It remains the case, that there is no Tony Lit registered to vote in either Chiswick or Richmond (and certainly not in Ealing or Southall). It is true that a Surinderpal Singh Lit is registered to vote in Chiswick, just as he was previously in Richmond.  Though not in Ealing or Southall. I do not think it unreasonable to have assumed that the man the Conservatives are telling the voters of Ealing Southall is Tony Lit is, in fact, called Tony Lit.Â
The fact that “Tony Lit”‘s six company directorships are not only held at three different addresses but in three different names does not add clarity to the questions I raised yesterday.
It appears that almost the only time that the Conservative candidate is Tony Lit is when he is campaigning in Ealing and Southall.  Â
In Chiswick, where he claims to live, as in Richmond, where he used to live, it appears that he is Surinderpal Singh Lit. Â In his business directorships, he is sometimes Tony Surinderpal Lit, usually Surinderpal Singh Lit, and only occasionally (when working with Himalaya Shows, Events and Exhibitions Ltd) is he Tony Lit.Â
“Tony Lit” is the first by-election candidate I have encountered whose claims about not living in the constituency seem to lack verisimilitude.
The Conservatives will not be surprised that voters all over Ealing and Southall are asking “Who is Tony Lit?”. One of the few things we know about Tony Lit, as I said yesterday, is that no such person is listed as registered to vote in Chiswick, where he claims to live. Another is that of the different addresses associated with “Tony Lit”, under his various guises, spread out all over West London though they are, none seems to be in Ealing or Southall.Â
For the rest, we remain as baffled as are the people of Ealing about what is becoming the question of this campaign; perhaps you would care to shed some light on it: Â who is Tony Lit?
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[...] The other interesting thing to emerge is that Grant Shapps appears to think that the way to win elections is not to get on with the hard work of campaigning (their FIRST campaign day is still in three days time, remember!), but to embark on some kind of dirty protest, smearing his opponents left, right and centre. One small flaw in his plan: very few Ealing Southall residents actually read Iain Dale’s blog. It is notable that his allegations don’t appear to be attracting any wider attention. The one thing he appears to have achieved is to make me think of Tom Watson as less of a shit in comparison. Significant though that may be, it is hardly much of a boost to the Tory campaign. [...]
Isn’t Tony Lit rhyming slang? As in, I’ll bet a pound to a bucket of Tony Lit that the Tories don’t win the by-election.
Standby for some dry-cleaning bills coming your way Tom. Iain Dale and some of his bloging chums are getting so excited by your posts that there’s a dreadful danger of them having bladder control problems. Has it been discovered yet when (if?) Mr L joined the merry band of West London Tories and/or under which name?
I trust you are using your name and only your name to present yourself to the public, Thomas Anthony Watson.
– Timothy Charles Roll-Pickering aka Timothy Charles Roll Pickering depending upon whether the relevant form has been filled in by someone who thinks there’s a hyphen in my name or not.
[...] I have a pretty relaxed commenting policy here on this website – if you don’t swear then your comment stays, even if you criticise me. You can see an example of this here. Some people however don’t have the same policy. This story I mentioned yesterday is still going on. Tom Watson has put up a new post defending his previous attack on Tony Lit. It remains the case, that there is no Tony Lit registered to vote in either Chiswick or Richmond (and certainly not in Ealing or Southall). It is true that a Surinderpal Singh Lit is registered to vote in Chiswick, just as he was previously in Richmond. Though not in Ealing or Southall. I do not think it unreasonable to have assumed that the man the Conservatives are telling the voters of Ealing Southall is Tony Lit is, in fact, called Tony Lit. The fact that “Tony Litâ€â€™s six company directorships are not only held at three different addresses but in three different names does not add clarity to the questions I raised yesterday. In Chiswick, where he claims to live, as in Richmond, where he used to live, it appears that he is Surinderpal Singh Lit. In his business directorships, he is sometimes Tony Surinderpal Lit, usually Surinderpal Singh Lit, and only occasionally (when working with Himalaya Shows, Events and Exhibitions Ltd) is he Tony Lit. [...]
[...] Still, armed with this new piece of information, Tom appears to have done a bit more digging into Mr Lit’s background, which I guess means that both Dale and Shapps can whistle for their apology: Who is Tony Lit? [...]
God, I’m glad I’m out of party politics. My kids behave better than you (and they’re ten years old). I’d tell you to grow up, like I’ve told Iain Dale, but frankly what’s the point ?
Lit-erally appalling!
Ummm… isn’t this a complete load of rubbish. Bob piper might be right about the result, but is it just possible you might have made a cock-up which you should gracefully withdraw from?
Whoever he is, he’s got blaring loudspeaker cars roaming Ealing today, promising to “change Southall forever”. If the additional noise pollution is part of the change he has in mind, then I say ‘no thanks, Tony’.
As a Lib Dem Councillor I helped the campaign to get Nigel Bakhai elected. Whilst canvassing there was very little mention of Tony Lit but now I follow why? He had several pages of colour brochure and proud of the fact that he had named one of his children Cameron after the Conservative leader.
Can we see a photograph of Mr Tony Lit?
Someone, somewhere must recognise him
When I was a keen young political lad – I grew out of it – I used to go in “Lit” sales round the pubs. But we always use our real names!
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Have you seen his car?
VOTE TONY LIT!
VOTE TONY LIT!
VOTE TONY LIT!
VOTE TONY LIT!
‘he had named one of his children Cameron after the Conservative leader’
Anything strike you as… bloody frightening about that? If it had been Margaret we’d all be running for the hills.
[...] He attracted some criticism form a variety of quarters. Tom Watson’s blog, tried to smear Tony by saying that he was not on the local election register, only to realise that their own Labour Party had reformed election law to allow candidates to stand using their given name, in this case Tony, while still appearing on the rolls under their full name. More egg on Tom’s face than Tony’s, there. [...]
It should have been dead obivious to everyone that Surinderpal Singh Lit is the same as Tony Lit!
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