 | By Andrew Dismore
April 15, 2010 | Share |
Elections attract all sorts of people and this is no exception: the Muslim Public Affairs Committee have decided that I am one of their prime targets, because of my “hardcore fanatical support of Israel”, and they have come to Hendon to attempt to stir up the local Muslim community, with whom I have always had excellent relations, against me.
I’m bemused by the MPAC quote in the JC, describing my two main opponents as “Zionists, but they are not as bad as he is”. It was great to see the Liberal Democrat candidate wholly disown MPAC, its policies and its campaigning methods and reject any votes for him based on MPAC advice.
What is worrying about the MPAC intervention, though, is the potential impact on community relations. Generally speaking, in Hendon the Muslim and Jewish communities get on well and outsiders coming to stir up trouble is utterly unacceptable.
MPAC wish to claim my “scalp” in the same way that they claimed to have unseated Lorna Fitzsimons in the 2005 elections. If I lose, they will treat it as their victory and use it as a tool to radicalise local Muslims and argue that I was abandoned by the Jewish community for whom I have worked so hard.
There is a lot more at stake, therefore, than my own personal future in Parliament: this election involves local community relations as a whole.
I am pleased at the support I have had from Jewish people in the area who have told me they recognize my track record of achievement and support.
I am hopeful and quietly confident that the Jewish community is going to stand by me in this challenge to my re-election, as I have stood by them and by Israel throughout my 13 years as Hendon’s MP.
Andrew Dismore is the Labour MP for Hendon. He is standing for re-election.
This blog is part of the JC.com's On The Campaign Trail blog for the Election 2010 where candidates in key Jewish areas have been invited to blog. Read more on our Election 2010 page
Jon_i_Cohen
15 April, 2010 - 10:46
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We only have ourselves to blame.
What's the expression, oh yes "The chickens are coming home to roost"
Under 13 years of labour ineptitude the government has ignored the growth of Radical Islam in the UK and allowed it to flourish unabated - with Political Correctness gone mad we are afraid to "call a spade a spade" for fear of "offending" someone.
What Andrew Dismore bloggs about is the result of this madness; you only have to go to Luton, Bradford or closer to home Finsbury Park - we might as well be in Afghanistan! or as it is known locally Finsbury Parkastan.
The only chance any of the parties have getting elected with a strong workable majority is for someone to be bold and brave enough to "call it as it is" and say enough is enough, we in the UK will not accept the Moslem extremists any longer and the full force of the law should be used to curb their activities - before it is too late.
Look at the numbers:-
270,000 Jews, (and declining), :: 2.3 million Moslems, (and growing) here in the UK - it is out of control!