Lib Dem Camden Mayor arrested
posted by Luke Akehurst at 1:01 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
5 Comments:
I wonder if he is mates with this former councillor Suresh Kumar from Redbridge who asked for £10,000 in bribes to influence planning decisions. He has been sentenced to 12 months in gaol after a two month trial.
1:52 pm, January 26, 2010
Apparently, Cllr Ansari has now decided to step down as Mayor (though not as a councillor) while he fights to clear his name.
This wasn't mentioned in the Lib Dem's original statement last night. Taking that statement at face value, in the first instance he didn't offer to relinquish the Mayoralty, at least for the interim), nor was pressure brought to bear from the LD leadership for him to do so.
Obviously, Cllr Ansari is innocent until proven guilty, but given the high esteem in which the office of Mayor is held across Camden (not least by the charities the Mayor chooses each year), I would have thought the automatic response would be to protect its reputation by stepping back from the role immediately. Surely it couldn't be the case that the Lib Dems place more importance on membership of their group than protecting the tradition and office of the Mayoralty.
2:26 pm, January 26, 2010
With all due respect we know the Lib/Dems are a bunch of generic fraudsters, but the Mayor of Camden has allegations and has not been found guilty! If he is a Free Mason then he will get off any charges!
Luke has he been to your Lodge for support yet?
3:29 pm, January 26, 2010
Mind you, the same thing happened here in Sefton with a Labour mayor a couple of years back
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7125046.stm
11:10 am, January 28, 2010
The corrupt politicians on Hackney Council are so much more effective at covering their tracks!
1:12 pm, February 01, 2010
Post a Comment
<< Home