Bench Across Britain: Could The Sikh Vote Swing Seats?

[@bdcalling1391]

Sikhs decent hard working courageous people

[@backgroundknowledgeisevery3089]

“Could the Sikh vote swing seats?” No more than the white vote, black vote, Indian vote, Jewish vote etc can “swing” seats….since everyone has precisely one vote. Silly headline as always from Sky.

[@sandraowens4821]

we should be heading away from sky really

[@LordWalsallian]

I love the Sikhs. I have so many patients who are Sikh and they’re so lovely, so polite and welcoming when i visit them at home. They’ve integrated into Britain well and those i see are proud to be British on the whole. The Islamists hate them.

[@aclark903]

My Labour MP in Edgbaston (Brum) is a Sikh lady. I won’t be voting for her. Represents her community well maybe but as a white Christian I don’t feel she shares my values.

[@DanielSnippyMcD]

Freak

[@Rainbow-cs1xx]

Bullshit at the End

[@tellmemore8837]

Making up BS.

[@robeenkhan326]

Stop playing divide and rule, that trick doesn't work anymore

[@simrankaur4951]

What about wrongfully jailed Jaggi Singh Johal?

[@tada2508]

None would care except a few.

[@money5434]

The reason why Sky News has chosen to highlight the importance of Sikh vote is because, although they are a minority and therefore likely to be ignored by other news media in terms of their electoral power as compared to Hindu and Muslim etc, their vote, in fact, carries a lot of power and hence could swing the elections. So the outcry against Sky News for choosing to focus only on Sikh votes is unfair.

[@guggujangla749]

Kabaddi is a national game of punjab.india.

[@ronki23]

Is there a reason there's a news article about the Sikh vote ? If i'm not mistaken there are more Hindu voters in the UK

[@hareshgill8994]

I mean Sikh are quite a powerful voice despite them only being 500000 of them in the UK, Sunak is Hindu so Hindu voters would prob vote him

[@iaf010]

Exactly! 😂

[@iaf010]

​@@hareshgill8994 How are Sikhs more "powerful" than anybody else? Do they vote as a monolith? They are just more identifiable due to their conspicuous turbans and beards. Hindus dont vote based on a candidates religion unlike Jagmeet Singh in Canada - they'd vote for policies that protect their interests!

[@ronki23]

@@hareshgill8994 The video says 1 million Sikh votes in the UK. Does that mean Hindu votes are over a million as there are definitely more Hindus in the UK

[@TomNook.]

"only" 500000

[@earnestequivocation6250]

Wow, there’s now a ‘Sikh vote’ as well as ‘the muslim vote’. So, where’s the ‘hindu vote’ and what about the ‘ ‘indigenous’ English christian vote’ …..is there one of those?

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

There's a hindu vote for sure. There's not a christian vote because it's a substantially bigger and thus less homogenous group.

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

Yeah there is... its called the majority of the flippin population gov.

[@garryj7845]

Hindus love modi. They care about India more than UK. Same with Australian hindus.

[@teflerchina.2987]

Remember the Amritsar massacre 40 years ago? From Sky news" In 1984, the Indian army stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar - the holiest shrine for Sikhs - with the aim of removing armed Sikh dissidents who sought the creation of an independent homeland, called Khalistan. Margaret Thatcher knew the SAS was advising the Indian government.

[@rayshankarchandrasekaran8140]

One vote for labour is a vote for islam ☪️

[@AbuMoosaa]

No. Labour does not favour Islam. It meant to favour working people. Did they call for a ceasefire in Palestine when Muslims demanded it ?

[@joancooley1387]

GBnews headline says, Sunak has said, if Tory’s lose he’ll stay on as MP. And they reckon cockroaches are hard to get rid of.

[@RightThing-qo5vn]

Earns a lot in every possible way.

[@faisalmahmood3420]

Pakistan play this game as well.

[@GrandpaVince]

For vince the main issue is we need to build a giant grandpa theme park especially for grandpas with pints of mild and werthers original on tap

[@lieutenantundercover9329]

Bro this is now India not Britain. RIP Britain

[@StratsRUs]

Bruh

[@Blackers96]

They make up to around 3/5% of the whole UK population. Relax yourself

[@TomNook.]

It's so weird the media calling it diverse, when it's 100% one race, one community

[@Thronewatcher]

Lots of Africans turning up as well no one going to Rwanda tho

[@BlueIvory4]

@@ThronewatcherRwanda is more densely populated than the UK 😂

[@Evemeister12]

Im sikh to death of these sorts of stories.

[@thejattlord]

UK must support Khalistan, just like Canada.

[@mayurbisne]

Go drive Truck 🚛

[@travelforless85]

No integration leads to isolation. We need reform to change this.

[@TinTin01234]

I agree, however Indians are the ones who fully intergrated! They speak English, proud to be British and are very welcoming

[@jeycalc6877]

@@TinTin01234 they are not fully integrated but certainly better than others

[@mezamaldini]

in what way are these people not integrated?

[@TinTin01234]

@@mezamaldini those of Indian ancestry are. I think the video makes it seem like they're not but if someones of different ancestry went there they would make them feel very welcome

[@creativity2598]

This is exactly we said to israelis

[@Tan92lfc]

my former Roomate shared room in Tooting is from Punjab, Pakistan side

[@rapinderdhanjal4453]

Stop these tactics that are used in Punjab! Look at Punjab today, it’s ruined because people are told who to vote for, never mind if the person is against the country! People should be free to vote for the best person in their opinion!

[@gxbxhonxxuxxtub.]

Simole anseer to the question. No

[@intello8953]

I love how some white people in the comment section are literally saying the old colonial trope about Sikhs “they are very obedient, meek and subservient to the British system” 🤦🏾‍♂️. I hope the Sikhs in Britain realise this because it’s getting way out of hand

[@Westy.a.b.c]

No youre just twisting things to stir up hate, they are being appreciated for their contributions, especially to the british army, they are forced to do nothing but offer everything and thats why people like them.

[@Singh-ss8je]

Sikhs are not weak… Victoria Crosses… Educate Yourselves…

[@intello8953]

@@Singh-ss8je Yhh I agree subservient soldiers to the old British system nothing new here. They have been serving the British army *if they still are* since the British colonial empire 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@intello8953]

@@Westy.a.b.c “they are forced to do nothing but offer everything” yikes 😬

[@jbob2331]

Well said, Muslims are getting the hate now but this can change to all people with brown skin…

[@RubbishRemovals-zj9pn]

This is bad not England anymore it’s more like India or Pakistan

[@hareshgill8994]

I think u should be careful with ur words, Sikhs in the UK want their own nation called Khalistan they don’t like India

[@iaf010]

Sikhs mostly live in India, not Pakistan but Britons still dont know the difference even after 70+ yrs.

[@theenchiladakid1866]

What country is this again?

[@rav8881]

One with a poor education system if your post is anything to go by

[@KevinMitchelle-b4q]

A vote for Conservative is a vote for reform vote Labour for a better Britain

[@T5Zplayer]

Liebour are the enemy of our culture

[@PEACEFULLNESS1450]

I'm voting neither for a peaceful world

[@BlueIvory4]

Vote Labour so men can start identifying as women

[@PipkinDog5]

Vote reform

[@ramasoma2746]

The British was in India for 200 years looting India and called British India until British were kicked out. Get used to it.

[@soton5teve]

🔶️ only Lib Dem can be the opposition 🔶️ vote Lib Dem & get them to hold Labour to account

[@Whoistheboss546]

Khalistanis are trying to influence with their breeding power😂

[@MizanurRahman-dj8lg]

Muslim vote matters even more.

[@GhyuRtyu]

I thought they are Tal!banis from Afghanistan

[@raysingh4057]

Nah that’s your dad

[@rajakhan-lr1yx]

Racist

[@fromlondon8893]

Rishi singh sunak

[@ASingh1699k]

Rish is nothing to do with Sikhs.

[@varadharajannadarajah]

Main issue is whether to free 🇬🇧 or to free PooLastIne

[@King-LXVI]

Poo.in.loo please

[@claus.pe.7937]

Hey Sunak come get your visa overstaying brother and sisters in South hall.