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Comments on: John Reid http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/ Trying to make a point Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lopakhin http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/#comment-45812 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:37:41 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2006/09/21/john-reid/#comment-45812 His age is given as 30 by the Telegraph. He could be a parent of a teenager, but he seems a little young.

FWIW, Darcus Howe seems to think that Izzy has a son, who attended the meeting with him.

http://www.newstatesman.com/200610090025

]]> By: Indigo Jo Blogs http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/#comment-42625 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:35:23 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2006/09/21/john-reid/#comment-42625 One interview, two extremists…

We’ve all heard by now about how the Home Secretary, John Reid, was heckled by Omar Brookes (Abu Izzaddeen) ([1], [2]) when he went to address Muslims in Leyton, east London, yesterday (he also turned up on the Today programme……

]]> By: Robert http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/#comment-42267 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:09:17 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2006/09/21/john-reid/#comment-42267 I think you are very right to be suspicious. The comments of Abu Izzadeen gave the BBC some nice soundbites, so they invited him onto the Today programme for 10 minutes and got a whole day’s worth of soundbites from that. To top it all, Reid was able to declare ‘no no-go areas in Britain’ in his conference speech and get himself an applause and a change in his leadership odds from 7:1 to 7:2.

I wish hecklers would leave all that stuff alone for a bit and just ask for the 7/7 evidence to be shown. That would produce a day’s soundbites worth hearing – though the BBC would probably go a lot quieter on that matter.

]]> By: David T http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/#comment-39173 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:26:43 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2006/09/21/john-reid/#comment-39173 cui bono eh?

]]> By: Andrew Brown http://sharpener.johnband.org/2006/09/john-reid/#comment-39171 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:57:23 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2006/09/21/john-reid/#comment-39171 If you’re paranoid can I be naive in pointing out that according to The Guardian:

“The Home Office said the audience had been invited by the council and it was an open community meeting which others could attend.”

I’m sure that agent provocateur stuff happens, but not for these sorts of press headlines surely.

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