Friday, 27 April 2012

Evening Standard so desperate to keep the Tories in power it defames all of Tower Hamlets


Quoting the headline to the Joe Murphy piece on the Evening Standard Friday 27 April 2012


Tory chief warns of voter fraud links to Ken Livingstone backers

Unquoting the headline to the  Joe Murphy piece on the Evening Standard Friday 27 April 2012

Having read the piece, there is neither any legally verifiable evidence nor any other reasonable proof or even a suggestion that either Ken Livingstone in particular or anyone else in his campaign has been linked with any fraudulent vote whatever.

So the logical and the evidential conclusion must be that you have run a deliberately untrue piece which is likely to mislead at least some potential voters.

That will be a criminal offence if you are taken to court after polling day.
Your publication will almost certainly fa within the category of criminal libel too. especially as you have shown no regard for the incitements to racist hatred that appear as part of your publication albeit as “comments’. That is a  foreseeable consequence of your original  publication.

On  23 April 2012, a mere 4 days ago, the proprietor of the Evening Standard and the Independent wrote as follows:-

“Our libel laws are among the most repressive in the world. Further legislation, particularly the removal of a public interest defence or the introduction of a privacy law, would be disastrous.”

I am now calling on  Mr Evgeny Lebedev to put a halt to what you have been publishing under the supposed cover of freedom of the press. Your latest piece seriously undermines Evgeny Lebedev’s claims, which you can access via the following web page address.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/evgeny-lebedev-levesons-legacy-must-be-to-keep-our-press-free-7670241.html


1534 Hrs GMT London Friday 27 April 2012
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When “Dave” Cameron abused East End venue and repeated untruths for degenerating Society


Updated: 18 February 2011 02:54 | By pa.press.net

PM vows to tackle benefit culture

David Cameron gives a speech on welfare at Toynbee Hall in East London
David Cameron gives a speech on welfare at Toynbee Hall in East London
David Cameron has pledged to do away with Britain's "insidious" benefit culture as he unveiled the most radical shake-up of welfare for a generation.
The Prime Minister said coalition reforms would simplify the system, strip benefits from people who repeatedly turn down job offers, and ensure individuals are only classified as disabled if they really cannot work.
He admitted that the changes would be "painful", but drastic action was necessary because the current provision was not "working".
"Never again will work be the wrong financial choice. Never again will we waste opportunity," he said. "We're finally going to make work pay - especially for the poorest people in society."
However, unions accused the Government of punishing people who could not find jobs, while charities warned that society's most vulnerable would be hardest hit.
Questions were also raised about claims that nobody would be worse off "in cash terms" due to the reforms.
The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has previously estimated that 1.4 million working-age families will lose out - although the research ignored transitional arrangements.
The proposals include replacing nearly all existing benefits with a universal credit - designed to ensure people are always better off when they are employed, and close the loophole where some couples receive more living apart. Those who refuse to take up job offers face losing their handouts for up to three years, and there will be tougher sanctions for fraud.
Mr Cameron also announced moves to tackle the UK's "sicknote culture", pointing out that 300,000 people leave work and claim sickness benefits every year. The Government's national director for health and work, Dame Carol Black, and David Frost, of the British Chambers of Commerce, are to lead a review of the problem.
But ministers have ditched controversial proposals announced in last year's emergency budget to cut housing benefit by 10% for anyone on jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months.


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From the website
http://www.metro.co.uk/film/897479-robert-redford-attacks-david-cameron-at-sundance-london-launch#ixzz1tEyqAemq


Redford has blasted Prime Minister David Cameron for having a 'narrow' view of British film


Robert Redford attacks David Cameron at Sundance London launch

Robert Redford has blasted Prime Minister David Cameron for having a 'narrow' view of British film as he launched Sundance London.

Robert RedfordRobert Redford launches Sundance London (Picture: PA)
The screen legend, 75, was in the capital to promote the UK version of his cult film festival, which is usually based in Utah. 
Asked if he agreed with Cameron's appeal for UK producers to 'try to support more commercially viable pictures', Redford said 'no'. 
He joked: 'That may be why he's in trouble. I don’t want to say it speaks to the man but that view, I think, is a very narrow one, and doesn't speak to the broad category of film makers and artists in the business. And it doesn’t
speak to audiences either.'
Robert Redford, Sundance LondonRobert Redford poses with producer T-Bone Burnett (right) and the Guillemots (Picture: Getty)
Redford explained that he had set up Sundance to expose cinema-goers to films outside of the mainstream. 
He said: 'I started in my career working in large Hollywood films but it didn’t satisfy the need I had for films which where more risky. When we started Sundance it was basically to enlarge the category of film to include those people that might be shut out by the mainstream thinking. There is a hunger for these kinds of film.' 
Sundance London, which kicked off yesterday, is being held at the O2 Arena in Greenwich with 14 films and 8 shorts showing, chosen from January's festival programme in Utah.
The Guillemot, Sundance London The Guillemots perform at Sundance London (Picture: Getty)
Redford appeared on stage last night in discussion with record producer T-Bone Burnett chatting about the relationship between music and movies. 
The talk was chaired by Nick Hornby with music sets from Glen Hansard and indie band the Guillemots. 
Redford revealed he didn't want to include hit song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 
He said: 'The music played a huge role. I didn't see it at the time because I thought it was stupid.


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Aadhikaronline Original diagnosis of the mainstream MEDIA: George Galloway [1]


Aadhikaronline Original diagnosis of the mainstream MEDIA
UPDATED in context on Friday 27 April 2012.

This CONTEXT being the perpetuation of a racist untruth to the effect that George Galloway was somehow

[a] representing “the Muslims” and/or

[b]that he was even a “convert” to Islam.
If the core evidence of G Galloway’s
statements, role and affiliations/s associations over the past say 20 years  is any guide then the most that can be evidentially justifiably said about him with reference to “the Muslims” is that he has come across and demonstrably embraced as his own a mode of quasi-democratic operation for the continuation of  certain usable effects of the British Empire and that he has done so while successfully being allowed access by communities where
the relevant operating sub-democratic outfits have found in G Galloway a plausible image that has been put to use for temporary opportunities for their own linkages and even “branding”.
There have been other involvement too that could come straight from the universally defined traditions of the movements for justice and fairness.
But the “brand” Galloway has had to be  invented every so often especially 
after a setback in the career side.
And that “brand” Galloway has been  most
cost-effectively reconfigured with the availability of  “people without a voice”, “without representation”, “without hope”.
[To be continued]


The 1st Edition 
at 0530 Hrs GMT 
London 
Wednesday 24 January 2007 
The only thing that the world at large has been made aware of about the contribution to politics made by George Galloway is his widely reported stand on Iraq. The second thing, internationally, is that he has almost without exception been described as being not only biased in favour of Muslims but as being excessively biased in favour of Muslims. 
How valid is that perception as based and tested on the evidence of Galloway’s conduct and comments?

AADHIKAR Media Foundation 
Aadhikaronline 
The 1st Edition 
at 0530 Hrs GMT 
London 
Wednesday 24 January 2007 
Breaking news at 0530 GMT Wednesday 24 January 2007 East London [Bethnal Green and Bow] Member of British Parliament, George Galloway, says on BBC News 24 'Muslims hate' his 'Respect' 'party'! Galloway said this in the last sentence of the programme 'Hardtalk' as broadcast at 0455 GMT today, Wednesday 24 January 2007. Interviewed by Stephen Sackur, one of the BBC's 'former' Washington correspondents, who by that description, is a 'journalist' with no record of independent practice free from the White House Pentagon Neo Con line on the world that is battered by that axis.. 
Galloway was asked in the last part of the interview to explain some of the rash comments and stamens that eh had made in the recent past. 
Galloway’s answer contained a detailed list of justifications from his standpoint. He denied that he ever made the most quoted remark about Saddam Hussein. 
He claimed that it was a comment he had made about the 'Iraqi people'. 
Then he was asked about his 'RESPECT' 'party' which was said [by Sackur during the broadcast edition of HARDTALK 24 January 2007] to be full of 'Muslim' 'extremists'. Galloway included the words “extremists” and “Muslim”/”Muslims” in the first part of his reply but failed to do so in the final part as broadcast. He made a negative reference to “Muslims” and Blair in the same last sentence as broadcast! 
Without further clarification, that remark is bound to be treated as a remark that shows that Galloway is hostile to Muslims generally. 
A view that will be examined in the forthcoming commentaries to be published by AADHIKARonline in the near future 
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BBC web site: Jeremy Hunt to hand over emails and texts with aide over Sky bid

From the BBC web site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17867537


Jeremy Hunt to hand over emails and texts with aide over Sky bid

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told reporters he was ''confident'' of being vindicated in the BSkyB row

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Jeremy Hunt has said he will hand over all correspondence with his special adviser over the Sky takeover bid to the Leveson Inquiry amid pressure for a separate probe into his conduct.
The culture secretary said the details would "vindicate" his position that he had acted with "total integrity".
Several Lib Dems have urged a specific inquiry into whether Mr Hunt breached the ministerial code of conduct.
Downing Street has said there are no plans for this to happen.
On Wednesday, Mr Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith resigned over what he admitted was an inappropriately close relationship with News Corporation during its planned takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
Mr Hunt has said he did not know about the extent and tone of the contact between the media giant and Mr Smith - who had allegedly been feeding it inside information.
He insists he had acted impartially throughout, in keeping with what was meant to be his "quasi-judicial" role.
'Disappointing'
But under the ministerial code of conduct, Mr Hunt is responsible for the actions of his special advisers - a fact which has fuelled calls for a separate inquiry into his conduct.

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It is extraordinary that any special adviser should have anything to do with a secretary of state's quasi-judicial role in a matter such as a takeover bid”
Bernard JenkinConservative MP
Shadow Culture Secretary Harriet Harman told the BBC: "The disappointing thing is that the government is using Lord Leveson's inquiry as a big carpet under which they can sweep everything.
"I think the Leveson inquiry is enormously important but it does not relieve...secretaries of state of their obligation to live up to the ministerial code."
She accused Prime Minister David Cameron of "shirking" his responsibilty by throwing everything "into the court of Leveson".
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said No 10 had hinted that Mr Cameron, as the final arbiter of the ministerial code, would judge Mr Hunt's future after he is cross-examined at Leveson and the correspondence with his aide is published.
Mr Hunt said on Friday he would make the information available to the Leveson inquiry into press ethics ahead of his appearance there next month.
"I am confident they will vindicate the position that I handled the BSkyB merger process with total integrity," he told the BBC.
Details of the contact between Mr Smith and News Corp emerged in a series of emails seen by the Leveson Inquiry.
There have been growing calls for the prime minister's independent adviser on ministerial interests, Sir Alex Allan, to investigate whether there has been any breach of the ministerial code.
Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes said he could not understand why the issue was not being referred to the independent watchdog.
Former Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott suggested to Sky News that Mr Hughes' views were widely shared in the party although no government ministers have yet endorsed this view.
'Extraordinary'
Mr Hughes told the BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday: "What I cannot understand is why the matter of the ministerial code of conduct is not something the prime minister immediately should refer to the person who's been given the job to do it.
"Only the prime minister can do that. He has so far, I gather, resisted doing it. I don't think it gets in the way of the Leveson Inquiry and the evidence - it's a separate matter.
"I don't know why he hasn't done it but I would have thought, to give confidence in the system, I hope the prime minister reconsiders his view."
A leading Tory backbencher, Bernard Jenkin - who heads the Commons Public Administration Committee - has said the case should be referred to the PM's watchdog to determine "whether there is a case to answer".
"It is extraordinary that any special adviser should have anything to do with a secretary of state's quasi-judicial role in a matter such as a takeover bid," he said.
Downing Street have said they are sure Mr Hunt had acted properly and it was a matter for the Leveson Inquiry, not a separate investigation.
But The Times reported that Sir Jeremy Heywood had discussed with Sir Brian Leveson - the Judge conducting the inquiry - whether the conduct of Mr Hunt and his special adviser would be addressed in his final report.
The newspaper said sources had told them that it was "perfectly possible" that it would not be included.

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G Galloway certainly has not behaved as a virtuous Muslim would or should behave.....


0850 Hrs GMT
London
Friday
27 April 2012
Editor © Muhammad Haque

The “mainstream” “Media” “treatment” of the Bradford West Parliamentary by-election of March 2012 [http://www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc/government_politics_and_public_administration/democracy_and_elections/Parliamentary_ByElection_29_March_2012], once again proves the vacuity of most “mainstream”  political journalism in the UK today.
This is most acutely shown in the displayed contents of the Daily Mail website which typically devotes a lot more space to the sub-porn or semi-pornographic  images that it could contrive around Jemima Khan than it does to any of the key political issues that affect Society and “Politics”  in the UK today.
No wonder then that the daily mail has got the facts messed up! 
As has the NEW STATESMAN. As indeed has jemima khan whose very strategically utilised  [by the new statesman] “by-line” is at the centre of the “revived row” over George Galloway's status vis a vis the faith of Islam.
It thus becomes necessary [not for the first time!!!] for  the AADHIKAR Media Foundation to put the factual pieces together and to say for the records that whatever George Galloway may claim - or  whatever may be claimed by others - to be George Galloway’s virtues in other areas of life, he certainly has not behaved as a virtuous Muslim would or should behave.
Secondly, he is  on the record as having DISTANCED himself from “the Muslims”, saying that the “Muslims” “hate us”, meaning his “Respect” group!
Thirdly, if Jemima Khan’s information is rock solid and the aforesaid George Galloway had indeed gone through a formal ceremony of “conversion” to “Islam” about 10 years or so ago then the same George Galloway must have gone through several other processes resulting in his statements, more than once on the record that he was not a Muslim and that he was a Catholic. His most widely publicised reference to his being a Catholic occurred in 2006 when he was “debating” against the now deceased Christopher Hitchens in the USA. 
[To be continued]
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AADHIKAR world exclusive: We HAVE proof that the Jemima K "exclusive' claim re G Galloway is, 'at best', dodgy! More at 1000 Hrs GMT today


AADHIKAR world exclusive: We HAVE proof that the Jemima K "exclusive'  claim re G Galloway is, 'at best', dodgy! More at 1000 Hrs GMT today


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From the Daily Mail web site:


Is George Galloway Muslim? Socialite Jemima Khan claims maverick MP converted in secret ceremony more than a decade ago

  • George Galloway denies taking part in the ceremony - but doesn't deny being a Muslim
  • He says article written by Jemima Khan is littered with 'schoolgirl howlers'
  • Politician has always been referred to as Catholic
  • Interview carried out as Mr Galloway ate a halal meal
PUBLISHED: 17:54, 26 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:30, 26 April 2012

George Galloway converted to Islam in a secret ceremony more than a decade ago, socialite Jemima Khan claimed today.
The maverick MP took part in a 'shahadah' conversion, attended by members of the Muslim Association of Great Britain, she said.
Jemima Khan, who herself became a Muslim ahead of her failed marriage to cricketer Imran Khan, claimed she knows someone who attended the event in north-west London in an article in the New Statesman magazine.
But Mr Galloway, who was elected to Parliament as MP for Bradford West in a by-election last month, angrily denied that any ceremony had taken place.
Bradford West MP George Galloway
Jemima Khan
War of words: Jemima Khan, right, wrote that George Galloway, right, converted to Islam in a secret ceremony more than a decade ago. He has denied ever taking part in such a ceremony
However, the four times married 57-year-old refused to deny claims that he is a Muslim.
In the media, Mr Galloway has always been widely referred to as a Catholic.

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In the days before his shock landslide by-election victory last month, a letter - which Mr Galloway denies being behind - went out to voters highlighting his record of support for Palestine, his work for 'the freedom of Kashmir' and his abstention from alcohol.
It added: 'God knows who is a Muslim. And He knows who is not. Instinctively so do you.'
Elected: Bradford West MP George Galloway takes his seat in the House of Commons earlier this month for the first time after winning a by-election
Elected: Bradford West MP George Galloway takes his seat in the House of Commons earlier this month for the first time after winning a by-election
Ms Khan, who interviewed the MP in his new constituency, which has a large Muslim community, started the article: 'George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, is a Muslim.
'He converted more than ten years ago in a ceremony at a hotel in Kilburn, north-west London, attended by members of the Muslim Association of Great Britain.
'Those close to him know this. The rest of the world, including his Muslim constituents, does not.'
Claims: Jemima Khan's allegations were published in the New Statesman magazine today
Claims: Jemima Khan's allegations were published in the New Statesman magazine today
Ms Khan tells Mr Galloway she knows someone 'who attended your shahadah' and says, 'so you converted?'
According to the article he replied: 'I can't answer that. God knows who is a Muslim.'
The interview was carried out as Ms Khan and Mr Galloway ate a halal meal.
When being sworn in as an MP Mr Galloway chose to affirm, rather than make the pledge on a religious text.
He told Ms Khan: 'People ask me this, why did I affirm in Parliament when I swore in?
'The answer is: I had to take an oath of allegiance in which I don't believe, to the Queen and all her heirs and successors, and I have no allegiance to any of them, and I could not possibly swear such a thing on a holy book. 
'So nothing else should be read into the affirmation.'
Mr Galloway claimed today the article was littered with 'deliberate falsehoods' and 'schoolgirl howlers'.
He Tweeted: 'No such ceremony ever happened, in Kilburn or anywhere else.'
In a statement he added: 'The opening paragraph of Jemima Khan's piece in the New Statesman, referring to an alleged conversion ceremony, is totally untrue.
'Moreover I told her it was fallacious when she put it to me. I have never attended any such ceremony in Kilburn, Karachi or Kathmandu.
'It is simply and categorically untrue.'
The New Statesman issued a robust statement in response to Mr Galloway's denial.
A spokeswoman said: 'It is notable that Galloway does not deny being a Muslim convert - and he did not deny it when it was put to him at the time of the interview, which is on tape.
'Contrary to his press release, nor did he deny that the ceremony took place when it was put to him during the interview. This is also on tape.
'Furthermore, he failed to clarify how, by his own admission, he had a 'nikah' (a Muslim marriage ceremony), despite the fact that a non-Muslim man cannot marry a Muslim woman under Islamic law.'
Confusion: George Galloway, pictured outside the Houses of Parliament with his new wife Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, has denied taking part in a Muslim conversion ceremony - but apparently not denied being a Muslim
Confusion: George Galloway, pictured outside the Houses of Parliament with his new wife Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, has denied taking part in a Muslim conversion ceremony - but apparently not denied being a Muslim

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