Supporters of Bangladesh’s ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina hosted a private event with Labour’s candidate in Holborn & St Pancras along with Labour politicians. It is now polling day and Labour is expecting to win…
On Sunday there was a small campaign gathering for Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali at Namaaste Kitchen on Parkway, Camden. In attendance were Rushanara Ali MP, London Assembly Member Anne Clarke, and Barnet councillor Carrie Reiners. Also present were a number of senior UK Awami League figures, including its current president Jalal Uddin and organisational secretary Abdul Ahad Chowdhury…
Uddin and Chowdhury were among five senior UK Awami League figures reported to have travelled to Delhi in January this year to meet Sheikh Hasina, who has been angling for a return to power in Bangladesh from hiding. They have been keeping busy in London too…
The meeting took place at the restaurant of Sabbir Karim, founder/director of British Bangladeshi Friends of Labour, an organisation set up in 2024. Local sources say he is a close acquaintance of Keir Starmer. Labour MP & former minister Rushanara Ali posted her own photo of the event…
Abdi-Wali spoke at the event. Approximately 10% of the population in Starmer’s old constituency is Bangladeshi…
Awami League figures have long campaigned for Labour in the constituency and Starmer’s links to the party are extensive. Tulip Siddiq, the ex-corruption minister who was charged with corruption in Bangladesh, has been a strong presence on the ground campaign for Abdi-Wali from beginning to end. She is the niece of Sheikh Hasina. Siddiq denies the charges – more court hearings have been set for her in Bangladesh in January…
The relationship of the ex-dictator’s party and the British Labour Party has long been the subject of embarrassment for those who claim that Labour champions human rights internationally. Labour politics is grubby…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”