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Lutfur Rahman: finally, this story is picking up steam; Andrew Gilligan
Topic Started: Oct 25 2010, 08:48 AM (124 Views)
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Lutfur Rahman: finally, this story is picking up steam

I said on Thursday night that the fundamentalist ally Lutfur Rahman’s election as mayor of Tower Hamlets might be terrible news for the borough, but it was great news for us hacks. And indeed, one of the silver linings of the disaster is that it does seem to be triggering more interest in the story, and the wider issue of Muslim fundamentalism in east London.

Over the last few days, for the first time, mainstream media outlets other than the Telegraph have started to cover it. LBC radio has got involved. The Evening Standard did a double-page spread, far from flattering to Mr Rahman, on election day and another big chunk on Friday.

The Standard’s deputy political editor, Paul Waugh, wrote that “Neil Kinnock spent years in the Eighties trying to break the London Labour Party from the grip of the ‘loony Left.’ Today’s leader’s problem is how to root out corruption and extremism among some Bangladeshi supporters.” And the paper’s leader article called Lutfur’s election “a new low for London’s most rotten borough.. plagued by Islamist extremists.”

This morning, the Guardian’s Julian Glover joins in, calling the election of the “discredited” Rahman “a modern local government catastrophe.” The paper’s interest is particularly welcome, since the Guardian’s London blogger, Dave Hill, has sometimes seemed a little out of his depth on this story. We can credit Ken Livingstone – bless him – for some of the interest. His amazingly ill-judged endorsement of Lutfur last week had the effect of raising the temperature substantially (more on this blog about Ken in a day or two, I hope).

As he seeks to form a cabinet, Lutfur is reported to be putting out feelers to people from other parties. But anyone tempted to join him in his “unity administration” should remember their tin hat. For me, and I get the feeling some other journalists too, the fun has barely started.

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This is good.

Now if this continues more people will begin to see that there are big problems with radical Islam in Britain that they didn't know about.
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the more exposure about thie sh!t the east end of london is in the better for them and the better for us.
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If the Guardian are picking it up then we may just have turned a corner.
Wonderful work by Gilligan.
“Ridicule is the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.”-Thomas Jefferson
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Like you I had anticipated this would raise interest / awareness and encourage closer scrutiny of Islamic Ideology within British society. The journalists who have attempted to tarnish the EDL as racist thugs will themselves begin to research the multicultural model and Islamic Fascist abuse of liberal society.

They (media) will conform to EDL thinking but still maintain EDL are a racist movement, the middle classes don't really want a street movement directing / dictating social /political policy.
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I have a funny feeling thet we will be seing a new dispatches before long. Dispatches are onto the islamist agenda for london (and other cities) and I'm sure they wont be letting this little juicy piece go without having a good old dig into it.
meanwhile... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING CAMERON !!!!
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It seems to me that the media are realising whats going on.the situation in tower hamlets with Lutfur Rahman getting In as mayor is a big wakeup call for the British public.
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Oct 25 2010, 10:41 AM
It seems to me that the media are realising whats going on.the situation in tower hamlets with Lutfur Rahman getting In as mayor is a big wakeup call for the British public.
Agreed, Rahman could well turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the EDL.
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The thing is when David cameron talk about giving "power to the people" the islamists will try and use it to their advantage and try to gain power in local elections.
Edited by Eeedl, Oct 25 2010, 11:06 AM.
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This situation is a blessing. Their every move will be scrutinised and they will cock up.
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