The Islamic republic of Tower Hamlets

Well done the Labour Party. They messed up another selection process, apparently indulged in casual racism to get their man on the ballot and then lost to the man they dropped. The man that dropped may, or may not, be an Islamist with dodgy political and theocratic connections but they have helped him to power . So every time Lutfur Rahman introduces a policy that upsets the non-Islamists in Tower Hamlets, the Labour party will share the blame.

One other person who needs to be linked with the policies of the new regime in Tower Hamlets is Ken Livingstone, the man that defied party rules to support Lutfur Rahman but will seemingly escape punishment by that party.

One of the great joys I have felt since 2008 is that Ken Livingstone is no longer Mayor of London, that his friends are no longer living off the London rate payer and that Islamist preachers of intolerance are no invited to preach as friends and scholars.