Guest Gunner Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article396925.ece Riding high in opinion polls, the Conservative party has promised a ‘new special relationship’ with India and support the country’s bid for a seat in the UN Security Council, if it comes to power in the May 6 elections. In its election manifesto released by its leader David Cameron yesterday, the Tories, trying to woo voters of Indian origin, said the party would strive for closer friendship with India. It also committed to “work towards greater stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan†and support India’s bid for a seat in the UN Security Council. The Party leader Mr. Cameron made his first overseas visit as leader of the party to India in 2006 and has been in close touch with the Indian community, extolling the ‘Hindu way of life’ He has often addressed large gatherings of Indian spiritual leader Morari Bapu in Britain. The manifesto says: “Our approach to foreign affairs is based on a belief in freedom, human rights and democracy. We are sceptical about grand utopian schemes to remake the world. We will work patiently with the grain of other societies, but we will always support liberal values because they provide the foundations for stability and prosperity“. Speaking at a recent ‘Ram Katha’ event addressed by Morari Bapu in Wembley, Mr. Cameron said the Hindus’ commitment to hard work, family values and patriotism found resonance in the “British way of life“. Wembley has a large Hindu population, and in 2008 Britain’s state-funded Hindu school was established in the London borough. Britain’s Hindus constitute the third largest religious group after Christianity and Islam. Heaping praise on British Hindus, he said members of the community “don’t just contribute to our society. You shine a light on how we must live“. Mr. Cameron said: “Hindus are the most family-orientated community in Britain. You are more likely to stay married, keep your families together and especially look after your elderly. “While maintaining their religious and cultural traditions, British Hindus have consistently shown, through their service, their patriotism, their contribution to our society, that they are truly British too“. Picking on research conducted by the respected Runnymede Trust titled “Connecting British Hindusâ€; Mr. Cameron supported the growing demand that Hindus in Britain should be called “British Hindus†or “British Indians†and not “British Asiansâ€. The Tory leader also stressed the importance of role models within the community. Although there have been moves to remove barriers of race and ethnicity, more needed to be done to encourage minorities to take up careers in politics, law and the armed forces, Mr. Cameron said. “I want to see more people from your and other minority communities playing their rightful role in helping to run our country to make it a better place for us all to live in. “The Hindu community is a shining example of the can-do, will-do attitude we need in our country,†he said. Subah'nallah. :ahil::ahil::ahil::ahil:
Serani Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 Shame these British Hindus will probably still vote labour.
punjabiplaya Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 sikhs and hindus have made similar requests that they are also known as british indians or british sikhs so as not to be confused with other non "peaceful asians" sachinism back me up bro...
Serani Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 Generally the asian community vote labour, in Birmingham every seat has been labour for a while due to a lot of workiing class ethnic minorities. Cameron is wasting his time, in fact he has a hard job because anybody working class votes labour and anybody northern votes labour, good luck cameron.
punjabiplaya Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 labour unfortunatly has encouraged a state that relies on welfare and having no incentive to work,and people are sick of it,the kids they have have no respect for anyone,they are also encouraged to have kids quick get there own house and start there scrounging,i think its time for change,and david cameron seems to be exploiting this very well!!
Serani Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 It will be hard for the conservatives to get a majority because of the electoral system where some seats will always remain labour and some conservative, Cameron really needs most marginals to go his way. Also he has to do well at these live TV debates which will hopefully show up Gordon Browns lack of personality. Personally I prefer the lib dems but obviously its just a wasted vote with them.
Guest Gunner Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 Personally I believe that its likely to be a hung parliament with no clear majority but there seems to be a possibility of coalition between the lib dems and conservatives. Atleast the conservatives are reaching out.
Gunner_Mania Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 Personally I believe that its likely to be a hung parliament with no clear majority but there seems to be a possibility of coalition between the lib dems and conservatives. Atleast the conservatives are reaching out. In the event of a hung majority whoever has more seats will be invited to form the government and the Libdems will probably join them. While the Tories are leading in the polls , when translated into seats it looks like Labour will win more seats then the Tories.
punjabiplaya Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 i think its time for change! David cameron will appeal more to the younger voters for sure,hes young he knows the issues hes articulate he cycles to work not using the 4x4 and petrol guzzling cars,hes aware what the voters demand,gordon is not in touch with the people hes middleaged and hes all though not his fault in the middle of a recession which has affected his and the labour partys popularity!
Gunner_Mania Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 The question is as was on the cover of one of the magazines - GB - Known Devil. DC - Unknown Devil or NC - Who the devil?? Which Devil do you want?
Serani Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 People think Cameron is out of touch because he went to Eton, argument works both ways, it seems most northerners will never even think about voting conservative thanks to Thatcher days.
punjabiplaya Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 ^ good point...but this recessions hit everyone,i mean crimes bad etc etc
Sooda Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 Policy and ideals wise the Lib dems are more in line with Labour than they are with the Conservatives, you can see from the way Clegg slates Cameron. He's pretty scathing. Even in the chancellors debate a few weeks ago there were far more instances of Cable and Deadpool Darling ganging up on Osborne than Darling being the victim of closest scrutiny...
Sachinism Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 Today's front pages http://twitpic.com/1he6lp/full
Sooda Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 ^What a surprise from the right wing Murdoch papers. Im sure its all cr@p and truth and refutations will make perfect sense
Serani Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 The daily express headline............its so daily express.
Gunner_Mania Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 Well Cleg beat them at their game by publishing his bank statements right before the debate. This getting really entertaining
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