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  • 17/04/2015
Standing up to be counted

The acronym BAME : Black, Asian minority ethnic, may be relatively new but this community’s growing numbers have changed the face of Britain over the last half century.

But now could this number change the face of British politics?

One group is determined to bring that about. The Operation Black Vote’s battle bus is on a mission, touring the country, and Lee Jasper is telling it like it is.

“Shooting democracy like bullets from a gun. We’re here today in Nottingham to register people to vote.”

Welcome to Operation Black Vote
trying to galvanise the BANE electorate ahead of the upcoming May 7th election.

Nottingham is a city where almost one in four residents is of ethnic minority origin – a group OBV organisers argue is under-represented when it comes to voting.

“It’s important to vote because if I didn’t then I cant really complain about what’s sort of happening in politics. So if I put my word down then I can actually get my vote across if y

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