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First muslim mayor of londonistan

MickeyW

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Sadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial center after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism.

The fight to run the British capital has pitted the Labour Party's Khan, 45, the son of a bus driver who grew up in public housing, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the elite-educated son of a billionaire financier.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/britains-labour-set-london-bitter-mayoral-campaign-101122139.html
 
What do you have against a clearly patriotic Englishman being mayor of London?
 
MickeyW said:
The fight to run the British capital has pitted the Labour Party's Khan, 45, the son of a bus driver who grew up in public housing, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the elite-educated son of a billionaire financier.
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Yeah, I agree, it sounds like I would certainly vote for Sadiq Khan if I lived in London.
 
MickeyW said:
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial center after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism.

The fight to run the British capital has pitted the Labour Party's Khan, 45, the son of a bus driver who grew up in public housing, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the elite-educated son of a billionaire financier.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/britains-labour-set-london-bitter-mayoral-campaign-101122139.html
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Khan is a classic success story, and sounds like a good man. But, you are just selling fear..as usual.
 
beefheart said:
Khan is a classic success story, and sounds like a good man. But, you are just selling fear..as usual.
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Good for him, bad for London.
 
MickeyW said:
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial center after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism.

The fight to run the British capital has pitted the Labour Party's Khan, 45, the son of a bus driver who grew up in public housing, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the elite-educated son of a billionaire financier.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/britains-labour-set-london-bitter-mayoral-campaign-101122139.html
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Well, he's a "natural born English citizen", and member of the labour party so what's our problem?

Your description of a "Muslim opposition leader" is so disingenuous that it borders on outright lying.
 
MickeyW said:
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial center after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism.

The fight to run the British capital has pitted the Labour Party's Khan, 45, the son of a bus driver who grew up in public housing, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the elite-educated son of a billionaire financier.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/britains-labour-set-london-bitter-mayoral-campaign-101122139.html
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why is it londonistan if a Muslim is mayor?
 
I hope he does win. I voted for him and so did many people I know.

His religion is not that important, his policies are.
 
The best man won it from the racist fearmonger. Khangratulations!
 
MickeyW said:
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial center after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism.
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The mayoral race was marked by a dog-whistle, racialist campaign by Goldsmith, and it appears to be that that has won it for Khan, apart from him being the more qualified and experienced candidate, of course. Read up on it...

Zac Goldsmith deserves to lose the mayoral race – and be put out to pasture | Suzanne Moore | Opinion | The Guardian
 
I know a great many people who voted for Sadiq, that didn't even know he was a muslim.

Y'know... because they were interested in his policies.
 
Andalublue said:
The mayoral race was marked by a dog-whistle, racialist campaign by Goldsmith, and it appears to be that that has won it for Khan, apart from him being the more qualified and experienced candidate, of course. Read up on it...

Zac Goldsmith deserves to lose the mayoral race – and be put out to pasture | Suzanne Moore | Opinion | The Guardian
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I remember when I joined DP, I'd often see comments referring to President Obama as a Muslim. He's not, but I asked numerous times if there would be something wrong with him being a Muslim in their eyes if he was. I never got an answer to that. Now the bigotry and hatred of all Muslims is very much evident in certain posts on DP, as displayed here, some don't even try to hide it anymore.

So I'll ask again to those participating in the thread who have a problem with this. What exactly is wrong with being appointed Mayor of London when you are a Muslim?
 
jet57 said:
Well, he's a "natural born English citizen", and member of the labour party so what's our problem?

Your description of a "Muslim opposition leader" is so disingenuous that it borders on outright lying.
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Borders on? It IS lying.
 
Serenity said:
I remember when I joined DP, I'd often see comments referring to President Obama as a Muslim. He's not, but I asked numerous times if there would be something wrong with him being a Muslim in their eyes if he was. I never got an answer to that. Now the bigotry and hatred of all Muslims is very much evident in certain posts on DP, as displayed here, some don't even try to hide it anymore.

So I'll ask again to those participating in the thread who have a problem with this. What exactly is wrong with being appointed Mayor of London when you are a Muslim?
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I wonder if it's the fact that he's Muslim who supports SSM that creates the cognitive dissonance for them.
 
This guy's name is Goldsmith also. Jonathan Goldsmith. I wonder if he and Zac are related.


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Serenity said:
I remember when I joined DP, I'd often see comments referring to President Obama as a Muslim. He's not, but I asked numerous times if there would be something wrong with him being a Muslim in their eyes if he was. I never got an answer to that. Now the bigotry and hatred of all Muslims is very much evident in certain posts on DP, as displayed here, some don't even try to hide it anymore.

So I'll ask again to those participating in the thread who have a problem with this. What exactly is wrong with being appointed Mayor of London when you are a Muslim?
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Well, of course, nothing is wrong with it at all. Bigotry is necessarily irrational.
 
 
Frank Apisa said:
This guy's name is Goldsmith also. Jonathan Goldsmith. I wonder if he and Zac are related.


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This guy's name is Zachary, and he was duking it out with Khan right in the heart of the capitol:




Fortunately, Zac had Uhura to help him out when Khan got the upper hand.
 
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