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Keith Vaz

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Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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Until I posted this, the order of the threads read...

 

Terrorist Attacks

Keith Vaz

Let's Have a TV Show Thread.

 

 

I've only gone and ruined it :(

 

Parafox

Parafox

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7 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Is this quite a recent image of Vaz and the Houses of Commons speaker?.

Saw it as a recommended image from Google.

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Is that when he refused to stand for the national anthem?

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Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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47 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Is that when he refused to stand for the national anthem?

Yeah, him and everyone around him... brown-noses!

Guest MattP

Guest MattP

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1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Is that when he refused to stand for the national anthem?

That was typical Facebook fake news - picture was taken at a different time.

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davieG

davieG

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/keith-vaz-running-leicester-east-9326705

 

Keith Vaz running for Leicester East MP seat he held for 32 years
'Leicester East needs someone with extensive experience'


ByHannah RichardsonLocal Democracy Reporter
08:13, 7 JUN 2024

 


Former Leicester East MP Keith Vaz is running for his old seat in the General Election. Mr Vaz today announced his candidacy for the seat, challenging his successor Claudia Webbe.

Mr Vaz, who served as a Leicester Labour MP for 32 years, retired from Parliament after offering to get drugs for prostitutes. It was recommended by other MPs on the Commons Standards Committee that he be suspended from the Commons for six months because his scandal had caused “significant damage” to the reputation of the House of Commons.

He will be running on behalf of the city’s newest party, One Leicester. The party was set up by former assistant mayor Rita Patel after she was suspended from Labour along with three other councillors over their attempt to scrap the mayor’s office through a vote at a council meeting. City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby won the vote and shortly after secured his fourth term in the role when the city went to the polls last May.

 

Declaring his intention to run, Mr Vaz said: “It was the greatest privilege of my life to serve as MP for Leicester East for over three decades. I absolutely love Leicester. Today, I am shocked with what I see. Despite so many opportunities, Leicester is unrecognisable, and on the edge of bankruptcy.

"Many people have urged me to stand again. When I was formally asked to stand by One Leicester, it felt the right thing to do - to join them in putting Leicester first and party politics second.

"My job has always been to listen, to act and to get things done. This is what I intend to do for local people.

“When elected, I will donate my MP’s salary to charity for local good causes and ensure more time is given to constituents by setting up the first ever seven-day-a-week MP’s Office.”

Ms Patel added: "At this critical time, Leicester East needs someone with extensive experience, dedication and a strong voice who will fight for residents. Keith has been, and still is, a strong advocate for Leicester for over 35 years.

"I cannot think of anyone better suited to be picking up the pieces of our unrecognisable City and help make it the best it can be. He has always worked hard for local people and I am sure that they will show their support on July 4.”

Also vying for the seat are Rajesh Agrawal for Labour , Zuffar Haq for the Liberal Democrats , Mags Lewis for the Green Party , Shivani Raja for the Conservatives and Raj Solanki for Reform UK and Claudia Webbe as an Independent .

You can find a list of the candidates who have so far declared they are standing here. A breakdown of the changes to constituencies can be found here.

 

Guest Lako42

Guest Lako42

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The amount of utter scumbags in this game is enough to make you want to cry. 

 

How this cockroach can be allowed to even run again is beyond me. 

 

 

Plus he's a complete creep who makes my skin crawl. No doubt he'll be back down the KP as a VIP soon. 

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Raj

Raj

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Claudia Webbe wasnt much better was she?

Vaz knows he will walk it with the Leicester east for the asian vote, unfortunately some of them still think the sun shines out of his anusol.

David Hankey

David Hankey

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Absolutely unbelievable news that Vaz is standing.

 

I hope folk will remember this discredited and disgraced former politician, however, some idiots will vote for him.

Guest Lako42

Guest Lako42

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16 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Absolutely unbelievable news that Vaz is standing.

 

I hope folk will remember this discredited and disgraced former politician, however, some idiots will vote for him.

They will remember and they will still vote for him, because people are thick as shit and have little self respect. 

 

Please rule over me disgraced overlord 

Free Falling Foxes

Free Falling Foxes

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21 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

They will remember and they will still vote for him, because people are thick as shit and have little self respect. 

 

Please rule over me disgraced overlord 

I worked with several Asian fellows and everyone of them claimed to despise him.

One was openly critical of him, so you can imagine my surprise when I spotted a Keith Vaz calendar on his desk. He went on to explain that he had had meetings with him and his staff to enlist his support to enable my colleague to 'import ' a wife from India.

So we cannot be surprised he was regularly voted for, and may well be again. People tend to follow their own self serving interests.

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MPH

MPH

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4 hours ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/keith-vaz-running-leicester-east-9326705

 

Keith Vaz running for Leicester East MP seat he held for 32 years
'Leicester East needs someone with extensive experience'


ByHannah RichardsonLocal Democracy Reporter
08:13, 7 JUN 2024

 


Former Leicester East MP Keith Vaz is running for his old seat in the General Election. Mr Vaz today announced his candidacy for the seat, challenging his successor Claudia Webbe.

Mr Vaz, who served as a Leicester Labour MP for 32 years, retired from Parliament after offering to get drugs for prostitutes. It was recommended by other MPs on the Commons Standards Committee that he be suspended from the Commons for six months because his scandal had caused “significant damage” to the reputation of the House of Commons.

He will be running on behalf of the city’s newest party, One Leicester. The party was set up by former assistant mayor Rita Patel after she was suspended from Labour along with three other councillors over their attempt to scrap the mayor’s office through a vote at a council meeting. City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby won the vote and shortly after secured his fourth term in the role when the city went to the polls last May.

 

Declaring his intention to run, Mr Vaz said: “It was the greatest privilege of my life to serve as MP for Leicester East for over three decades. I absolutely love Leicester. Today, I am shocked with what I see. Despite so many opportunities, Leicester is unrecognisable, and on the edge of bankruptcy.

"Many people have urged me to stand again. When I was formally asked to stand by One Leicester, it felt the right thing to do - to join them in putting Leicester first and party politics second.

"My job has always been to listen, to act and to get things done. This is what I intend to do for local people.

“When elected, I will donate my MP’s salary to charity for local good causes and ensure more time is given to constituents by setting up the first ever seven-day-a-week MP’s Office.”

Ms Patel added: "At this critical time, Leicester East needs someone with extensive experience, dedication and a strong voice who will fight for residents. Keith has been, and still is, a strong advocate for Leicester for over 35 years.

"I cannot think of anyone better suited to be picking up the pieces of our unrecognisable City and help make it the best it can be. He has always worked hard for local people and I am sure that they will show their support on July 4.”

Also vying for the seat are Rajesh Agrawal for Labour , Zuffar Haq for the Liberal Democrats , Mags Lewis for the Green Party , Shivani Raja for the Conservatives and Raj Solanki for Reform UK and Claudia Webbe as an Independent .

You can find a list of the candidates who have so far declared they are standing here. A breakdown of the changes to constituencies can be found here.

 

 

 

Right o, Labour.

 

 

Can't point the finger of corruption at the Tories and claim any moral high ground if you're going to allow Vaz to be your candidate!

Guest Lako42

Guest Lako42

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deleted due to being a muppet 

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orangecity23

orangecity23

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Vaz isn't standing for Labour, he's standing for One Leicester, aka the party for ex Labour councillors who've fallen out with Peter Soulsby.

 

Which means the candidate list now has a Labour candidate Vs 2 ex Labour MPs who've held the seat. Should be quite the entertaining bunfight. I live in Leicester West, so our constituency will be quite boring in comparison.

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Raj

Raj

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59 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Maybe Leicester East now has a large Romanian male electorate 

Abit of truth in this as Evington Rd and the surrounding areas are mainly East European BUT the majority of Leicester east is still asian.

 

Luckily we are a few streets away from the cut off point and area classed as Harborough:scarf:

Footballwipe

Footballwipe

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59 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

Right o, Labour.

 

 

Can't point the finger of corruption at the Tories and claim any moral high ground if you're going to allow Vaz to be your candidate!

Lol. Love this fail. Clearly didn't read the article or even try to engage with it. Almost like I'm reading the LM comments section

MPH

MPH

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5 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

Lol. Love this fail. Clearly didn't read the article or even try to engage with it. Almost like I'm reading the LM comments section

Are you saying Keith Vaz isnt a member of the Labour party or isnt corrupt?

Mickyblueeyes

Mickyblueeyes

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Leicester East has to be one of the worst list of candidates in the country. 
 

Vaz and Webbe.

Zuffar Haq feels like he has stood and lost in every constituency in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Raj Solanki and Reform lol 

 

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