UKIP's Bill Etheridge banned from PCC public meeting

The left wing "Community Foundation" in Birmingham held a public meeting tonight so that voters could meet Police & Crime Commissioners for the West Midlands Police area.  All candidates, that is, apart from UKIP's Bill Etheridge who was told that he wasn't allowed to attend.

Community Foundation, which lists the Home Office, Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police amongst its "partners" (ie. taxpayer funded backers).  It seems to do a lot of community work but its main purpose appears to be agitating for islamophobia to be made a crime and special treatment for minorities.  In other words, your stereotypical taxpayer-funded left wing pressure group.

Community Foundation (which is a limited company) was known as Community Development Trust until it changed its name in November last year.  In March last year the company filed accounts saying it was dormant.  In April last year Birmingham City Councillor, Waseem Zaffar, said he was investigating how a community development foundation could provide a voice for the community and channel resources (ie. spend taxpayer's money) for regeneration.  By November the company had been revived with its new name and new offices and money from Birmingham City Council.  Community Foundation clearly owes a great deal of loyalty to its LibLabCon-controlled benefactors.

If you are unhappy with Community Foundation trying to unduly influence the Police & Crime Commissioner elections by excluding Bill Etheridge you can email them at cdtfoundation@aol.com or call them on 0121 370 6133.  You might also like to complain to their sponsors who are giving taxpayers money to this organisation that is clearly participating in political activities.  The Home Office, Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police are obviously public bodies but Community Development Fund is a fake charity (ie. all of its money comes from the taxpayer) and shouldn't be using public money to fund the political activities of this group.

You can see what Community Foundation doesn't want you to see at Bill's website.

Update:
Someone at the meeting asked why Bill wasn't allowed to go and was told by the chairman of Community Foundation:

We didn't invite him because his answers to our questions would have offended us

Bill Etheridge unveiled as West Midlands PCC candidate

The former Tory council candidate, Bill Etheridge, who was hounded out of the Tories for having his picture taken with a golliwog toy before joining UKIP has been announced as the UKIP candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands Police.

The Golliwog Two join UKIP

Cast Iron Dave thinks brown
toys are racist

A husband and wife couple who resigned from the Conservative Party at the weekend after being suspended for having their pictures taken with a golliwog have joined UKIP.

Bill and Star Etheridge had their picture taken with the toy for the Campaign Against Political Correctness.  They were suspended from the Conservative Party for 30 days after someone supposedly complained.  Apparently, having your picture taken with a child's toy that has been popular for generations is bringing the party into disrepute.  Because having a black toy is clearly racist.  The Ministeress for Equality will no doubt be drafting laws as I type to ensure that only white faced toys appear in shops from now on.

Bill has published his letter of resignation on Facebook:

Please accept my immediate resignation from the Conservative party.

If my activities with the Campaign Against Political Correctness are not compatible with being a member of the Conservative party, then the Conservative party is not an organisation I wish to be
involved with.

I joined the party of Thatcher and Tebbit to find it has been hijacked by a watered down version of New Labour. I want no further part of it!

Regards

Bill Etheridge

Of course Lord Tebbit is still around but finding himself very much in the minority holding, as he does, conservative and eurosceptic views.  He's still clinging on desperately to the party he joined all those years ago which has been stolen from him, determined not to be forced out by the europhile blue labour Tory leadership.  But even he realises that the party is never going to change and encourages people to vote UKIP.

Bill told us:

The conservative party has been hijacked by people with no principles and who are purely motivated by power. I look forward to being an enthusiastic member of the last political party with principles.

Bill will be contesting the local election in Dudley for UKIP this year.  Good luck Bill!