Re: Blair's Britain?: Elections called for May!
Ehsan, what surprised me about Sparkbrook/Small Heath was the amount of people that voted for Respect instead of the Lib Dems. If you read their literature, Respect don't actually have any clearly defined policies ... the whole party is a load of hot air. Hussain (Lib Dem) might have won had it not been for Respect. Pakistani voters don't even know what they're voting for half the time ... take my mum for instance, she voted for Tony blair, as he was the best looking out the three, and she did not wnat to end up with an ugly PM :o
Zakk, yeh Lib dems gained Yardley from Labour, which was a bit of a surprise considering there's fewer Muslims living there than Perry Barr or Sparkbrook/Small Heath (I think)