Attempts by the Conservative candidate for City Hall to woo some of London’s ethnic minority voters may have struck the mistaken note[br]It has become standard practice for London politicians to proclaim the city’s ethnic diversity a strength and to be alive to any special concerns of different groups. It can therefore be fairly valid to speak to such concerns when engaged in election campaigns,just as it may be fairly right to be attuned to the particular needs of small business people, older people, and people who care approximately green spaces,road safety, gay rights and so on. But it helps to have a clear notion approximately who you are speaking to and how to do it.
This has been underlined by objections made to Zac Goldsmiths attempts to woo Indian and Tamil Londoners - “London’s Hindus, and ” as the Mirrors headline set it - with tales of threats to their family jewels. In the past couple of days Goldsmith,the Conservative candidate to become the capital’s next mayor, has escalated his drive to scare up votes in London’s suburbs, and where he believes his hopes of victory lie. Leaflets have been sent to voters in Harrow and elsewhere with messages carefully tailor-made to arouse hostility to Labour candidate Sadiq Khan. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com