Experience on the trail of voting fraud in east London

[Streamline]

When I look back on it now what surprises me is how disarmingly polite my attackers were. "What are you doing?" asked one of the two, seemingly inquisitive, Asian teenagers who approached me on a quiet cul-de-sac in Bow, east London, shortly after 1pm yesterday.

 

"There's been a photographer around here, do you know her?" he added. I didn't, but I explained I was a journalist for The Independent looking to speak to a man at an address in the area, who was standing as a candidate in the local elections, about allegations of postal vote fraud. "Can we see your note pad," the boy asked.

 

I declined and then the first punch came – landing straight on my nose, sending blood and tears streaming down my face. Then another. Then another. I tried to protect myself but a fresh crop of attackers – I guess between four and six – joined in. As they knocked me to the ground one of them brought a traffic cone repeatedly down on the back of my head.

 

As their fists and feet slammed into me, all I could think about was some advice a friend had given me. She's a paramedic and has dealt with countless victims of assault. "Whatever you do don't get knocked to the ground," she once said. "Blows on the floor are much more dangerous." It seemed faintly absurd now. "That's easy for you to say," I thought. "How on earth are you meant to stay up?" I don't know how long it lasted – it was probably only a minute – but it was a long minute.

 

The paramedics who treated me told me that they rarely went into the area without a police escort.

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-first-punch-came-landing-on-my-nose-sending-blood-down-my-face-1961464.html

 

 

Oh how times have changed.......

[barny_100]

When the Independent are covering something like this you know it must be a serious issue.

 

The sad thing is it isn't new. The second on-demand postal voting was brought in in 2004 the stories started to leak out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4310965.stm Dozens of cases are linked to over the last 6 years here.

 

Or for a brutally honest assessment:

 

"We've been cheated," said Ayoub Khan, a Lib Dem councillor...He said local bigwigs had come into Asian homes, pressuring voters to cast their postal ballots in front of them - insisting they back Labour. "This is the politics of Pakistan or Bangladesh and they've brought it here," he said.

 

To argue with that statement you'd have to explain what was magic about British soil. If large numbers of people come from countries with high levels of corruption and fraud why would they suddenly stop acting in that manner the second they came here? Especially considering a large percentage live in self segregated areas reinforcing the feeling of "Our areas, our rules".

 

The Independent story indicates that strain of thought isn't going anywhere any time soon:

 

But other Bengalis I know in the area had told me that it was very unusual to have any more than five adults in one house. The households are large, they said, because they have lots of children – not lots of adults.

 

In 15-20 years we might be talking about which areas are not corrupt rather than those that are?

[Br8inend]

When I look back on it now what surprises me is how disarmingly polite my attackers were. "What are you doing?" asked one of the two, seemingly inquisitive, Asian teenagers who approached me on a quiet cul-de-sac in Bow, east London, shortly after 1pm yesterday.

 

"There's been a photographer around here, do you know her?" he added. I didn't, but I explained I was a journalist for The Independent looking to speak to a man at an address in the area, who was standing as a candidate in the local elections, about allegations of postal vote fraud. "Can we see your note pad," the boy asked.

 

I declined and then the first punch came – landing straight on my nose, sending blood and tears streaming down my face. Then another. Then another. I tried to protect myself but a fresh crop of attackers – I guess between four and six – joined in. As they knocked me to the ground one of them brought a traffic cone repeatedly down on the back of my head.

 

As their fists and feet slammed into me, all I could think about was some advice a friend had given me. She's a paramedic and has dealt with countless victims of assault. "Whatever you do don't get knocked to the ground," she once said. "Blows on the floor are much more dangerous." It seemed faintly absurd now. "That's easy for you to say," I thought. "How on earth are you meant to stay up?" I don't know how long it lasted – it was probably only a minute – but it was a long minute.

 

The paramedics who treated me told me that they rarely went into the area without a police escort.

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-first-punch-came-landing-on-my-nose-sending-blood-down-my-face-1961464.html

 

 

Oh how times have changed.......

 

What can you do?. And people claim that there are no ''no go'' areas in the uk. Can you believe such a thing?

Vote B.N.P .

[rubydazzler]

What can you do?. And people claim that there are no ''no go'' areas in the uk. Can you believe such a thing?

Vote B.N.P .

There may be 'no go' areas, or areas where you might not feel totally comfortable, but voting BNP is NOT a sensible answer to that.

 

It's highly unlikely that they'll ever be in a position of influence, not in our lifetimes, at least thank goodness, but most of their ideas none of us would like if they ever were.

 

That reads a bit muddled, it's late and I'm tired, but you get my drift.

 

DON'T vote BNP if you value your liberty.

[eastbank]

looks like labour are in bed...with the islamic extremists...if they are vote rigging to win this election....come on dave save this country...

[nightrider]

When I look back on it now what surprises me is how disarmingly polite my attackers were. "What are you doing?" asked one of the two, seemingly inquisitive, Asian teenagers who approached me on a quiet cul-de-sac in Bow, east London, shortly after 1pm yesterday.

 

"There's been a photographer around here, do you know her?" he added. I didn't, but I explained I was a journalist for The Independent looking to speak to a man at an address in the area, who was standing as a candidate in the local elections, about allegations of postal vote fraud. "Can we see your note pad," the boy asked.

 

I declined and then the first punch came – landing straight on my nose, sending blood and tears streaming down my face. Then another. Then another. I tried to protect myself but a fresh crop of attackers – I guess between four and six – joined in. As they knocked me to the ground one of them brought a traffic cone repeatedly down on the back of my head.

 

As their fists and feet slammed into me, all I could think about was some advice a friend had given me. She's a paramedic and has dealt with countless victims of assault. "Whatever you do don't get knocked to the ground," she once said. "Blows on the floor are much more dangerous." It seemed faintly absurd now. "That's easy for you to say," I thought. "How on earth are you meant to stay up?" I don't know how long it lasted – it was probably only a minute – but it was a long minute.

 

The paramedics who treated me told me that they rarely went into the area without a police escort.

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-first-punch-came-landing-on-my-nose-sending-blood-down-my-face-1961464.html

 

 

Oh how times have changed.......

 

I was reading in another paper a large number of constituencies have ongoing investigations about voting fraud in the national election.

 

This begs the question - what happens if somehow labour gets just enough seats to hang on, including the seats under investigation? Will the other parties take them to court to try and overturn the seats?

[Rupert_Baehr]

Well if they do, no doubt Labour will send some large gentlemen around to the leaders houses to 'Wolfgang' them.

[Rupert_Baehr]

I understand that the Chinese will be ready to step in and help in the event of election fraud or other 'irregularities'.

 

They've built a huge new pharmaceutical factory at Sai Kung, New Territories. It can produce 150 tons of Viagra per hour.

 

That should help the Brits with their election.