Islamic republic? Tower Hamlets, east London (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty)Labour: London Borough Becomes 'Islamic Republic' -- The Telegraph
Outside the Wellington Way polling station in Tower Hamlets yesterday, as at many other polling stations in the borough, people had to run a gauntlet of Lutfur Rahman supporters to reach the ballot box. As one Bengali woman voter went past them, we heard one of the Rahman army scolding her for her “immodest dress.”
That incident is perhaps a tiny taste of the future for Britain’s poorest borough now it has elected Mr Rahman as its first executive mayor, with almost total power over its £1 billion budget. At the count last night, one very senior figure in the Tower Hamlets Labour Party said: “It really is Britain’s Islamic republic now.”
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Update: As Feared: London borough becomes 'Islamic republic' -- Atlas Shrugs
My Comment: It is hard to feel sorry for the Brits .... after all .... they originally voted in the politicians who opened their borders to let these immigrants in. Elections have consequences .... live with it.
From a national security point of view .... that is where the complications and consequences will eventually be felt by having these extremists in positions of political power.