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Former Editor of The Sun Kelvin Mackenzie has launched a scathing attack on Birmingham MP Tahir Ali, as the city's representative remains silent on the bin crisis.Birmingham residents are facing severe disruption from ongoing bin strikes, with waste piling up across the city's streets - and experts have now warned of a health crisis as temperatures begin to rise in Britain.FULL STORY HERE.
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Well, it's a disgrace, but actually, the quietest man in this dispute is actually the MP Tahir Ali
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who actually has raised a number of points in Parliament, Gaza, arms to Israel, he was against it
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and something about telegraph polls. But the one thing he hasn't spoken about
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even although Spark group is up to its neck in rubbish, throughout the whole of his constituency
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he's never spoken about this dispute. And do you know why he's never spoken about this dispute
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Why, Kelvin? Because he was a former employee of Unite, the union that is bringing this great city to its knees
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and supplying it with health issues. And also he has received a donation in his time
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for his political ambitions to be the MP for that area. How disgraceful is that
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This is a collision of Labour against the very voters who put them in Why isn this MP speaking for them Because he more scared of Unite than he is scared of his own voters
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And I hope they have retribution on him in 2029 to throw him out
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You make a good point. Just shortly before I came on air, there's a clip of Tahir Ali
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speaking in the House of Commons, I believe today, Kelvin, yet again banging on about an airport in rural Pakistan, in Merpur
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In fact, he calls out other MPs for criticising him for talking about it
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I mean, grief. I mean, from where he was, is he the MP for Merpore
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or is he the MP for a part of rat-infested Birmingham? I do hope that the voters in his constituency remember this
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that actually the rubbish in their high street was of no interest to him
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spreading it in the Commons to be against it, right? But actually what was going on in Pakistan
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whether there was an airport there or not may be of interest to a small percentage because actually his constituency is only 10 Muslim So I puzzled as how where the leverage came from that 10 to do something
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which the 100% who are totally against this strike couldn't get it done. You know, honestly
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it is enormously frustrating, but this kind of collision goes on left, right and centre
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because I see that the fire union has now come out in, quotes
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solidarity with the dustbin men. Our country is run by the trade union movement
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whether it's doctors or whether it's firemen or it's these revolting bin men
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They don't give a damn about anything. They don't care about the very voters who put them into power
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Well, Sahir Ali is clearly not here to defend himself. However, I don't see how necessarily you can
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I mean, if currently the streets are lined with... Why doesn't he just say... Why doesn't he just say, actually
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I would like the bin men to go back to work and actually clear the streets of a massive health hazard for all my constituents He doesn say it because he in the pocket of Unite That is his problem
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But actually, more importantly, it is our problem as voters. And this will be going on all over the country when there's a collision between
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for instance, Angela Rayner. She's sponsored by Unite. So what is she going to do
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She's going to push through an employment law, which will mean that many small businesses will either go to the wall
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or find it impossible to get rid of people. It is one of the great scandals
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They talk about the wealthy giving money to the Tories. Actually, the Labour Party would not exist
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without trade union funds, and Tahir Ali is a shocking example of that
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OK, well, Kelvin, thank you very much this evening. Tremendous, as always, having you on the show
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Kelvin McKenzie, their former editor of The Sun. I will say it again. Tahir Ali, of course, is not here to defend himself
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I am going to his constituency tomorrow to have a look at this bin disaster. It will be fascinating to see whether or not his constituents are more in favour of bin collections or an airport in Merpore
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