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The Mushroom 3 Dec 10
So it’s the fault of the 'others'
That’s the verdict of Mike Bird on electoral fraud by Conservative Party members in Walsall. Mike’s amazing conclusion was aired on the BBC WM’s Drivetime programme on Thursday.
Walsall council leader’s attempt to side step a Labour call for David Cameron to investigate a number of suspected, and actual, vote rigging cases lead to a claim that there was a problem.
But faced with the fact the Ali Munir, son of Conservative Councillor Mohammed Munir, had pleaded guilty to vote rigging Mike’s response was shift the blame onto an entire community…
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Nige Come the Revolution 3 Dec 10
So Qatar – will be fun to watch football played at walking pace in 40 degrees, no football stadiums, no hotels, no roads, no alcohol – the perfect place!
And first of all, Mother Russia – no great surprise there…
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Express & Star 3 Dec 10
Calls were today made for an investigation into vote rigging at Walsall Council after a Tory party member and son of a councillor was locked up for electoral fraud.
Ali Hayder Munir, who was today expelled from the Conservative party, was jailed for three months after admitting two charges of making false applications for proxy votes…
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The Mushroom 1 Dec 10
The conviction of Ali Munir, businessman and Tory Party member, for electoral fraud is very worrying. He is the son of Palfrey councillor Mohammed Munir, who was cleared of similar charges in September after telling the court that he had unknowingly filled in forms for 11 illegal immigrants to register them as voters. He was found not guilty and Cllr Munir is innocent.
Not so his son whose crimes relates back to the May 2008 election when his father was elected. Ali Munir pleaded guilty to trying to obtain proxy votes which would have allowed him to have cast other people’s vote at a polling station. But yet a third Tory was arrested in other allegations of vote rigging…
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B'ham Post 1 Dec 10
The son of a Tory councillor who forged proxy votes in a bid to help his father in an election has been jailed for three months.
Ali Munir, of Thorpe Road, Caldmore, Walsall, pleaded guilty to two charges of applying for a proxy vote as some other person, at Birmingham Crown Court.
The 30 year-old’s father, Mohammed Munir, was standing for election on Walsall Council and was previously cleared of 11 charges after a two day trial at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court…
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BrownhillsBob 10 Nov 10
Something odd is happening at the moment. I’m not sure quite what’s going on, but it’s very interesting and I think it might be positive. It seems the Cabinet – those leading Walsall Council – have become aware of the adverse publicity they seem to be creating out here in cyberspace.
Normally exhibiting the sensitivity and tact of the Coventry Blitz, our esteemed senior councillors seem to be all about reversals at the moment. Firstly, not a month since they sternly announced that the lower orders would have to pay for their car parking on Remembrance Sunday (whilst dignitaries were to be provided with free parking), seemingly blind to the brouhaha of the year before, our benevolent burghers have relented and opted for a genuine freeforall instead…
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Cllr Ian Shires 9 Nov 10
Last night’s full meeting of Walsall Council saw the controlling Tory administration doing an about turn on the proposals to increase councillors’ allowances.
The Tories, forced into a corner by public rage, reluctantly moved a motion thanking the Independent Remuneration Panel for their work in producing the report but agreeing to defer any action regarding the level of allowances until the review date in 12 months time….
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The Plastic Hippo 7 Nov 10
What better way to enjoy Saturday morning brunch than to gather around the radio-gramme to benefit from the wise words of our avuncular council leader Mike Bird.
In difficult times it is reassuring to hear comforting oratory and determined leadership in the tradition of a Churchill speech or a Roosevelt fireside chat. Following the unfortunate destruction of the kitchen radio a couple of Sundays ago when listening to Little Michael Gove, hammers, shoes, cricket bats and other heavy objects were removed as a precaution…
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The Mushroom 6 Nov 10
Listened to Radio WM this morning and had the pleasure of hearing Mike Bird eat crow over the pay rise to cabinet members he was so enthusiastically supporting last week.
Mike had to admit the proposal had been thrown out by his group at a closed meeting on Friday evening of Tory councillors…
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Pheasey Park Farm Labour 6 Nov 10
On Adrian Goldberg’s BBC Radio WM show, Walsall Council leader Mike Bird confirmed that on Friday night the Tory group bowed to the obvious public pressure and delayed any decision on pay rises until next year.
He tried to make out this was due to their own thoughts and of course nothing to do with the Labour, public and blogsphere pressure. Tim Oliver, leader of the labour group was also on and laughed this off as the obvious typical Bird bluster it was…