Quotes from recent articles in The Times in the Evening Standard:
"With an acumen not usually associated with the Conservative Party, the Tories have moved to capitalise on their success, choosing as their candidate one of Britain's most successful Asian businessmen - whose business happens to be based in Southall."
"As Mr Lit walked down the road, people rushed out to meet him and gave him the thumbs up through shop windows. He has charisma, is well groomed and appears to be expensively tailored. He easily eclipsed Ken Clarke, the Tory grandee who had turned up to lend his support, suggesting that the Tory leader’s big tent approach to candidate selection – particularly in a constituency where 62 per cent of voters are from ethnic minorities – may pay dividends."
"The Liberal Democrats splutter at the suggestion that the Tories are the principal challengers at this election, after they came second in the 2005 general election. The party’s talented election supremo, Chris Rennard, has taken charge."
"To anyone outside the more ideological ranks of the Tory membership, Mr Lit looks the kind of person all the parties are desperate to attract, a rather impressive and personable candidate whse main risk is that he might actually win the Tories some votes."
"Lit was also an official ambassador for London's Olympic bid and has advised Buckingham Palace on community cohesion. he has also been a fashion model, which seems to be helping with the younger, female voters."
"The sight of all those Tory posters in the windows of Southall's sari shops, grocers and restaurants is testimony to the Lit family's links with the area. As always, with prominent local businessmen, the lits have admirers and detractors in the community."