(As well as the UK Labour party's pandering - again, after an earlier incident in Birmingham in May - to radical Islam, more political correctness here by the newspaper by the way: "Asian" almost certainly means Muslim (as opposed to eg Hindu or Sikh). It is surely unfair to tar other Asian communities with the segregation brush.)
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[b]Fury at Labour's segregated rally: Sexism row after men and women are split up at Asian party event ahead of key Oldham West by-election Asian men and women sat apart at meeting in Oldham West and Royton Sexes sat separately at a Labour rally in Birmingham before May election Labour said to be in danger of losing key Oldham by-election on Thursday 20% of Oldham voters are from an ethnic minority and key to winning seat See full news coverage of the Labour Party at http://ift.tt/1iL9LiC Labour faced a sexism row today after men and women were segregated at an Asian party rally. The meeting organised by the party's Friends of Bangladesh group was held ahead of Thursday's crucial by-election, which Labour is in danger of losing. Photographs of the event in Oldham West and Royton, where one in five voters is from an ethnic minority, shows Asian men and women sitting in separate rows. Critics said allowing the sexes to be split up at the party-run event was 'shameful' and accused Labour of 'putting political correctness ahead of equality' in order to win votes. Before the May election Labour was rocked by a similar segregation scandal when men and women were split at an Islamic centre rally in Birmingham. Labour today claimed that women were not forced to sit away from men. A party spokesman said: 'The accusation of gender segregation is absolutely untrue. The Labour party's record on gender equality speaks for itself. Ukip are clutching at straws for something to say in this election because they have no answers to the real issues facing voters in Oldham'. Internal polling is said to show that Labour could be in danger of losing the seat on Thursday after Michael Meacher's death. Ukip is targeting the white working class in the town and hope to collect Asian voters who are unhappy with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and also keen to leave the EU. Mr Corbyn was due to visit Oldham on Friday but cancelled at the last minute to deal with the growing crisis in his party over whether to bomb Syria. Before the May election Labour was rocked by a similar segregation scandal when men and women were split at an Islamic centre. Senior party figures, including Liam Byrne, Tom Watson and Harriet Harman's husband Jack Dromey, spoke at the event in Birmingham where men sat on one side of the room and women on the other. Labour has denied that people were forced to sit separately based on gender - even though photographs from the event show that the groups were clearly segregated. Critics called the decision 'sickening' and claimed that the party was 'selling values for votes'. ... |
Labour's segregated rally at "Asian" party event: "selling values for votes" again