Bobby Anwar, Ukip candidate, 'stabbed by Labour supporters'

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Ukip candidate 'stabbed by Labour supporters'

UKIP council candidate Bobby Anwar is claiming he has been stabbed by “avid Labour supporters” in Blackburn. He alleges:

“Stabbed in face by so called Muslim neighbors (sic) who are avid Labour supporters, whose teenage kids batter my 6-10yr olds, call my kids and wife kafirs (infidels)and n****rs (mum is African descent and converted).

All go to MMA cage fighting clubs which the teenagers were using on my son.

Without me using any profanity or threw any punches, the responsible adult/uncle ran back in the house to get a sharp metal weapon and came running from behind me and broke my cheekbone and broken eye socket. Extensive surgery this week needed including permanent metal plating.”

A police inquiry is ongoing but the victim is adamant that his UKIP connections were a motivating factor. If these reports are correct, those who have demonised UKIP share responsibility for this…

Whether the allegations are true or not we'll have to wait and see what the Police say, as well as what the aggrevating factor in the stabbing was. It wouldn't surprise me if the allegation is true considering how a similar but much more serious thing happened in Dutch politics about a decade ago when the mainstream parties started demonising Pim Fortuyn which led to his death.

The media are playing with fire.

Thoughts?

[FlyingJesus]

What that is ridiculous physically attacking someone other a political view, although realistically it sounds more religiously motivated by someone who's a thug that raised a family of thugs and should have been dealt with long ago as it appears to be an ongoing thing. I'd be careful with that claim about "those who demonise UKIP are to blame" - that's very close to calling for a halt on free speech and declaring honest reports to be inciting violence, and if that's how things work then lord knows what damage UKIP have done for anti-immigrant crime in the country

[Chippiewill]

That guys Facebook profile is hilariously cringey:
https://www.facebook.com/bobbyanwar

[GommeInc]

The article suggests this is more a racial issue than political issue. There's no evidence of it being about UKIP other than him saying he believes it to be, when previous to that he says he was called an infidel and of a different race.

The bit about party politics seems irrelevant. He doesn't provide anything that says it's purely because he's a UKIP candidate and that they are Labour supporters. By the looks of things they're more avid fighting sport fans, with aggressive personalities and race issues - saying they're avid Labour fans is just irrelevant twaddle.

[wordofwisdom]

shouldn't happen it's a voice people have one and theirs no need for voilence jsut because someone has a different view to yourself

[The Don]

Can we get a mod to change that sensationalist title? @Bolt660; @Sianness; The fact that the people who stabbed him are allegedly labour supporters is completely irrelevant to the story, and factually wrong. The title should be 'Bobby Anwar (Ukip Candidate) Stabbed'.

Completely agree with @FlyingJesus; that it's ironic that you're blaming the media for this rather than thinking logically and putting it down to the thugs who did it. It's the same as the argument that video games make people violent, absolutely not true. Also you need to stop putting false titles up because something allegedly happening is not necessarily the truth. Like Tom said too, if you're blaming the media for this then god knows what the Ukip campaign has done to incite violence against immigrants.

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Hey guys, i'm just using the sameeeeeeee logic you lot use when you say Ukip=waycists. Ho ho ho. Whats good for the good is good for the gander. Although, as I said very clearly in my piece, it hasn't yet been established what the motives for this attack have been so hold your horses.

And I do actually fear for Farage because it may set one of the nuts in the UAF/HopeNotHate off - as Pim Fortuyn found out.

[The Don]

Hey guys, i'm just using the sameeeeeeee logic you lot use when you say Ukip=waycists. Ho ho ho. Whats good for the good is good for the gander. Although, as I said very clearly in my piece, it hasn't yet been established what the motives for this attack have been so hold your horses.

And I do actually fear for Farage because it may set one of the nuts in the UAF/HopeNotHate off - as Pim Fortuyn found out.

How is blaming the media for an attack on a Ukip candidate over a non political issue comparable to calling a racist party racist?

[-:Undertaker:-]

How is blaming the media for an attack on a Ukip candidate over a non political issue comparable to calling a racist party racist?

Point proven, although as you know I don't reply to 'waycist waycist waycist' insults anymore. You've all lost the debate.

Boy am I looking forward to tomorrow and this weekend.

[The Don]

Point proven, although as you know I don't reply to 'waycist waycist waycist' insults anymore. You've all lost the debate.

Boy am I looking forward to tomorrow and this weekend.

Point proven as in you're wrong?