Newham's own £1 Fish Man for Xmas Number 1!

Good luck to the East Ham Queens Market musical fish monger Muhammad Shahid Nazir and his bid to become Christmas Number One in the charts. 

Check out this report from The Independent "the One Pound Fish man (£1 Fish Man) Muhammad Shahid Nazir is also set to take on the ITV giants with his new re-vamped single (see above). He's got odds of 33/1 at the moment, and William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said:

To put that in perspective, he is twice as likely as Justin Bieber to take the top spot and four times as likely as Sir Cliff Richard.”.

The Legendary One Pound Fish Man

"Muhammad Shahid Nazir works on a fish stall in Queen’s Market, near to the Olympic Stadium.

More than 1m views on the video sharing site show people love his tune, “come on ladies, come on ladies, one pound fish… Have a have a look, one pound fish.”

He is now in talks with a record label and has also auditioned for the up-coming X factor 2012.

“I feel very good and can’t believe everyone is singing the song,” said Mr Nazir. “It’s become famous.

“People want my autograph and they take photographs as well as make videos of me.”

“West Ham football supporters often stop here and tell me they’ve come to hear me sing as well as watch the match.

“Once a head teacher told me that his whole school is singing the one pound fish song.

“I’d been doing the job for just a week before I decided to sing the song which I made up myself. I soon realised it got people’s attention and drew them to the stall to buy fish.”

“My mother prays for me and encourages me to pursue my dream of becoming a singer. Singing has always been my childhood hobby and I want to make a career out of it,” Mr Nazir told BBC.

Hat tip London24

Superheroes at Green Street Stall.

A busy West Ham Labour Party campaigning day started with a hectic stall in Green Street. Members were also sent to go “on the knocker” to nearby Green Street West Ward.

I grabbed a photo-opportunity from a roaming (non-political) publicity team who were promoting the nearby Queens Market which is now opening on a Sunday. Forest Gate North Councillor Shama Ahmad was most impressed (left of bottom picture).

During the day there was a large number of Labour canvass teams carrying out voter identification and leaflet distribution across Newham.

Some Party members did go off after the stall to the “Protect our welfare state and Public Services” demo which I understand went really well. Things will not be totally sweetness and light with regards to public services when Labour is re-elected but if the Tories were to win they would out of sheer ideological conviction and spite - slash, burn and destory our welfare state and public services. IMO.

This is clear red water for anyone who depends upon or cares about the welfare state and public services.

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