Kashmir comes to Birmingham

摘要

The council elections in Birmingham on May 4th could mark a significant advance for ethnically-based political parties in Britain. From the outside, Allah Ditta's hall, across the road from the Birmingham City football ground, looks like nothing much. In keeping with the surrounding area, one of Birmingham's poorest, the facade is perfunctory and dilapidated. A sign invites bookings for weddings and parties. But the hall is also the base for the leadership of the JFK, a political party which has already started to nibble away at the power base of the Labour Party in Britain's second city. Its leaders are now plotting their tactics for the council elections on May 4th.