Finally a Labour reply

Murad QureshiTo complete the round up of replies, a member of the Labour party has finally got a staffer to reply for them and follow the same line as the piss poor local Tories – “If the courts say it’s ok then nothing to worry about”. Anyway here’s the reply.

“Dear A. Voter

Thank you for contacting me about this issue which is obviously extremely important to you. I am fully supportive of freedom of speech within the parameters of the law. The case you mention has been the subject of a due legal process and therefore I support this.

The work of the London Assembly is to scrutinise the activities of the Mayor, including his policies on transport, crime and the environment in London. You can read further about the role of the Mayor and the London Assembly by clicking on the following links:

http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor

http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/the-london-assembly/about-london-assembly

Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about any local or London-wide issues, which I or one of my colleagues on the London Assembly Labour Group would be happy to help you with.

Nikki Salih
Assistant to Murad Qureshi AM

Syed Kamal Tory MEP gives hope

Syed Kamall - bloody good cuntAfter the rather poor replies from the Local Tory’s, who I’m sure were not in the least bit afflicted with conflicts of interest or being worried about ruffling local feathers in way that might affect their political carriers, a direct and excellent response from Tory MEP Syed Kamal. Which is all the more welcome after MEP Marina “Couldn’t possibly comment”. Mind for the party as a whole 1 out of 4 isn’t doing that great. Still here’s the gem of a reply.

“Dear A. Voter,
Thank you for your email and for bringing this story to my attention.

I believe that people should be free to say what they want however offensive, as long as they do not advocate violence or physical attacks on other people or their property.

Regards,
Syed

SYED KAMALL
Conservative MEP for London
www.syedkamall.com

Jenny Jones – green mayoral candidate replies

Jenny - party reply - JonesSo far Jenny Jones’ team are the only Mayoral candidate to reply to me, obviously they’ve all been terribly busy with the campaign but you’d have hoped the larger parties could have found some intern to send a bland response, but then they didn’t make it easy to contact them in the first place.

Not as robust a reply as I received from UKIP but not bad and at least as a Moyral candidate they did at least reply which is better than any of the others.

“Hi A Voter,

Thanks for this. We discussed at our team meeting. While we agree that everyone should be protected from harassment and menacing behaviour, the Green Party also believes in the principle of free speech. Whilst the conviction is the decision of the courts, we must be vigilant that restraining orders such as these do not impact on freedom of expression and proper political discussion.

Hope that’s useful.”