It seems Labour candidate Chuka Ummuna is facing battle with an enthusiastic, if decidedly unsophisticated internet adversary for the seat of Streatham. Streatham Online, a site mysteriously keen on rival Tory candidate Rahoul Bhansali (above), saw fit to post no fewer than five identical comments to my blog in response to an interview with Chuka in February.
The comments were – thoughtfully - a cut-and-paste of material from Streatham Online and contained the immortal line:
What Streatham ultimately needs right now is an ‘Action Man’ who can urgently restore it to it’s Former (Socio-Economic) Glory. [Rahoul Bhansali]
Matters of punctuation aside, the idea that Streatham was once a sprawling Byzantine kingdom of learning and commerce can only be described as highly questionable. Branding your candidate an action man, even in inverted commas, also raises serious issues. While you can’t fault Bhansali’s spin machine for raw energy, Alastair Campbell shouldn’t be looking over his shoulder just yet.
April 23, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Further to the ‘Highly Unedifying’ Recent Media Coverage relating to ‘Mob-Like’ Taunts of ‘Slash The BNP’ , which shockingly occurred during the 10th Anniversary of the Brixton Nail Bomb Tragedy ; we would warmly advise that Chuka Umunna urgently desists from indirectly giving the (Fascist) British National Party (BNP) so much Free Global Publicity – at almost every single public opportunity.
Streatham’s other Parliamentary Candidate (Rahoul Bhansali) also proudly hails from an Ethnic Minority Background ; but you hardly ever hear Rahoul desperately ‘hollering on’ about how the BNP is also consistently trying to emasculate the ‘Living Daylights’ out of him too.
Thank You.