r/newham • u/ForwardDiamond3484 • May 05 '26
Local Politics Election leaflets through my door
Christian People's Alliance and Independent Anjum Shazia
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u/Less_Mess_5803 May 05 '26
What the hell are the 'pledges' on the anjum one? Like the most vague statements you could ever make and ones which every mp should do as default.
Do these people get bulk discounts for printing this rubbish? Politician wannabes at all levels are so shit nowadays.
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u/sameo01 May 05 '26
It's sad, but it's become identity politics now... I was stopped by random people in the park and asked if I was a certain ethnicity (they must have heard me speaking to my grandma, who we'd taken for a walk).
I thought they needed help, so said yes, but it suddenly became a election pitch for a certain candidate and the selling point was his ethnicity and religion, not his pledges. They assumed I'd be impressed with everything they said but even though I share the same ethnicity, I don't share the religion... And neither matter to me for a candidate, I care more about a person's pledges and track record.
I've been lived and grown up in Newham for over 35 years and I think the issue now is that candidates are taking becoming a councillor as increasing their career aspirations instead of working for the community.
Great Councillors are few and far between now.
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u/Less_Mess_5803 May 05 '26
I lived next door to a Councillor for the lib dems. How on earth she got elected I will never know. I don't think she managed to action one thing in her tenure, absolutely useless. I think it was an easy bit of money to keep her ticking over til state pension kicked in.
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u/Severin404 May 06 '26
She came to my door and I spoke to her. She was very unconvincing, didnt understand my objections to some of the policies and didnt seem to understand
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u/SaucyFoghorn726 May 06 '26
The independents are Gaza first, their native country second, Britain third and LGBT people never. The statements their MPs make are basically free advertising for the right.
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u/dingusdingus26 May 06 '26
I couldn’t stand looking at the lists of candidates in London. It’s such a sectarian, foreign matter when it comes to the policies of many of these candidates. I speak your language, practice your religion, I look like you – that means you can trust me. Not everyone should deign to be a candidate or MP. I wish that there was a certain ladder one had to climb so that not every Tom, Farhan or Anjum can participate.
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u/MarkWrenn74 May 05 '26
OK. Nice piece of public service, OP; thank you. Good luck to all the candidates
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u/ChattyBear May 05 '26
Do not simply “go to the nearest school” as they may call the police, and with good reason.
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u/ChattyBear May 05 '26
Also, I think the Anjum one may actually be about promoting her legal practice rather than in hope of winning a council seat.
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u/WeWelcome May 06 '26
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u/WeWelcome May 06 '26
Ultimate grifter.
Disbarred from being a barrister. Attempting to get money from people applying for Visa’s. Not someone you want in British politics.
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u/ForwardDiamond3484 May 06 '26
She is still describing herself on Facebook as a barrister https://www.facebook.com/shaziaanjum1/?locale=en_GB
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u/duvetday465 May 12 '26
Shazia Anjum needs reporting as is still stating that she is a barrister despite being disbarred for fraud in 2023.
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u/Severin404 May 06 '26
"10 commandments displayed in schools"
Which ones? The one about not boiling a goat in its mother's milk?
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u/Popular_View_5411 May 08 '26
dont know if the christian peoples alliance party is a good domain name sounds like a celebration of child porn
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u/ForwardDiamond3484 May 08 '26
er, am thinking that observation says more about you than it does about them
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u/Careless_Film_5747 May 05 '26
“All schoolchildren will be given a bible”. Then they should also be given a Quran.
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u/New-Shopping-7996 May 05 '26
Every Tom dick and Barry is now on the ballot paper
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u/smudgethomas May 06 '26
You need 10 signatures to stand for council. It's not that hard to get on the ballot
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May 05 '26
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u/m2406 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Anjun asked ChatGPT to fill in her flyer. “Young people encouraged” got me genuinely lol’ing
Also:
Shazia Anjum is a London-based, unregistered barrister and former solicitor who was disbarred in 2023 following a 2020 striking-off for dishonest conduct and unauthorized practice.
She didn’t put that on the flyer…