Telegraph report / Councillors lose appeal

'Vote rigging' councillor loses court battle(Filed: 15/04/2005) Daily Telegraph

A Labour Party councillor accused of being involved in a "vote-rigging factory"has lost his High Court bid to challenge a decision to remove him from office.

A judge ruled that Muhammad Afzal did not have an arguable case and the decision made against him, by the Election Court, was "unimpeachable".

The ruling also affects two other Birmingham councillors from the Aston ward - Mohammed Islam and Mohammed Kazi - who were also removed from office and named as "interested parties" in today's challenge.

Now the Socialist Worker have unearthed another story... see pic

But now it’s getting worse. Labour is asking which party you are supporting at the same time as asking if you want a postal vote. A Labour leaflet in Hackney, east London, has a form where you are asked to tick a box to say you would like a postal vote.

The next box is to register as a Labour supporter, and the next two boxes ask which party you most closely identify with and which you are going to vote for on 5 May.

The form is then supposed to be returned to 88 Buckingham Road, London N1. According to Hackney council’s website this is a property owned by James Cannon. He is a Labour councillor and the agent for Labour’s Meg Hillier, who is standing for the seat of Hackney South.