Over at Indigo Jo Blogs, Yusuf Smith draws our attention to this disgraceful leaflet distributed by Labour MP Phil Woolas during his recent election campaign in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency. Two days before polling day the Lib Dem … Continue reading
“Just how many people were on the now-notorious al Muhajiroun-organised demo in Luton earlier this year, in which a small group of Islamists chanted anti-war slogans at British troops marching through the town? Just a couple of dozen, if memory … Continue reading
A Muslim teaching assistant suspended for refusing to remove her veil in class should be sacked, a local government minister has said. Phil Woolas told the Sunday Mirror that Aishah Azmi, 23, had “put herself in a position where she … Continue reading
Two High Court judges have ordered a re-run of this year’s General Election campaign in the Greater Manchester constituency of ex-immigration minster Phil Woolas. Mr Woolas won the Oldham East and Saddleworth seat by 103 votes over Liberal Democrat rival … Continue reading
Town hall bosses have been cleared of misconduct following a row over a new mosque. Council leader Howard Sykes was among seven Lib Dem councillors accused of “fast-tracking” the planning application for a mosque on Waterloo Street, Glodwick. But an investigation … Continue reading
Ex-minister Phil Woolas was yesterday accused of whipping up racial hatred in his fight to stay an MP. A special court was told his Labour team tried to make “white folk angry”. Mr Woolas saved his Oldham East and Saddleworth … Continue reading
Muslim groups expressed anger last night after a Labour politician who has been at the centre of a series of race controversies was made Immigration Minister. Phil Woolas, previously an Environment Minister, was handed the brief despite infuriating the Pakistani … Continue reading
Race hate laws should be used to crack down on extremist groups whose activities are prompting a rise in anti-Semitism at Britain’s universities, vice-chancellors are to be warned by ministers today. Ministers are particularly concerned about the infiltration of campuses … Continue reading
Government minister Phil Woolas’s call to sack a Muslim teacher for wearing the veil has made race relations worse by adding to the current demonisation of Muslims, according to anti-racist organisation The 1990 Trust.The minister’s tactless and opportunistic intervention merely … Continue reading
The Government reacts tetchily to suggestions that British foreign policy has anything to do with the rise in radicalism among young Muslims. When Muslim leaders wrote an open letter a fortnight ago suggesting just that, Foreign Office minister Kim Howells … Continue reading