An application to register a new ‘Party of Islam’ in the UK has been rejected by the Electoral Commission.
The independent body, which regulates election standards, said the would-be party’s proposals “did not meet the requirements set out in electoral law”.
A commission spokesperson told Yahoo News: “We refused the application as their proposed constitution did not satisfactorily set out the structure and organisation of the party.
“Their proposed financial scheme did not meet the requirements set out in electoral law. Their application form was also non-complaint with electoral law. They have not been registered as a political party.”
When asked why the application is no longer on its website, the commission told Yahoo News: “While we are considering an application, their identity marks are posted on our website for public comment. Once a decision on an application is made, they are taken down.”
I thought the application looked amateurish; however the potential for an ‘Islam party’ is on our streets every weekend at the moment and others will be more professional.
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It was the spelling, Esmeralda.
You’ll remember that Pete and Dud episode when Peter Cook laments he “didn’t have the Latin” so couldn’t be the brain surgeon he always wanted to be. Well, sometime in the future, there will be a nice Muslim gentleman lamenting he didn’t have the spelling otherwise he’d have been prime minister!
Mr Freeman
I do remember Pete and Dud.
I also remember the Perishers cartoon and young Marlon whose ambition if he grew up was to be either a brane surgeon or that bloke wot goes down sewers in big rubber boots.