Who’d be a Sandwell borough council ratepayer? It’s an onerous condition. If you’re not having to pay to persecute elderly war widows, then you’re having to dig deep in your pocket to fund days out at the seaside for policemen and councillors.

£2,000 quid was the cost of the last seaside jolly. A day on Blackpool sands with the donkeys.

The 6 councillors and policeman were accompanied by 19 young residents of the borough – not ratepayers themselves, as you might imagine, but invited on this jolly on account of their youth, and their racial origin.

You see, on July 17th, the English Defence League was holding an ‘event’ in Blackburn, and as is common with such ‘events’, it was likely that they would be met with violent skirmishes with the local Muslim youth.

You might think that there would be a plethora of Sandwell rate-paying residents who would welcome a jaunt along the sunny Blackpool beach that day, far from the madding crowd – Sheila Martin for one; she could have enjoyed a peaceful cigarette overlooking the glittering waves.

But No, our fearless band of councillors and policemen took 19 young Muslims with them “for the purpose of distracting them from anti–social behaviour on the day of the EDL march in Dudley”. The cost was ultimately met by the Youth Justice Board.

So distraught were five of this group, at being ‘distracted’ from the punch up in Dudley, that under the watchful eye of six councillors and policemen, they arranged a special Blackpool exhibition of ‘anti-social behaviour’.

They set upon Derek Brownhill, in front of his pregnant partner and a group of elderly people, and beat him unconscious. Two of them were already on bail for attacking a man with a hammer.

Rashid was jailed for 21 months and Atiq for 16 months for their parts in the assault in Tipton and the incident in Blackpool. Hussain was jailed for 10 months. Telhat was given a community order for 12 months and 12–month supervision order as well as 50 hours unpaid work, while Taheir received a 12–month rehabilitation order.

What will Sandwell do next time the EDL are in town? Take the local psycho’s to Disneyland for the day?

h/t The Penguin.

Edited to add: You may remember it was Blackburn man Simon Blackburn, a Labour councillor who was forced to apologise for his ‘Donkey-botherers’ comment, just a couple of weeks ago.

He went on to say: “I hope and trust that there will be many more enjoyable meetings between Blackpool and Blackburn […] and I’m horrified that my remarks may have caused offence.”

2Mac March 31, 2011 at 23:22

STOP!!! How dare you report any violent acts carried out by the members of
a middle eastern death cult.

You are a racist. We do not want any truth hear. We want political correct
idealism.

Everyone knows Islam, although involved in 31 of the 41 armed conflicts
going on in the world at the moment is the religion of peace. Anyone who
claims otherwise has been killed so it must be true.

Next you Islamaphobes will be claiming Muhammad was a child molester
because he had sex with his child bride Aisha when she was 9 years old. Well
you are not making allowances for cultural relativism or how mature she was at
9 years old. Anyway Muhammed was very experienced and gentle because he was 60
years old at the time and he is perfect. It says so in his book, so it must be
true because God wrote it.

Sister Eva
Longoria April 1, 2011 at 09:43

Seems we have a new and powerful voice!

The Penguin March 31, 2011 at 18:07

Wasn’t lovely Dudley the setting for the original spoof earthquake report
and appeal?

The
Penguin

Joe Public March 31, 2011 at 13:54

All this bad publicity you’re providing, is scuppering your chances of
being awarded Honorary Freedom of that Borough Ms Raccoon.

backwoodsman
March 31, 2011 at 12:09

Well, obviously, the main priority is to ensure the labour party vote bank
is kept topped up. Any small incidental problems are bound to sort themselves
out over a period of time. Aren’t they ?