Comments on: Ealing Southall

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:35:58 +0000

Nigel Bakhai has been reselected as the Lib Dem candidate here.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:13:25 +0000

Thanks for that information. Most people in the Midlands these days seem to say “garij” but I agree it doesn’t sound particularly good.

By: Sammy Morse

Sammy Morse — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:44:48 +0000

A friend who is posh and over 80 and Ealing born and bred and calls it South-hall, as most of us would.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:04:05 +0000

Andy, as a West Londoner for most of my life, I can confirm that is the way some people say it – but I remember it around 1979. One of my two older brothers corrected me when I said South-hall.
I think it should be Southall and I ignored the advice.

I particularly dislike “Garij” for garage.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:48:05 +0000

On one of the election replays from the 1970s, elections expert David Butler pronounced Southall as “suth-all” rather than the way most people say it today. I don’t know whether that was his personal way of saying it or whether that used to be a common pronunciation in previous times.

By: doktorb

doktorb — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:35:52 +0000

The Conservatives have chos…..Oh, beaten to it……

By: Votedave

Votedave — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:09:23 +0000

Gurcharan Singh has been selected as the Conservative candidate here. He was one of the five councillors who defected from Labour during the by-election in summer 2007.

By: Tory Boy

Tory Boy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:23:50 +0000

well the Conservative PPC selection process is underway, and guess what? all the potential contenders to a relatively recently converted Conservative Cllr are already being weeded out… the same Conservative Cllr who took over the local association this year by bringing over 100 of his mates to vote out the incumbent officers

looks like becoming a repeat of the infamous by-election last year!

By: Teck

Teck — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:19:16 +0000

Matt,

Knowing some of the Tory candidates, my preference is definitely for Cllr Gurcharan Singh. He has the experience as well as the humility that the others lack, and he also commands and deserves their respect as a community elder.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:17:25 +0000

Does anyone else agree with me that Cllr Gurcharan Singh is likely to be the Conservative candidate here?