It's Official: Muslim Population of Britain Doubles

Gatestone Institute ^ | December 21, 2012 | Douglas Murray

[george76]

England and Wales ... undergoing seismic change. Over the course of a decade up to four million more people have entered the country to live. In the capital, London, people identifying themselves as "white British" have for the first time become a minority. Perhaps most strikingly, the national Muslim population has doubled.

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For the last decade, every major politician has lied about this issue. While talking tough, about putting a cap on immigrant numbers, pushing people to assimilate and much else besides, they have done nearly nothing

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Now we can see the fruits of their labors. The census reveals that three million people are now living in households where no adult speaks English as their primary language. As Labour's Sadiq Khan has admitted, local councils have spent their money on translation services rather than language classes, thus actually dissuading people from learning the language. The result is communities with inter-generational language barriers. There are parts of London where a quarter of the people are in the same situation. They have created a society where many people can speak about each other but many cannot actually speak to each other. And all the while politicians and pundits are busy trying to pretend that this is all the most wonderful result imaginable.

[expat2]

As you can see from post 58, Holland, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, and even Switzerland have higher %s of Muslims.

[Little Ray]

Have to agree. Wandering around in the dark in Oxford trying to find a Brit who could speak American, I wasn’t worried about my safety - just about finding my hostel near the train station!

(Started out on directions from Brit to the train station - almost ended up trying to walk to London. Gave up and took a cab...)

On the other hand, I nearly go mugged wandering around in New Orleans - in broad daylight!

[driftless2]

"directions"

One of the differences between Brits and Americans is that if you ask for walking directions, the Americans will tell you how far something is, and the Brits will tell you how long it takes...."fifteen minutes that way mate."

[Little Ray]

I don’t remember the exact words any more but some English directions don’t translate exactly into American... I was headed for the motorway before I gave up an entered the first building with public access. Had a pay phone and I had a phone card...