More Hounslow Labour shenanigans
An interesting item came up at the Heston and Cranford Area Forum last Thursday.Apparently last year a former Labour councillor was accused of sending pornographic images from his mobile telephone to the Imam of Heathrow Jamia Masjid who reported the matter to the police, the Leader of the Council and the borough's two MPs Seema Malhotra and Ruth Cadbury.The ex-councillor denied the allegation but was suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation. His hearing took place last week and he presented in his defence a long letter from Councillor Colin Ellar, former Leader of the Council, who I'm told pointed out the Imam's links to and active support for the local Conservative Party.What was particularly interesting about Councillor Ellar's letter though was that it contained a very personal attack upon a current fellow Labour councillor, Nisar Malik, whom he accused of having manipulated events and whom he described as "devious" and "corrupt". Not very comradely behaviour towards a fellow elected representative and party colleague, to put it mildly!The outcome, apparently, was that the Labour Party found in favour of the ex-councillor and lifted his suspension, which will enable him to stand at next year's local council elections as I understand he intends to do. This infuriated the Imam, who as a consequence robustly lobbied last week's meeting of the Area Forum on the matter, despite the best efforts of Labour members there to deny him a hearing.The police have now reopened their investigation.
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