Posted on 05/06/2016 2:40:08 PM PDT by HomerBohn
LONDON — Labour candidate Sadiq Khan has been elected Mayor of London, beating his Conservative opponent Zac Goldsmith.
Khan, 45, replaces flamboyant Conservative Boris Johnson after a race characterised by allegations of extremism and racism.
Goldsmith called Khan — who is Muslim — a "radical" and accused him of giving "platforms, oxygen and even cover" to Islamic extremists.
His allegations were echoed by prime minister David Cameron in the parliament, during Wednesdays' question time.
The son of a bus driver from Pakistan, Khan is a former human rights lawyer who branded himself "the British Muslim who takes the fight to the extremists."
Before the elections, he promised to be "a mayor for all Londoners," urging voters to "choose hope over fear."
A difficult campaign
Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of Economics, said the introduction of a directly elected London mayor 16 years ago had introduced "an American form of government" that differs from traditional British parliamentary and local government structures.
"Now intriguingly this time — and we've seen a bit of it before — it appears to have brought with it some of the harder American campaign tactics," he said ahead of the result.
A victory for Khan is a bright spot in what looks set to be a grim day for Labour, which has been out of office nationally since 2010.
Opposition parties usually gain seats in midterm elections as voters punish the sitting government. But Labour under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn is divided and beset by a controversy over allegations of anti-Semitism within its ranks. The claims gained new momentum when former London Mayor Ken Livingstone — a Corbyn ally — claimed that Adolf Hitler had supported Zionism before he came to power.
Livingstone, Labour lawmaker Naz Shah and several local party officials have been suspended over comments or social media posts about Israel, and Corbyn has faced renewed pressure over his links to pro-Palestinian groups.
About 2,700 local council seats are up for grabs, and Corbyn predicted last week that Labour wouldn't lose ground — but later said that "predictions are not that important."
A poor showing would bolster discontented Labour lawmakers who believe the party is heading for a third straight general election defeat in 2020 if Corbyn — a life-long socialist with strong support among the party's grass roots — is not replaced.
Lots of luck London and the UK, you're going to need it, but then you asked for it!
Why would you let Muslims into your country?
Why would you elect a Muslim to office?
Why would you elect someone with the name Sad IQ?
What is wrong with you Brits???????
50% of London is Muslim and/or foreign immigrants. London has fallen
British society-white man is evil
Britain is a conquered nation. How soon will there be Sharia law in London and Jews and Christians forced out or into servitude?
He made no bones about the fact that he likes his Muslims uppity (terrorists or their sympathizers), yet he still won the election. Stockholm Syndrome on Steroids.
Which goes to show that being a member of a murderous religion pays dividends. As for me, I’m off to the Rib Shack.
EVERYTHING AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE QURAN.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?314071-10/book-discussion-every-american-needs-know-quran&buy=
The people in Londonistan are nutz!
And Britannia sinks stern first beneath the waves. In less than a hundred years the King of England will pray to Mecca and will be hailed as the “Islamic Constantine.”
And Western Civilization will fade into history.
Well, America did it first. We got a dude named Barak, and he’s more than just a mayor. The west is going down the toilet.
The suicide is complete. The rest of EU is about to fall.
Political Correctness is now going to be guilty of eliminating ALL freedom in the Western World.
How and why did they ever let this happen?????
One word: Taqiya.
UK is in deep trouble, their capital is now surrounded and controlled by an enemy power.
Bad juju, Brits-historically speaking, this won’t be the first time London was nearly destroyed-but it just may be the last...
The question is...are the allegations accurate? I know nothing about this particular race, but my overwhelming suspicion is...yes, given the circumstances of the Islamic presence in the UK. There is no doubt there is an attempt to take over from within, and the country is going tits-up to accommodate. It is a bit frightening, and now this.
My gut feeling is the guy is being a typical pandering politician who will say anything, true or not, to get himself elected, with an overriding mantle of Islamic-approved Taqiya.
Does anyone know any info to the contrary?
President barrack Hussein Obama, just think about that before criticizing our British cousins.
UK votes for its own destruction
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