Islamist groups should not be dictating terms in this country
by Allison Pearson, Telegraph:
Demands to Sir Keir Starmer from extremists must be resisted – and if he won’t do it, we’ll have our opportunity at the ballot box.
The local and mayoral elections turned out to be shocking in a way few had anticipated but which could well mark a critical crossroads in the history of our democracy.
Count Binface, who claims to be a 5,072-year-old intergalactic space warrior, won himself a very creditable 24,260 votes in London on the back of a pledge to cap the price of croissants, defeat fascism and award Grade 1 listed status to Claudia Winkleman’s fringe. Rather good policies, I think.
At least Binface, who wears a dustbin on his head and came ninth in a race won for the third time by the useless Sadiq Khan, belongs to a recognisable strain of Britishness. He was only having a bit of fun, gently sending up the electoral process that has generally served us well. If only the same could be said for one Mothin Ali, who won the Gipton and Harehills ward in Leeds for the Green Party.
In a notably bellicose victory speech, Mr Ali, a 42-year-old accountant and mufti (Islamic jurist) who was wearing traditional dress, yelled that people were “fed up” of being “let down” by a Labour council. This, he declared, fist in the air, was a “win for the people of Gaza”.
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