That seems to be correct. He seems to have some pretty determined enemies locally. The word was that he had fully expected to get the Ealing Southall nomination but it went to Deirdre Costigan. In retrospect it seems likely that these same posts were weaponised against him at that point as the Punjabi comment would have been a big mark against him. Otherwise, if that's the worst that they could find against him (when I would guess he was in his twenties and not yet a councillor) it doesn't reflect that badly on him and some of the pearl clutching going on is lamentable. |