The man who claimed that New Labour had ‘sexed up’ the dossier on the threat possed to the United Kingdom by Sadam Hussain’s Iraq is being quoted by Yasmin Qureshi on her most recent campaign material. Andrew Gilligan was writing in Friday 29th Evening Standard. I picked up the most recent flyer - literally, there were some floating around the platform at Kilburn, Jubilee Line - in the early evening on Friday....
I commented that there would be more on the Labour Party Brent East News ‘Delivering For You’. One thing I noticed was that Tony (Blair not Benn) doesn’t feature on the campaign material. There are three photos of Ken ‘Red’ Livingstone - Labours prodigal son - and a photo of Tony Benn (Old ‘Old Labour’ - sorry Tony) in that upright but slightly reclined pose that he does so well. Another Old Labour party member, Diane Abbot, is quoted in support of Yasmin....
More campaign materials from Sarah Teather. And George ‘Rainbow’ Weiss’s Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket Preferendum. More photo analysis of Brent East News. And a rumor of Team:Yasmin in Queen’s Park Café this lunch time… later…
What else is there to notice about Brent East News ‘Delivering for YOU’… I read the whole of the Ken Livingstone interview on the London Labour Party website. Campaigning in Brent East with Yasmin Qureshi Ken said:“I am delighted that my first election visit is in my old seat of Brent East, where human rights campaigner Yasmin Qureshi is in pole position to become Britain’s first ever Asian woman.” The ‘round robin’ makes four mentions of Yasmin’s ethnicity and gender....
I picked up a copy of Brent East News published by Yasmin and the BE Labour Party when in Queen’s Park on Monday. Under the headline ‘Delivering for You’ there is a photo of three police officers with a caption ‘Brent now has more than fifty extra police officers’. Fifty Extra Police on Brent streetsYasmin Qureshi’s police, beating round the bush. Fifty extra police officers! Shame that three of the fifty extra police officers in Brent East are on walkabout in Shepherds Bush....