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Originally Posted by Vortex
It just proves what I and others have said all along. That Respect was an absurd alliance between the massive ego of Galloway and militant and self interested Muslim groups on the one hand and the Trotskyite remnants of the SWP and other red riffraff in the other. With such diverse views on womens rights and gay issues, it is no wonder it all fell apart.
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The Muslim vote in London appears to be returning to Labour. Why? Because of pork barreling which is something Labour can do with its almost unlimited stack of cash, and Respect can't do because it doesn't have big money.
The Left List - which is the Socialist Alliance reincarnated - fell down very badly as predicted because nobody wants their Marxist claptrap.
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In Birmingham Respect is the party of the militant and noisy Islamic Front.
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There is now the danger that the Islamic extremists inside Respect will boot out Galloway and the remaining Trots and convert Respect into an Islamic fundamentalist party now that it has failed to capture the support of "ordinary" Muslims in London. This could be a sinister development.