Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas could face jail after an election court ruled yesterday that he spread lies about his main rival at the General Election.
Giving judgment,
Giving judgment,
Mr Justice Nigel Teare and Mr Justice Griffith Williams said Mr Woolas was guilty of illegal practices under election law.
The E-mails
We are informed that apparently In April Mr. Woolas’s election agent, Joseph Fitzpatrick, emailed Steven Green, the MP’s campaign adviser, to say:
‘Things are not going as well as I had hoped ... we need to think about our first attack leaflet.’
He proposed publishing a newspaper-style mailshot called the Saddleworth and Oldham Examiner to encourage Tory voters, many of whom disliked the fact that the Conservative candidate was Muslim, to vote Labour rather than switching to the Lib Dems.
The Conservatives in Oldham East & Saddleworth, had selected a very nice local chap, a
Mr Kashif Ali who lives in and was born and brought up in the constituency.
He also works as a barrister in Manchester and sits on the board of a national housing charity.
2010 election results
Labour | Phil Woolas | 14,186 |
Lib/Dem | Elwyn Watkins | 14,083 |
Conservative | Kashif Ali | 11,773 |
BNP | Alwyn Stott | 2,546 |
UKIP | David Bentley | 1,720 |
Christian | Gulzar Nazir | 212 |
Sandwell Tory said
“let’s hope this type of treatment with election candidates stops here”
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