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Linking Sadiq to Extremism is the ‘Rough and Tumble’ of Politics Says Michael Fallon
May 7, 2016 By Tell Mama

Linking Sadiq to Extremism is the ‘Rough and Tumble’ of Politics Says Michael Fallon

Efforts by the Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital’s election were just part of the “rough and tumble” of politics, a senior MP said on Saturday. As politicians from all sides lined up to condemn his party’s tactics in the mayoral race won by

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In the last weeks of the Mayoral Campaign, let’s tone down the heated rhetoric
April 24, 2016 By Tell Mama

In the last weeks of the Mayoral Campaign, let’s tone down the heated rhetoric

The London mayoral campaign has been a heated set of campaigns that have focussed on the backgrounds of individuals and on the associations that candidates have had with people whose views have been regarded as ‘repulsive’ and ‘extreme.’ Newspapers have led headlines on associations with extremists and social media activity has suggested that one of

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