Poll: London mayor stuff

[Tunney]

He's also a man who has attended a rally with extremists, shared a platform with known extremists and has been linked with extremist organisations like Cage. Doesn't his family also have links to extremists?

Attempts to link Sadiq Khan to extremism are nothing more than a smear campaign. It's the worst kind of divisive, negative campaigning.

Let's take a look at Khan's 'links' to extremists:

Tories have highlighted that Khan campaigned against Babar Ahmad's (someone the US accused of links to terrorism) detention without charge and extradition. They don't mention that Zac Goldsmith did exactly the same thing.

David Cameron pointed out at PMQs that Khan shared a stage with alleged IS supporter Suliman Gani. What Cameron didn't mention is that Suliman Gani gave the Tories support in (unsuccessfully) removing Khan as MP for Tooting at the last election. He also failed to mention that Zac Goldsmith has been photographed with Gani.

I feel sorry for anyone who falls for this nonsense.

 

[McBain]

Attempts to link Sadiq Khan to extremism are nothing more than a smear campaign. It's the worst kind of divisive, negative campaigning.

Let's take a look at Khan's 'links' to extremists:

Tories have highlighted that Khan campaigned against Babar Ahmad's (someone the US accused of links to terrorism) detention without charge and extradition. They don't mention that Zac Goldsmith did exactly the same thing.

David Cameron pointed out at PMQs that Khan shared a stage with alleged IS supporter Suliman Gani. What Cameron didn't mention is that Suliman Gani gave the Tories support in (unsuccessfully) removing Khan as MP for Tooting at the last election. He also failed to mention that Zac Goldsmith has been photographed with Gani.

I feel sorry for anyone who falls for this nonsense.

Well, I wouldn't vote for Goldsmith either so 'smearing' him won't make any difference to me.

Let's not forget that Babar Ahmed admitted terrorist activity. Yet he still criticised the extradition, surely he should be criticising his so called 'childhood friend' for being a terrorist instead? I don't seem to see anything to that effect out there.

Wasn't his sister married to a hate preacher?

Sharing the platform with Gani, was it 9 times Carmeron said?

How about defending Dr Azam Tamimi's comments during a rally, which he attended, about how the world will basically burn for making comics about Allah (or something to that effect)? I'm sure he brushed the comments off as the speaker getting carried away or some garbage like that.

I feel sorry for anyone voting Khan in, best case scenario is he has had multiple errors of judgement, worst case scenario he's a terrorist sympathiser.

 

[gjrc]

Well, I wouldn't vote for Goldsmith either so 'smearing' him won't make any difference to me.

Let's not forget that Babar Ahmed admitted terrorist activity. Yet he still criticises the extradition, surely he should be criticising his so called 'childhood friend' for being a terrorist instead.

Wasn't his sister married to a hate preacher?

Sharing the platform with Gani, was it 9 times Carmeron said?

How about defending Dr Azam Tamimi's comments during a rally, which he attended, about how the world will basically burn for making comics about Allah (or something to that effect)? I'm sure he brushed the comments off as the speaker getting carried away or some garbage like that.

I feel sorry for anyone voting Khan in, best case scenario is he has had multiple errors of judgement, worst case scenario he's a Corbyn sympathiser.

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[McBain]

I think that's already a given

 

[Tunney]

I feel sorry for anyone voting Khan in, best case scenario is he has had multiple errors of judgement, worst case scenario he's a terrorist sympathiser.

Would you accuse Zac Goldsmith of being a terrorist sympathiser for opposing Babar Ahmed's detention without charge and extradition?

 

[McBain]

Would you accuse Zac Goldsmith of being a terrorist sympathiser for opposing Babar Ahmed's detention without charge and extradition?

On that point alone? No.

For the record i'm not saying that Khan is either, i'm saying that from what I've read it's at least a possibility isn't it?

I wouldn't vote for Khan primarily because = Labour.

 

[krooton]

As per usual, not bothering, as they all suck

 

[dl8860]

I'm really struggling to be bothered about this one, it feels like Khan is probably most deserving and would be the progressive choice, but I don't really like him. Don't like Goldsmith either though

 

[Tunney]

For the record i'm not saying that Khan is either, i'm saying that from what I've read it's at least a possibility isn't it?

Given Khan's voting record, it's clear that he's not a terrorist sympathiser. There's far more credible lines of attack if you want to criticise him.

 

[eatcustard]

If I lived in skankland, I would vote the UKIP chap

 

[Tute]

I still want to know who wins out of the superglue and non-stick pan. It sounds far more interesting than deciding who becomes Mayor of London, also known as "which limb shall I saw off, sir".

I joined Labour in 1997 because it had shown it could be trusted with the economy.

Got a good laugh off this though.

 

[datalol-jack]

The list reads like a bad line-up for Britain's Got Talent. What happened to the Monster Ravers?

 

[Mynight]

The list reads like a bad line-up for Britain's Got Talent. What happened to the Monster Ravers?

Decided they were too good to sit among that lot.

 

[McBain]

I love the Monster Raving Loony Party, check out some of their past candidates:

R. U. Seerius
Mad Cow-Girl
Bananaman Owen
Hairy Knorm Davidson
Sir Oink A-Lot

And my personal favourite:

Nick The Flying Brick

 

[Sankari]

I'm really struggling to be bothered about this one, it feels like Khan is probably most deserving and would be the progressive choice, but I don't really like him.

He's a community leader, everyone knows him.

 

[datalol-jack]

I wish you could write Parties/People in on the ballot.

Decided they were too good to sit among that lot.

They haven't missed much. Might as well have had a stand-up contest: the debates and the campaign were terribad.

 

[PermaBanned]

Goldsmith has run a terrible campaign based on the concept of attacking others for things you've completely made up, and he's paying the price for it. Don't know what the tories were thinking fielding such a poor candidate, but I'm not complaining.

 

[Tunney]

Goldsmith has run a terrible campaign based on the concept of attacking others for things you've completely made up, and he's paying the price for it. Don't know what the tories were thinking fielding such a poor candidate, but I'm not complaining.

I don't think that Zac Goldsmith is actually a bad candidate. London is only ever going to elect a Tory if they're seen to be socially liberal. He's definitely ticks most of the right boxes.

His problem is that he's hired a terrible campaign team.

 

[danielanthony]

I don't trust anyone with a last name Goldsmith and I certainly don't trust Labour. Green, for me I think.

They have the best housing policies anyway and that's all I care abut.

Good to see a reminder that those on the left side of politics can be just as racist as the BNP.

 

[adolf hamster]

No option for "im not a londoner?"