Labour accused of tantrum after Greens use Urdu

According to Novara’s Harriet Williamson, the Greens have accused Labour of the following:

To explain, we’ll need to tell you about the Greens’ Urdu video:

“Unholy alliance”

As part of their Gorton & Denton by-election campaign, the Greens put out a campaign video in Urdu:

Why did they do this?

Because a decent number of people in Gorton & Denton speak Urdu.

Why are people upset?

Because some people really, really like being upset.

The Greens have also said:

Not all voters speak English as their first language so of course Greens wish to be inclusive. Our approach has been praised by locals who love their diverse community.

Greens have been outspoken about the Labour Government’s foreign policy failure over Gaza and it is well known that many voters wish to send a message to Labour at this by-election for very many reasons.

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The by-election remains a close race between Reform and the Greens.

As the Greens claim above, Labour are apparently also among those who are upset:

Economist Ashok Kumar said the following:

Ask yourself this

If you’re one of the people who are upset by the Urdu video, ask yourself the following:

1. Have you ever been on holiday?
2. Did you encounter the English language?
3. Did you find that friendly and helpful?

If the answers are ‘yes’, ‘yes’, and ‘yes’, you should consider shutting up forever.

And before you point out you were a tourist and not a resident, come on – admit it – you’ve considered becoming an expat in Spain – you’re that sort of person – and you would be furious if you the local chippy served ‘pescado y patatas fritas’ instead of ‘fish and chips’.

Bad politics

If Labour are attacking the Greens for reaching out to local communities, it’s probably not going to do them any favours. Let’s face it; the residents who are upset about the Urdu video are going to vote Reform, so all Labour will do is push more potential voters towards the Greens.

Featured image via Number 10 (Flickr)