1 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:08,000 This is a famous hall for us. This is 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:10,599 where it all started. Our first meeting. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Very first meeting. 4 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:16,480 Ch. What's the number? How are you, 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,480 brother? Good to see you, 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:25,640 man. Nice to see you again, bro. How are 7 00:00:20,279 --> 00:00:25,640 you? How are you, sir? Very nice. 8 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,160 a new 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,559 phone. I'll shake yours afterwards. 10 00:01:05,390 --> 00:01:08,459 [Music] 11 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,960 Take take. 12 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,280 Excellent. Excellent. 13 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:31,840 I'm just a bit of movie footage. It's 14 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:31,840 not a photo 15 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:39,479 just place. 16 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:39,479 [Music] 17 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:52,720 We'll mingle afterwards. 18 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,720 We'll gather the photographers's way. 19 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:02,399 Yeah, our professional photographer is 20 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:02,399 increasingly irritated by the number of 21 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,520 jars. How 22 00:02:19,990 --> 00:02:23,039 [Music] 23 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,400 about camera? 24 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,040 much At 25 00:02:42,599 --> 00:02:46,760 least they look 26 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,519 Oh, there we go. 27 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,799 All All 28 00:04:06,450 --> 00:04:09,660 [Music] 29 00:04:19,239 --> 00:04:23,239 right. Everybody 30 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,400 Thank you. 31 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,440 Yes. 32 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,280 Mother's side. 33 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,440 You can't 34 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,079 [Music] 35 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,670 [Music] 36 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,919 regime. Political party 37 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,919 So this is a family meeting 38 00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:49,520 here because some of our colleagues 39 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:52,039 don't understand Punjabi. I like to 40 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,880 speak pretty like we do at 41 00:06:52,039 --> 00:06:56,880 home in an official capacity. So I will 42 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,039 speak English. So thank you very much 43 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:01,759 for coming here and uh you're most 44 00:06:59,039 --> 00:07:04,560 welcome. This is uh George, my family, 45 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:07,599 my closest family, my closest friends 46 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,759 and uh I feel like my two families are 47 00:07:07,599 --> 00:07:11,759 meeting here today. One is my blood 48 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:13,759 family and the other is my family in 49 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:15,759 respect where I've been part of for the 50 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:17,280 last 10 years. So it gives me uh the 51 00:07:15,759 --> 00:07:19,199 greatest of pleasure today. I cannot 52 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,360 even contain my uh pleasure and 53 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:23,360 excitement to see my family, my friends 54 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:27,160 and my colleagues today. Thank you very 55 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,160 much for councelor Fess. 56 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:34,960 Thank you very much for council 57 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,960 council. Um Adrian Long is here 58 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,319 councelor is 59 00:07:40,919 --> 00:07:46,720 here. You're all here and you're all 60 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,240 most welcome. Thank you very much. Um I 61 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,720 won't make any speeches cuz that's not 62 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:53,680 what I'm here for today. My aim today is 63 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:56,160 to have a little social informal 64 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,720 gathering where my family can meet my 65 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,240 other family in respect and vice versa. 66 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,720 And uh I'm not going to make any 67 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:06,080 speeches. I'm going to ask some of our 68 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,919 um u candidates to say just one word, 69 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,879 maybe a few sentences. Introduce 70 00:08:07,919 --> 00:08:13,360 yourselves to my family and I will ask 71 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:14,960 some of our counselors do similar just a 72 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,599 few sentences, maybe just one minute. 73 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,360 Tell me the counselor. Do we need to to 74 00:08:17,599 --> 00:08:22,479 have a candidate to ask? Uh and then I 75 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,479 will ask Mr. Galloway to 76 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:30,000 uh I I think just so people know each 77 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:32,159 other is it's just a brief so people can 78 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,240 feel easy because there has been a 79 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:37,760 little bit of you know a distance in the 80 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:40,320 past. So um uh may I please start with 81 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,919 brother Sabr if you can do a very short 82 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:46,200 and we always like to as Muslims start 83 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:46,200 in the name of Allah. So bismillah. 84 00:08:46,950 --> 00:08:50,669 [Music] 85 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:20,399 Um can I ask like I said I'm going to 86 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,320 ask some of the our counselors and our 87 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:24,320 candidates to say a very very few you 88 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:27,080 know brief words uh just introduce 89 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:29,040 yourselves please uh can I firstly ask 90 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,279 councelor I'll keep it really brief 91 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,360 sound like everyone 92 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:36,640 that's family to have the two families 93 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:40,480 meet really um you know being part of 94 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:42,480 this has been for me really meeting you 95 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,399 for the first time really a couple of 96 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,440 years ago. Uh so it's really good to 97 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:49,920 meet you in the family. Um and this is 98 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:52,640 it's not political speech, but I was 99 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,360 just going to say to me this year feels 100 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,680 like there's something special happening 101 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,360 again. Um and if it means that different 102 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,279 parts of Bradford come together from 103 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,760 different families and make a real 104 00:10:01,279 --> 00:10:05,920 change in Bradford, you know, all I ask 105 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,560 that you please do do be part of this. I 106 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,839 think you get very there's very few 107 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:11,600 opportunities in life that come along 108 00:10:09,839 --> 00:10:13,200 that need to grab them with both hands. 109 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,160 So I hope you can join us join the 110 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,160 respect family in this 111 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:25,240 matter to the point. Thank you very 112 00:10:22,839 --> 00:10:27,440 much 113 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,839 please. Um thank you for all coming 114 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,920 today guys. Um for those that don't know 115 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:34,560 my name is Ishak. I I'm current 116 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,560 counselor for managing board. Um and as 117 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:38,880 uh professor said just a little while 118 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:42,480 ago that we have an opportunity here now 119 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:44,399 to build on this party. Um hopefully 120 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,880 Georgia will be um in office for the 121 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:48,800 next 5 years. So it's important that we 122 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,440 continue this momentum not just this 123 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,760 year but for the next few years as well. 124 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:56,079 So in order to we can build a party in 125 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:58,160 the council. Um currently there's only 126 00:10:56,079 --> 00:11:01,839 five of us there and for those who are 127 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:03,680 politically aware uh few in numbers uh 128 00:11:01,839 --> 00:11:05,600 in the council chambers here it's about 129 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:07,600 numbers game and if we haven't got the 130 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,399 numbers then we can't you know in terms 131 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,320 of pushing the real policy through so I 132 00:11:10,399 --> 00:11:14,480 hope we can build on this momentum 133 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,920 inshallah yeah for the next few years if 134 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,760 we can build another four or five 135 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:20,640 councils this year another four five 136 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:23,279 next year it's a game changer so 137 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,519 hopefully uh with your support and 138 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:29,560 everybody else is inv West we can do 139 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:29,560 just that. Thank you very much. 140 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,320 Um, councelor, may I ask you to say a 141 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,800 few words, please? Thank you. Please 142 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:43,000 stand up. That's like asking the court 143 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,000 to say a few words. 144 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:50,800 Sorry. Welcome everybody. Um many of you 145 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:53,800 know me uh as a as the best lawyer in 146 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:56,320 the north and you're not wrong but um 147 00:11:53,800 --> 00:12:00,160 inshallah with the grace of God I don't 148 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:03,040 all your duas I I'm the candidate for MP 149 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:05,760 in Halifax so that I can give George 150 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,440 another voice in parliament or play 151 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,760 notes and crosses when we board but 152 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,160 that's beside the point. Um I've had a 153 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:15,440 very very good start in Halifax martial 154 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:17,600 from all sectors of the community. Um 155 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,760 and um if there's family people here, 156 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,760 we've got family in Halifax. Please do 157 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,800 support me. I'll be launching our 158 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:27,839 campaign properly next week and details 159 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,600 will be posted out. So um inshallah we 160 00:12:27,839 --> 00:12:32,800 will have a victory but I do need your 161 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,800 guidance and support. Thank 162 00:12:33,959 --> 00:12:39,200 you. Councelor Asma, I know most of you 163 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,279 will have caught up on this. councelor 164 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,440 Asma uh left the Labour party very 165 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:46,000 recently and uh it's a pleasure for us 166 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:49,839 to welcome her into the respect party. 167 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,839 So I think an extra round of applause 168 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,639 just similarly um the next gentleman I'm 169 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,639 going to introduce to you is no stranger 170 00:12:54,639 --> 00:12:58,240 to my family because he was more or less 171 00:12:56,639 --> 00:13:00,720 a member of our family for many many 172 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:03,519 years and he has also left the Labour 173 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:08,040 party and joined respect very recently. 174 00:13:03,519 --> 00:13:08,040 Mine and your good friend Adrien Lthong 175 00:13:09,839 --> 00:13:12,880 How do you follow that introduction? 176 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:15,120 That's a really tough one, isn't it? 177 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,279 It's absolutely fantastic to to be here 178 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:19,040 to meet so many old friends and of 179 00:13:17,279 --> 00:13:21,839 course in in the place that I love, 180 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,600 Bradford West. Uh as most of you know, 181 00:13:21,839 --> 00:13:25,920 of course, I worked for Marsha for many 182 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:29,120 many years. It's certainly a pleasure to 183 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:31,440 be working with George right now. I 184 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,519 think he does deserve our support. We 185 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,920 all know George's position on so many 186 00:13:33,519 --> 00:13:38,079 issues and it certainly sings from my 187 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,720 side of events and the Labour party 188 00:13:38,079 --> 00:13:43,040 doesn't have a chance of singing from 189 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,480 anybody's side of the event right now. 190 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,720 Um they're not supporting the issues 191 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,399 that would be close to our hearts. 192 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,639 Certainly not in Bradford and the wider 193 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:52,240 communities in in the UK certainly not 194 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:55,040 outside the south of the and I think the 195 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,199 Labour party just now a complete waste 196 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:00,440 of space. A colleague of George has said 197 00:13:57,199 --> 00:14:02,880 to me the other day, they are timid and 198 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,800 enfeebled. He's far clever than me and I 199 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,760 thought he was absolutely right. So 200 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,120 let's hope George not only gets a 201 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:11,760 majority, but let's hope he gets a 202 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,839 really big majority increasing the one 203 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,839 that he got last time. Thank you very 204 00:14:13,839 --> 00:14:16,839 much. 205 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,480 Adrian has served as a counselor in 206 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:24,560 Bradford for three times. Three times. 207 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,760 Three times. and he's also standing 208 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:29,680 again for respect in Clayton War. He has 209 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,920 also been a counselor before. So if 210 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,399 anybody has any um friends and 211 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,560 colleagues there, please help. I forgot 212 00:14:34,399 --> 00:14:37,920 to ask for support for myself, didn't I? 213 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,560 I'm always terribly modest. You're 214 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:43,360 always very modest. You always uh worry 215 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:45,639 more about others than yourself. Uh 216 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:48,560 you're welcome to respect 217 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:50,800 party. Uh I want to introduce some of 218 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,480 our um uh council candidates before I 219 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:58,160 ask Mr. Galloway to speak. First of all 220 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:59,800 um first of course um brother uh please 221 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:04,880 will you stand 222 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,880 up has also joined respect he's a 223 00:15:05,959 --> 00:15:12,800 former it's absolute uh pleasure for us 224 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:16,240 all to have you with us brother uh we 225 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:18,079 have shared our views many times and we 226 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,920 share those views on Palestine on 227 00:15:18,079 --> 00:15:21,600 Kashmir and all those things and this is 228 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,279 one brother who served as a counselor 229 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,040 but doesn't consider himself as a 230 00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:26,959 politician and I have a great respect 231 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:30,160 for him because he considers himself as 232 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:31,920 an activist and that is a more uh um 233 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,839 honorable position to take than to call 234 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,839 yourself a politician which is sometimes 235 00:15:33,839 --> 00:15:39,639 a little bit of a dirty name. So brother 236 00:15:35,839 --> 00:15:39,639 welcome to you as well. So 237 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:46,240 I want to ask brother Shiraz who's our 238 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,920 um council candidate in Tawward to 239 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,920 please introduce yourself very briefly 240 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,920 to 241 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:03,279 My name is Shiraz. Obviously, many of 242 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:03,279 you know me here, especially since 243 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:08,240 family. George Galloway is going to be 244 00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:10,079 the MP. Get me in and get George 245 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,839 Galloway in. I'm sure I'll do a good job 246 00:16:10,079 --> 00:16:15,240 in the council and he'll be doing good 247 00:16:11,839 --> 00:16:15,240 job in the parliament. 248 00:16:16,340 --> 00:16:19,440 [Applause] 249 00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:21,320 But don't just get him and him in. We 250 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:24,079 have other candidates 251 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:26,399 too. We have a Muhammad Salis. I don't 252 00:16:24,079 --> 00:16:28,800 think he's here. Is at work. He's our 253 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:31,199 candidate in Maningum. So please support 254 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,720 him in Manum. Brother Shahik, where is 255 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:34,160 he? Yeah. Brother Shahik, please 256 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,320 introduce yourself. He's our candidate 257 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,000 in the city where the Bradford College 258 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:41,600 and Bradford University is. So brother 259 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,600 Shahik, please say a few words. 260 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:49,120 Uh thank you very much respected elders, 261 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:51,360 friends. Asalam alaikum. Uh those of you 262 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,360 that know me, my name is Shanik. Uh 263 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:56,600 those of you that don't know me, uh my 264 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,600 name is still. 265 00:16:58,079 --> 00:17:01,440 Yes. Most of the stuff I think all the 266 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,040 uh you know the uh my colleagues have 267 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,720 covered everything. Uh if you know 268 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:08,000 anybody in the city ward, please please 269 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,400 please uh get out there and uh give us a 270 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:14,360 support. Uh we need all your support. 271 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,360 That's it basically. Thank you. 272 00:17:15,439 --> 00:17:20,319 Thank you very much. Uh I think our 273 00:17:17,679 --> 00:17:22,480 other candidates aren't here. So um uh I 274 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:24,880 will leave that for another day. I would 275 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,880 like uh this program here was the 276 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,919 brainchild of myself and brother Dal 277 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:32,559 here. So I would like you to say 278 00:17:29,919 --> 00:17:36,520 I reserve my my comments and my speech 279 00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:36,520 for the next. Okay. 280 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,200 [Applause] 281 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,280 Yes. We have a brother Khaled Mahmud. 282 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,640 He's standing in Keith East. So he's not 283 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,560 here. So little round of applause for 284 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,080 him as well. 285 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,919 [Applause] 286 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:52,160 We have 287 00:17:49,919 --> 00:17:54,559 Halima. We've just selected Halima very 288 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,000 very recently. Is she here? Uh I did 289 00:17:54,559 --> 00:17:57,679 invite her earlier on but maybe she's a 290 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,840 little busy being from here. A big round 291 00:17:57,679 --> 00:18:00,840 of applause. 292 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:11,400 Our other brother Rob isn't here. He 293 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,400 will be standing in uh Thornton. 294 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,039 Basically, we've kind of covered 295 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:19,679 Bradford West, all our worlds in the 296 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:22,160 Bradford West. So hopefully inshallah uh 297 00:18:19,679 --> 00:18:24,160 if God wills it, then we will have a 298 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,320 greater success this time than we did 299 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:29,760 even last time. And this time I think 300 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:31,440 we'll be um much bigger majority even 301 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,000 compared to the last time. Now thank you 302 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,160 very much NASA my next door neighbor 303 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 there. How you doing sir? How you doing? 304 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,400 Good to see you guys. Good to see you. 305 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,600 Uh can I ask Mr. George Galloway now? He 306 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,360 doesn't need much of an instruction, so 307 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,360 I won't bother wasting that time cuz 308 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:47,520 we're already a little bit of late. So, 309 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:50,960 may I ask you put your hands together, 310 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,960 please, for your MP, for my 311 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:59,600 MP, somebody who 312 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:03,280 has somebody who has not only been a 313 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:05,120 friend, but genuinely like a brother. I 314 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,960 have two brothers, Azar and J, who are 315 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:08,799 here as well, but I never have an older 316 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,240 brother and I always wanted one. I 317 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:12,440 complain to my dad often and say, "Why 318 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:14,960 do you have to make me the eldest 319 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,440 one?" So, he's my older brother. Please 320 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,440 give him a big 321 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:34,400 hand. Councelor 322 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Adrien. Uh if I missed uh any No. 323 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:41,919 Distinguished elders, scholars, brothers 324 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:46,400 and sisters, assalamu alalaykum. 325 00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:50,480 It's a real honor actually to be here to 326 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:55,039 meet your family Arshad uh with whom I 327 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:58,160 have traveled far uh in terms of years 328 00:19:55,039 --> 00:20:02,080 in terms of political battles and 329 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:05,520 literally traveled miles. Arshad and I 330 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:08,919 uh have traveled many times to Gaza to 331 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:12,559 break the siege on Gaza in our great 332 00:20:08,919 --> 00:20:16,039 convoys. Uh and we are as close as 333 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:19,520 brothers and so this occasion is 334 00:20:16,039 --> 00:20:23,360 particularly auspicious. It is I hope by 335 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:26,320 marrying together of the respect family 336 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:29,280 and your family and I thank you and 337 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:31,919 brother Ghalip who has uh who have put 338 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:34,880 this uh event together and I hope that 339 00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:38,840 we can all of us travel many miles in 340 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:42,559 the right direction on the straight path 341 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:45,880 must together because that's what we try 342 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:49,919 to stand for. We of course make 343 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:51,520 mistakes. Sometimes we uh stop when we 344 00:20:49,919 --> 00:20:54,080 should keep going, keep going when we 345 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:57,600 should stop. We sometimes take a wrong 346 00:20:54,080 --> 00:21:02,000 turning or two. But if we have in mind 347 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:05,360 that straight path, hack, justice, 348 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:08,960 right? If we have that in mind, we will 349 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:09,799 never be apart for long. 350 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,600 And 351 00:21:09,799 --> 00:21:16,400 uh it's been a great pleasure for me to 352 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:18,880 spend the last three years as the member 353 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:22,159 of parliament for Bradford West. And it 354 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:24,640 all began in this very room. The very 355 00:21:22,159 --> 00:21:29,000 first more people than there are here 356 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:32,600 this evening. But 20 days later, we were 357 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:36,200 thousands. Indeed, we pulled more than 358 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:39,360 18,000 votes in the shortest bi-election 359 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:43,600 campaign in British political history, 360 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:46,559 certainly modern history. And it was an 361 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:50,080 earthquake uh the reverberations of 362 00:21:46,559 --> 00:21:52,640 which are still being felt. When I 363 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:56,000 reentered the house, I confronted Prime 364 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:58,799 Minister David Cameron. I stood up. The 365 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:02,000 speaker recognized me and I said as I 366 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:05,679 was saying before I was rudely 367 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:09,919 interrupted because of course the issues 368 00:22:05,679 --> 00:22:13,640 that propelled us remain the same today 369 00:22:09,919 --> 00:22:16,919 as they were then. One of the many 370 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:19,240 reasons why I want to be in the next 371 00:22:16,919 --> 00:22:22,080 parliament, which will be a hung 372 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:24,600 parliament, where individual MPs have 373 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:27,440 far more power and 374 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:31,039 influence, is because the Chillcott 375 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:33,760 inquiry report is imminent. 376 00:22:31,039 --> 00:22:35,919 And I want to be Tony Blair's prosecutor 377 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,919 and 378 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:44,640 chief on my feet day after day in the 379 00:22:41,919 --> 00:22:47,840 chamber making you proud that I'm your 380 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:51,440 MP and hunting Tony Blair all the way to 381 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:54,320 prison in the H. That's my as long as 382 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:56,720 God gives me breath. Tony Blair will 383 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,200 never have a moment's peace for the 384 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,760 crime that he committed which killed a 385 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,400 million people which extremised the 386 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,799 world sent extremism cascading 387 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:10,720 everywhere. Trouble everywhere. Death 388 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:13,440 and destruction everywhere. All down to 389 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:15,840 Tony Blair and George W. Bush. There's 390 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:18,640 not much I can do to pursue Bush. though 391 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:21,200 I'm trying, but I'm definitely going to 392 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:24,559 pursue Tony Blair. But that's not the 393 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:27,440 main reason why I'm standing. I'm 394 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:31,480 standing because the job we began here 395 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:34,799 has not been yet finished. And the fact 396 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:37,760 that longstanding and powerful members 397 00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:42,320 of the Labor Party are coming on board 398 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:45,440 the respect train is because the Labor 399 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:48,559 Party of which I was a member for 36 400 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:51,640 years and may end my life as a member 401 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:55,679 again, if it becomes a Labor Party 402 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:59,679 again, has gone seriously off the tracks 403 00:23:55,679 --> 00:24:02,240 and it's paying a high price for that 404 00:23:59,679 --> 00:24:05,919 Tony Blair lost millions of Labor voters 405 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:08,400 and they've lost more since he lost half 406 00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:11,200 of the membership of the Labor Party. 407 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:14,520 Imagine half of the membership and 408 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:17,760 they're losing more still. And of 409 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:20,559 course, if they behave as the opposite 410 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:23,679 of a Labor party, they can hardly expect 411 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:25,600 real Labor voters to vote for them 412 00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:28,799 because people vote for you because you 413 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:32,559 stand up for them. And they have not 414 00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:34,600 been standing up for you. If I take just 415 00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:38,200 one issue, 416 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:40,960 Islamophobia, the hatred and fear of 417 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:45,360 Muslims. Rachel Reeves with whom I was 418 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:49,120 on a uh BBC Any questions from Doncaster 419 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:52,200 on Friday night passed on BBC Radio 4. 420 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:56,480 She accused me of creating 421 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:59,600 division in Britain. And I said there is 422 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:02,240 already a division. The difference is 423 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,400 I'm on one side of that division clearly 424 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,320 and consistently. 425 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:09,279 What are these divisions? There's a 426 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:12,640 division between those that hate Muslims 427 00:25:09,279 --> 00:25:15,919 and those who are Muslims and those who 428 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:18,840 stand with them. I'm clear about that. 429 00:25:15,919 --> 00:25:22,080 I'm not creating the division. It exists 430 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:24,880 already. I'm just clearly on the side of 431 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:27,039 the Muslims and have been all of my 432 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,279 life. long before I ever set foot in 433 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:31,840 Bradford. Long before I ever asked any 434 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:34,559 of you to vote for me. There's a 435 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:37,200 division between those who want war and 436 00:25:34,559 --> 00:25:39,760 those who want peace. There's a division 437 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:42,400 between those that want the poor and the 438 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:46,240 working people to pay the price for the 439 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:48,320 crash and the collapse of the banks and 440 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,080 those who say that the people who should 441 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:53,600 pay that price are the people who caused 442 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:56,120 it. None of the immigrants in Britain 443 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:59,120 caused the crash in 444 00:25:56,120 --> 00:26:01,919 2008. It wasn't Ali who runs the corner 445 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:04,559 shop or Muhammad who has a restaurant in 446 00:26:01,919 --> 00:26:07,440 Manningham that caused the crash. Why 447 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:11,360 should we be asked to pay for it? These 448 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:14,720 are real genuine political divisions. 449 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:17,520 Now in that bi-election, I'm well aware 450 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:20,480 that families were divided and yours was 451 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:24,080 of course one of them. But now we can 452 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:26,799 come together. I'm not fighting Iran. 453 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,720 He's fighting somewhere else. I wish him 454 00:26:26,799 --> 00:26:31,039 every 455 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:33,679 success. And I hope that those who 456 00:26:31,039 --> 00:26:36,799 supported him last time, as some of you 457 00:26:33,679 --> 00:26:41,679 I know did, can wholeheartedly support 458 00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:44,640 us this time. And if Iran is the MP for 459 00:26:41,679 --> 00:26:47,760 Bradford East, I want to work with him. 460 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:49,679 I think we'd be quite a powerful duo. 461 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:52,880 and especially if Labor is in 462 00:26:49,679 --> 00:26:55,600 government, which I very much hope that 463 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:58,400 it will be. So, let's get a big victory 464 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:01,600 here because we need to change this 465 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,760 city. When I arrived here, most of you 466 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:06,000 had become so used to it, you no longer 467 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,600 noticed it. But when I arrived here, 468 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,080 there was a big hole in the center of 469 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:12,240 the 470 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:14,720 city. And I I actually was astounded at 471 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,400 the size of it. And then I was more 472 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:19,039 astounded when I learned it had been 473 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,919 like that for more than eight years. And 474 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:24,799 nobody was doing anything about it. But 475 00:27:21,919 --> 00:27:27,200 we did. We occupied it. We climbed over 476 00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:29,600 the fence and occupied it. Put our tents 477 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,640 there. Rattled their cage in the city 478 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:35,840 hall. I even went to Australia to rattle 479 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:38,080 the cage of Westfield in Sydney. 480 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:40,720 Alhamdulillah. 3 years later, 481 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,720 Westfield's there for everybody to see. 482 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,520 And this summer, people will be working 483 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:47,520 in it. People will be shopping in it. 484 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:51,039 They'll be bringing thousands, tens of 485 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:53,520 thousands actually, of new people into 486 00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:55,760 the city of Bradford. We'll be dining in 487 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:58,399 the restaurants here and using the mini 488 00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:01,440 cabs and so on. That's unless the mini 489 00:27:58,399 --> 00:28:04,399 cabs are pushed out of business by Uber, 490 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,799 the American multinational. But I'm also 491 00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:10,000 the man fighting against Uber in 492 00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:11,840 Bradford and in Britain. When I arrived 493 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,880 here, the hodian was shrink wrapped and 494 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:17,760 falling down. We saved it and we got the 495 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:20,799 government to stump up millions to make 496 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:24,159 it the jewel that it could and should 497 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:25,840 be. When I was just here a few weeks, 498 00:28:24,159 --> 00:28:29,039 the government announced that they might 499 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:32,240 close the national media museum, the 500 00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:34,720 only national institution that we have. 501 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:38,159 And even the Tory minister, culture 502 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:40,880 minister Ed Bea congratulated me from 503 00:28:38,159 --> 00:28:44,120 the dispatch box for having led the 504 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:47,520 campaign which saved the National Media 505 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:51,200 Museum. But there's so much still to do. 506 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:54,720 Our schools are the second worst schools 507 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:57,600 in England. Imagine now when you're the 508 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:01,080 second bottom of the football league, 509 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:03,840 you usually get the S. But in Bradford 510 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:08,159 Council, they never get the sack and 511 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:10,880 they never resign. We need people who 512 00:29:08,159 --> 00:29:13,919 understand the problem of schools and 513 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:17,760 education in Bradford in positions of 514 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:21,760 power. Councelor Fasel, who is the 515 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:24,720 expert, national expert on education, 516 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:28,640 the man who stood up first against the 517 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:31,120 Trojan hoax which tried to blame us for 518 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:33,039 the problems that they created and 519 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:35,760 sustained. He should be running the 520 00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:38,080 schools in Bradford. And if we make the 521 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:41,039 kind of advance in the local elections 522 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:43,919 that we hope to make, maybe you will be 523 00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:43,919 running the 524 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:49,679 schools. You may have heard that I had 525 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,640 to limp in here because I made a very 526 00:29:49,679 --> 00:29:54,880 big mistake. I decided to play football 527 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:58,080 with a group of 15y olds in a back court 528 00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:00,799 in Manham and I'm still limping as a 529 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:03,279 result. I went to the Barri. The staff 530 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:05,559 were all very nice, I must say. Well, 531 00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:08,480 most of 532 00:30:05,559 --> 00:30:10,960 them. And uh they looked at my uncle and 533 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:13,440 I said, "How bad is it?" They said, 534 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,760 "Well, we'll give you a scan." 535 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,440 Foolishly, I thought I was going to go 536 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,799 down the corridor and get the scan. I 537 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:22,960 said, "When can I get the scan?" They 538 00:30:18,799 --> 00:30:24,880 said, "6 weeks from now." I said, "If I 539 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,320 if I shelled out the money now, when 540 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,720 could I get it?" They said, "If you pay, 541 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:32,720 you could get it this afternoon." 542 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:35,840 That's not acceptable. The Barri where 543 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,399 people work hard has some of the worst 544 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,559 statistics in 545 00:30:37,399 --> 00:30:43,360 Britain. Child 546 00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:47,039 mortality, infection rates, mortality as 547 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:50,080 a whole. They fail tests that they 548 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:52,720 should be passing with flying colors. 549 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:55,360 And of course, the unemployment amongst 550 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,600 our youth. I lived for a long time on 551 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,919 Hollings Road. Now I live in Wetley 552 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:03,360 Hill. When I was in Hollings Road, it 553 00:30:59,919 --> 00:31:06,799 was like Piccadilly Circus at night with 554 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:09,360 young people finding the devil finding 555 00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:10,880 work for idle hands. That's what happens 556 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:13,279 when you've got mass unemployment 557 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:16,720 amongst young people. The devil finds 558 00:31:13,279 --> 00:31:20,399 work for their idol hands. And we all 559 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:23,840 know what I'm talking about. We have to 560 00:31:20,399 --> 00:31:26,799 make Bradford great again. It once was 561 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:30,159 great. It can be great. It should be 562 00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:32,360 great. But we need political change if 563 00:31:30,159 --> 00:31:35,600 we're going to make it great 564 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,600 again. Thank you 565 00:31:37,490 --> 00:31:40,920 [Applause] 566 00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:48,399 very uh in a few. How you doing? 567 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:55,200 Welcome. You time them well. All the 568 00:31:52,159 --> 00:31:55,200 speeches are finished in the 569 00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:01,840 foot. Can I just say George thank you 570 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,640 very much for that councilors um and 571 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:06,559 George our member of parliament can I 572 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,159 just make a personal request to you for 573 00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:10,559 the last 10 years we've been working 574 00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:14,159 very hard in Bradford to bring about 575 00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:17,360 political change I've spent my half life 576 00:32:14,159 --> 00:32:21,600 in I had hair basically 10 years when I 577 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:23,440 started politics and the whole reason I 578 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,760 I I used to hate politics when I was 579 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:29,440 young at school I used to hate it but 580 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:32,399 the state of Our city is such that it 581 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:34,159 kind of something within me said with 582 00:32:32,399 --> 00:32:37,120 something has got to be done and I 583 00:32:34,159 --> 00:32:39,519 became active. My request is just one 584 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,440 simple request to you and and the 585 00:32:39,519 --> 00:32:43,360 counselors and those of you who perhaps 586 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,919 have you hopefully will be a counselor 587 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,840 as well. I have only one request. This 588 00:32:45,919 --> 00:32:50,880 election is not about getting you a job 589 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:53,600 or you a job or anybody a job. This is 590 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,679 about the people of my one request to 591 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:58,880 you is this city and the people of this 592 00:32:55,679 --> 00:33:02,080 city has suffered for decades under the 593 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:04,159 rule of incompetent councils and members 594 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,039 of parliament who have only been there 595 00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:09,600 for their own sakes. My request is to 596 00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:11,840 you only this. Please work for the 597 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:14,720 people of Bradford in the next five 598 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:17,039 years. Let's change people's lives. 599 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,279 Let's get something done in Bradford 600 00:33:17,039 --> 00:33:20,880 that we the people can be proud of 601 00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:23,190 eventually. That's the following 602 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:26,259 request. 603 00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:26,259 [Applause] 604 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:33,519 Can I just say one of Sorry. Easter so 605 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,039 the pope should be allowed. 606 00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:38,159 Yeah. 607 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:40,399 The final thing is uh in the uh 608 00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:42,799 Telegraph at August, I don't know 609 00:33:40,399 --> 00:33:46,559 whether you read it last Friday, the 610 00:33:42,799 --> 00:33:49,279 regional Labor Party said when they 611 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:51,679 heard that we were going to Halifax, 612 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:54,679 that as far as they are concerned, it's 613 00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:56,880 a two horse race, meaning Labor and 614 00:33:54,679 --> 00:33:59,440 Conservatives. What I'd like to put out 615 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:02,240 to them is that there's another type of 616 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:05,200 horse in town and the breed is beyond 617 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,200 their control. 618 00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:22,480 very very talented and distinguished 619 00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:27,280 individuals in our party and sometimes I 620 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:29,359 think one of ours I'll be one of ours is 621 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,679 worth any 10 of theirs so we need to be 622 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:33,280 proud of 623 00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:34,800 ours just one last comment from you and 624 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,720 then because we only have this place for 625 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:40,159 1 hour, I would like to finish and then 626 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:44,679 please some refreshments just so please 627 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:44,679 uh and then of course say hello to Mr. 628 00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:54,399 Um I I was um humbly to lead the prayers 629 00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:58,160 today and the verse that uh came to mind 630 00:34:54,399 --> 00:35:00,480 the surah is out of 6,600 holy QR there 631 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,520 for the whole of mankind and one of my 632 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,040 favorites and it's the famous of all the 633 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,359 prophets 634 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:09,280 to Jesus Abraham Moses and Muhammad 635 00:35:07,359 --> 00:35:11,119 peace be upon and one of the practice of 636 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,680 the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam 637 00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:16,800 all the prophets was to stand for truth 638 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:19,760 and Lastly, if I can just share the name 639 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,680 meaning is so small and beautiful and I 640 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:25,040 recited it today and I felt you know 641 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:27,480 this is important that you know in the 642 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:30,119 name of God the most gracious 643 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:34,320 most while us by 644 00:35:30,119 --> 00:35:36,480 time is not on our side man is in loss. 645 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:39,920 Except those who exalt one another to 646 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:43,680 the truth. Exalt exalt and encourage one 647 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:46,560 another to the truth to love to the and 648 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:50,920 and and practice what they preach the 649 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:55,040 truth and actually then also uh practice 650 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:58,320 patience. So and you know that is really 651 00:35:55,040 --> 00:36:00,320 in a nutshell a universal verse and you 652 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:02,480 know you could stand in the Christian 653 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,240 world, the Jewish world, the Hindu 654 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,560 world, the Buddhist world. This is the 655 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:09,200 Adamic and beautiful nature of the of 656 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:11,520 the Quran. And you know, far from 657 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:14,079 Judaism, you know, when Muslims pray, 658 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,079 you know, we we 659 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:19,520 say to end the prayers, we're actually 660 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,040 praying for the whole of the entire 661 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,040 world, north, south, and east and west 662 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:25,040 when we're actually doing that movement. 663 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:28,079 So I just want to uh I'm very very 664 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:31,520 touched by all the speeches and you know 665 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:33,839 and again uh brother George has always 666 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:36,800 been practicing that particular verse 667 00:36:33,839 --> 00:36:38,640 from the moment it stepped forward and 668 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,320 sorry before that when I went on those 669 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:44,480 missions when I took that double decker 670 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:48,359 bus when I first went by to as a as a 671 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,359 human shield to protect 672 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,640 I just finish with it. Mr. Galloway has 673 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,560 been working for Palestine and Kashmir 674 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:00,720 and the issues that affect people, 675 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,640 brown, black people like us, Muslims 676 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:04,000 long long long before. I have had the 677 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,359 pleasure to know him for over a dozen 678 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,040 years even when he was in the Labour 679 00:37:05,359 --> 00:37:10,079 party and we were all in the Labor 680 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:12,160 Party. Uh so he has got a lifetime 681 00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:14,079 record. He's fought for us even when we 682 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,440 weren't there and we didn't know him. In 683 00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:17,680 fact, somebody said to him, you know, 684 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,760 you're you always stand up for Muslims 685 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,440 and black and Asian or those who are 686 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,119 oppressed. You're a white man with a 687 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,760 black heart. He didn't really quite 688 00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:27,040 realize what he meant by 689 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,680 that. You're maybe white on the inside, 690 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:32,320 but you're black, but he's he's putting 691 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:34,960 servicing. One colleague said, you know, 692 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,560 Ash, u 10 years ago, nine years ago, we 693 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,880 used to laugh at you standing outside 694 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,079 mosques and giving literature out. And I 695 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,079 said, well, you didn't know about it, 696 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:44,160 but I was actually working for you guys. 697 00:37:42,079 --> 00:37:45,760 So now we can make ourselves worthy so 698 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,520 you could come and join us. So it's a 699 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,000 big family. I want to thank you all once 700 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:52,320 again. Um officially we are over. Please 701 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,920 say m hello to Mr. Galloway. Feel free. 702 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,839 If there's any issues you have, please 703 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,920 speak to some of our counselors, our 704 00:37:55,839 --> 00:38:00,160 potential counselors. Mr. Galloway, 705 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:02,640 speak to myself because we're family. Uh 706 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,920 any issues, please do uh speak to him. 707 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,119 Please mingle and enjoy the 708 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,119 refreshments. Thank you very much for 709 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:08,119 coming. 710 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:17,720 Keep my phone up. 711 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,599 What I'm 712 00:38:37,970 --> 00:38:41,080 [Music] 713 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:53,720 doing is 714 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,480 My