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| Britain's first Muslim mayor is kicked out after being found guilty of blackmailing voters |
| 2016-07-24 |
| Sadly, not London's A judge decided last year's poll will be void and banned Lutfur Rahman from standing in an upcoming election. Rahman, who became the UK's first Muslim mayor when elected in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 2010, was ruled to have used "undue spiritual influence" to religiously blackmail the Bangladeshi community to vote for him He was also found to have unfairly smeared his opponent in the election, Labour's John Biggs, a racist. Judge Richard Mawrey, who also found Rahman had given money to Muslim groups to help secure re-election - even giving cash to those who had not applied for grants - said: "Mr Rahman will remark this decision is about racism and Islamophobia but this is nothing of the sort. "He has carved a successful career of ignoring and flouting laws and silencing critics with claims of Islamophobia. But they have not been silenced and neither will this court. "This is the result of the ruthless ambition of one man and the real losers here are the citizens of Tower Hamlets and especially the Bangladeshi community. "The result of this has been to isolate that community and create resentment from other communities. "He has accused his opponents of dividing the community but if anyone was it was him. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 Apparently. But you are otherwise batting 1.000 today, and it's nice to be reminded of a win for the good guys. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-24 21:13 |
| #1 apparently a year old? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-24 20:12 |