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Another Petition going round.
Posted by Norman on 7/3/2026, 2:03 pm
The latest Petition is to stop anyone convicted of TERRORISM from standing for Public Office Surely we shouldnt need a petition to stop that ever happening here in the Uk? You have to live in the UK to sign it though. Im not sure if petitions work because this Government ran by clowns just ignore them, but we have to try I suppose. Click the LINK
That's absolutely staggering that someone with a terrorism conviction could run for public office!
Mind you, here in the US, the person holding the highest office in the land has 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records and he was also found liable for sexual assault in a civil case, so at this point anything is possible!
Are we Stupid in this Country??????????? We Brits couldnt go to an Asian Country & take part in the running of their Country so why do we allow anyone from abroadto stand as a Mayor or a MP???
Shahid Butt who was convicted of a terrorist offence has defended standing in local elections this year, saying he understands "people's speculation and concern".
Shahid was found guilty of a plot to blow up the British consulate in Yemen in 1999, but said the charges were fabricated and that he was tortured into making a confession.
Both Labour and Conservative politicians raised concerns about his suitability when he announced his plan to stand as an independent candidate, in the Sparkhill ward on the Birmingham City Council.
Butt said: "If they think I'm an extremist then I can't change that opinion - at the end of the day it comes down to the people of Sparkhill."
Butt, who was also found guilty of plotting to blow up an Anglican church and a Swiss-owned hotel in Yemen, was one of eight Britons and two Algerians convicted in 1999.
During the trial, the prosecution said the plots were part of a campaign by militants to drive western influence out of Yemen and set up an Islamic state. At the six-month trial, the judge dismissed their claims they had confessed under torture. Butt, who was 33 at the time, was sentenced to five years in prison.
