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Sorry Garinda but the implication is there

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We'll have to agree to disagree.

All the information I've seen refered to the high number of proxy votes cast in that ward. No councillor was named as being responsible for this discrepency. Therefore there is no one who is owed an appology, in my opinion.

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agree it was the correct thing to do, investigate irregularites which without doubt there were, so none were proven, so why should anyone have to apologise?

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I'd only be demanding an appology from any councillor who knew that there appeared to be suspicious voting patterns, and who hadn't demanded a full investigation.

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Sorry but if the allegations have been investigated and no vote rigging has been found why is there no need for an apology? Mud sticks and I'm sure the person who won the seat is the one who all the mud was flung at!!!

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There is bound to be diferences in voting paterns as this government have encouraged more and more people to use postal and proxy voting, without the regerous checks that there used to be. In the pst a PV for sickness had to be endoresed by a front line nurse or GP, for work purposes your boss had to sign, there were numerous different forms for different purposes, but know there is only one fits all. So there are pluses an minuses with everything and voting paterns are bound to change respectively

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The difference being some councillors want it to be investigated by the police and say no more, others jump the gun and scream fraud.

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You are right. The highest number of complaints in Central Ward were made by Allah Dad about Tariq Ali (Labour). Allah Dad also made the first lot of complaints according to the police. He also described claims against him as malicious counter claims.

Now he is in the paper having made the most allegations, wanting an apology. Your Party Andrew should be ashamed of itself.

I'll throw another nugget in whilst your here. Barnfield where you happily canvassed. 50 Proxy votes and the Labour Party fought no campaign and didn't knock on a door. So not us!

Peel Ward - 3 proxy votes - where I was lucky enough to win. Church where Joan Smith a colleague won - 1 proxy vote. Rishton, a massive ward where Harry Grayson won, 10 proxy votes....

I understand why personally you want to attack me all the time Andrew.

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What has Barnfield ward got to do with this? I used a proxy vote, it is mine and others democratic right to partake in elections no matter where we put the cross on the ballot paper. Are you making yet more accusations?

There is no doubt that suspected fraud must be reported and investigated. All I heard from Allah Dad was:

Like I say, some councillors scream fraud, others accept that a police investigation is being carried out.

You're travelling down a very rocky path if you are suggesting that the four month police investigation that proved there was no irregularities, actually came to the wrong conclusion.

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it seems to me fraud was commited but the fraudster has been protected by people refusing to speak so the police couldnt find any evidence due to been met by a wall of scilence as it was put earlier in this thread. Theres plenty of guilty criminals walking the streets because the police couldnt find enough evidence so the police not finding enough evidence dosnt make someone innocent it just makes them lucky

somthing dodgy was going on or suspicions wouldnt have been raised and the police certainly wouldnt have investigated if there was no evident reason to but there was enough suspicion to look so they did

most polotitions are crooked, the only difference is some get caught and some dont

thats my assumption from thsi thread anyway :-)

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thats oh so true, in many sections of life. the fact that many complaints in central ward were made by the opposition, a fact some seem to ignore, makes their posts "Naive" at best, downright lies at worst. the police tend to investigate " Nowt" without good cause, everyone knows that i'm sure, fer people to ignore that fact shows their true colours.:(

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They wont stop at anything.The Packistani flag flying over the town hall is the goal and the Brit do gooders who are not in touch with real asian views are unintentionally destroying the fabric of British society to the laughter of the foreigner.When in Rome.