved' (cough cough) to Dave's 'wishy-washy' Tories (enough said).
Lucky Ealing conservatives - got 4 great principled/loyal nu-mumbers there......Enjoy.
PS. Lit will be third I reckon as the campaign is being run half-heartedly in anticipation already.
This "statement" from the five is rather like the one from Q Davies MP in authenticity. These jumpers don't like Lit (who is a loathsome sell out un-turbaned sell out, did I say sell out?, careerist.
None of the parties have picked visible Sikhs and of course as Tom Watson reported the Tories picked one that was utterly invisible under his campaign name.
Ealing comedy.
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