Racist attacks, asylum gang scams, Islamic hate preacher

SIX stabbed to death in just 24 hours as Blade England's knife epidemic spirals out of control

By Charlotte Gill, Michael Seamark and Olinka Koster
Last updated at 10:11 PM on 11th July 2008 D.M.

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Asylum gang made £200,000 in crash scam

Justin Davenport and Rob Singh Standard.
10.07.08

When the fraudsters were arrested in June 2006 detectives found a Volvo parked outside one of their homes that had appeared in five of the claims. Police found evidence that some of the gang, two of whom worked for a car rental company, were also claiming disability allowances because of their treatment in Iraq and Kuwait.

They had claimed that they had suffered torture and were receiving medication and treatment for depression as a result.

Tagged on a stroll to shops, Islamic hate preacher freed from jail

Martin Bentham, Home Affairs Editor. Standard
10.07.08

Although he is under virtual house arrest, the preacher appeared happy and relaxed as he strolled to shops close to the £800,000 London home he shares with his wife and children. Exact details of the location where the Qatada family are living on benefits of an estimated £50,000 a year are protected by court orders.

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France's silent protest at student killings

By John Lichfield in Clermont Ferrand
Tuesday, 8 July 2008 Independent

Last night, in the heart of France, 600 students and well-wishers demonstrated against murder, the savage and senseless slaughter of two of their own in a small flat in New Cross, south-east London. England. (stabbed 250 times then burnt)

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Huge rise in number of racist attacks

By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Wednesday, 9 July 2008 independent

Record numbers of racist incidents – from verbal abuse to stabbings – are being reported to police, fuelling fears that levels of Islamophobia are rising.

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US imposes another obstacle on “Britons” crossing the Atlantic

By Simon Calder, Travel Editor, and Chris Green
Saturday, 12 July 2008 independent.

The emphasis of the new rules is on defending the country's borders against the threat of terrorism. It has also been suggested that the new system is a response to the perceived growth of religious extremism in European countries, whose citizens are able to access the US more easily.

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How much does it cost to buy an MP?

MPs to spend £6m more from the taxpayer on plush new offices in their constituencies

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:26 PM on 30th June 2008

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money will be spent improving the constituency offices of MPs as part of a shake-up of their expenses. A Commons committee chaired by Speaker Michael Martin is to hand out around £6million for renovation projects after complaints that MPs cannot afford to pay for decent offices out of their current expenses. But far from ensuring MPs search for the best deal possible, the committee will also insist offices are based in large 'houses of character', with 'best quality fittings throughout'. The initial ideas of having offices for these obviously hard up, hard working people in Nissan huts in Green park was discounted , regardless of it's proximity to the House of Commons.

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Taxpayers pick up bill for MPs' free cars

Nicholas Cecil
02.07.08

MPs get free cars courtesy of the taxpayer, the Standard reveals today.

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How much does it cost to buy an MP?

By Daily Mail Comment

Last updated at 12:19 AM on 03^rd July 2008

The bunglers of Whitehall share in £128m bonus

By Benedict Brogan
Last updated at 11:11 PM on 06th July 2008

The average bonus paid to senior officials in most departments was more than £7,000. Staff at the Treasury racked up £21.7million, of which more than £19million went to those at HM Revenue and Customs, the agency which lost discs containing the personal data of more than 25million people late last year. Last month it emerged that Home Office staff spent almost £11million on taxis, hotels and flights last year. The bill - picked up by the taxpayer - has rocketed by almost 50 per cent in three years..

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Labour MP spent £500,000 of taxpayers' money running office from home staffed by wife

By Michael Tait
Last updated at 10:23 PM on 05th July 2008 Daily Mail

David Marshall, 67, who has quit to spark the Glasgow East by-election on July 24, used the expenses to pay for a constituency office and staff.

But Mr Marshall's office was in his semi-detached Glasgow home and he employed his wife Tina as his secretary. It is also believed he paid his daughter Christina to work from his home from the same pool of money.

Tories claim Brown 'fixed' expenses vote

By Colin Brown Deputy, Political Editor
Saturday, 5 July 2008 Independent.

Jacqui Smith was among those who voted against the reform of MPs' allowances Gordon Brown said he was disappointed with 33 of his own ministers, including Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, for voting to continue with the "John Lewis List" of MPs' allowances for furnishing their second homes.

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There is a buzz going about that Gordon Brown, the incumbent, unelected prime minister of England intends giving to his Scottish relatives £2 Billion, supposedly in the form of two "aircraft carriers" which supposedly will be built in Scotland. Reality is that he is stealing far more from the English than his mentor Anthony Blair could ever have imagined and ever did. Really, Gordon has turned out breathtaking for his sheer audacity, panache and ability at financial manipulation.

For Gordon, revenge is extremely sweet……Two Billion…..

No keel will ever be laid for this project.

There will be no raised eyebrows at the number of Eastern European ladies laid with a trifling part of this money . Start with Lembit Opik. M.P. and his lust for these creatures.

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Not only but also ……….Mr. Brown wants us to rediscover "Thriftiness..” D.M".

The basic essential for any politician is sheer contempt, insatiable greed, lust for Power, a deep stupidity in any subject other than self, the hide of a rhinoceros, all neatly wrapped, booted and suited,

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For "Johnson".. read ……..Livingstone.

Johnson adviser's lurid sexual past comes back to haunt him

By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Friday, 4 July 2008 Independent

Johnson gives Ray Lewis his backing

is in crisis after he was forced to set up an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment and financial irregularities against one of his deputies.

Tory turmoil as Mayor Boris Johnson is forced to axe the deputy who lied about his past

By Benedict Brogan
Last updated at 12:42 AM on 05th July 2008/ D.M.

The Tories suffered an embarrassing setback last night after Boris Johnson was forced to sack his deputy for lying about his past. Ray Lewis, a charismatic community leader, was dumped after what looked like a catastrophic misjudgment by the new London mayor. A torrent of allegations about Mr Lewis, covering sexual misconduct, financial wheeler- dealing and physical abuse of pupils threatened to tarnish the Tory success story.

Mayor's aide: new sex claim

Robert Mendick, Chief Reporter……….10.07.08

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Disgraced former deputy mayor Ray Lewis is facing a new accusation of sexual misconduct, the Evening Standard can reveal.

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Scandal of LDA's missing millions

Katharine Barney, Evening

Standard16.07.08

Tens of millions

f pounds of public money were squandered by Ken Livingstone's development agency, a report says today.
"The board failed to ensure the LDA worked effectively. Instead it seemed to have adopted the notion that in many ways the LDA was there to serve as the Mayor's chequebook and that chequebook has been used to write some rather interesting pay-offs to people who have left the LDA.
Ms Wheatcroft also cited "unusual" spending when giving board member Yvonne Thompson her £17,000 salary for 15 months despite standing down.
Ms Thompson, who once accompanied Mr Jasper to New York on an LDA business trip, quit last year after allegations were made that the African Caribbean Business Network - of which she was president - received funding for projects which it did not deliver.
Another executive, Tony Winterbottom, got a year's sabbatical followed by a £75,000 pay-off and £160,000 into a pension fund and was then given another £20,000 job. The report also highlights:
• A £30,000 project to research London's weather trends in a bid to rival the Met Office.
• A £456,633 contract for street improvements which was not let competitively.
• A lack of checks on groups being awarded cash, with £36,900 given to the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners despite the company being dormant most of the time.
Ms Wheatcroft also cited "unusual" spending when giving board member Yvonne Thompson her £17,000 salary for 15 months despite standing down.
Ms Thompson, who once accompanied Mr Jasper to New York on an LDA business trip, quit last year after allegations were made that the African Caribbean Business Network - of which she was president - received funding for projects which it did not deliver.
Another executive, Tony Winterbottom, got a year's sabbatical followed by a £75,000 pay-off and £160,000 into a pension fund and was then given another £20,000 job. The report also highlights:
• A £30,000 project to research London's weather trends in a bid to rival the Met Office.
• A £456,633 contract for street improvements which was not let competitively.
• A lack of checks on groups being awarded cash, with £36,900 given to the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners despite the company being dormant most of the time.

COMMENTARY:

'Egotistical, ambitious, sleazy ... The perfect candidate for a peerage'

By James Chapman
Last updated at 1:20 AM on 03rd July 2008 Daily Mail.

Self-regard is not a quality generally in short supply in the world of Westminster politicians. Yet Keith Vaz's ego has the capacity to take even many of his Labour colleagues by surprise. He once described himself as 'a leading member, if not the leading member, of the Muslim community in this country'.

The Face Of England. 21^st Century "Europe Minister" Keith Vaz

pictured leaving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London yesterday Over the last 20 years, he has veered from one extreme of his party to the other - moving from the hard-left Campaign Group of MPs to become one of Tony Blair's most unctuous New Labour supporters. But consistency, alas, has never been Keith Vaz's strongest point. Two years after being elected in Leicester East in 1987, he marched publicly with Muslim constituents who wanted Salman Rushdie's head over his Satanic Verses book. It later emerged that at the same time, he was telephoning the author to offer his private support. Once an arch Eurosceptic, he became such a strong pro-European that as Europe Minister, he threatened to hound Eurosceptics out of the Labour Party. In one leaked piece of correspondence, he was said to have written: 'We know who you Eurosceptics are and we're coming to get you in your constituencies.' Born in 1956 in Aden, he is a Goanese Catholic christened Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz. His father was the correspondent in Aden for the Times of India. Vaz, pictured with Shilpa Shetty, once described himself as 'a leading member, if not the leading member, of the Asian community in this country' He was selected as Labour's candidate in Leicester East for the 1987 election - possibly in part thanks to his outspoken support for hugely controversial 'black sections' in the Labour Party. These were to be clubs closed to white party members and were designed to draw in disaffected ethnic minorities to Labour.

Vaz pictured at a reception in honour of Lord Irvine, who once described him as 'the most incredible networker I have ever met' Mr Vaz's stance is thought to have helped win him support in Leicester East, a constituency with 16,000 Muslim workers. But Mr Vaz's supporters may have been disappointed when, on entering Parliament, he reversed his support for 'black sections'.

Appointed Europe Minister in 1999, allegations of sleaze and chicanery began to emerge soon afterwards. The next year, the Parliamentary standards watchdog was called in to investigate allegations of undisclosed payments to Mr Vaz from businessmen in his constituency He was cleared of nine of the 28 allegations of financial manipulation -accused of blocking investigation-into 18 and censured for one - failure to register payments of £4,500 from a solicitor he went on to recommend for a peerage. After collapsing during a TV interview he was dropped by Mr Blair from the Government in 2001.Ill health was officially the reason given, though Mr Blair was said to believe that his continued presence in the Government was an embarrassment. And in 2002, another inquiry into whether a company connected to Mr Vaz had taken money from the billionaire Indian Hinduja brothers came to a more damning verdict. It concluded he had 'committed serious breaches of the code of conduct and a contempt of the House' and recommended that he be suspended from the Commons for a month. Yet even this humiliation was not enough to keep Mr Vaz down. After the 2005 General election he slowly worked his way back - being appointed head of an Muslim minority task force by Mr Blair in 2006. Controversially, he won the prestigious chairmanship of the home affairs select committee in 2007, replacing the universally respected John Denham. Critics say he has used the post for grandstanding and showboating. Only this week, he was criticized by commentators for inviting Cherie Blair for a high-profile appearance before his committee to discuss policing and knife crime, despite her limited expertise on the subject. Even before the latest controversy, MPs suspect that his ambitions still run deep. 'The rumor running around Labour MPs was that he would be offered a knighthood for his vote on 42 days,' said one MP who knows him. 'I think he wants to be a knight. He sees that it's unlikely he will ever be a minister again and he would like to be a peer of the realm. Whether after yesterday's disclosure such a dream is possible now seems doubtful.

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Tories claim Brown 'fixed' expenses vote

By Colin Brown Deputy, Political Editor
Saturday, 5 July 2008 Independent.

Jacqui Smith was among those who voted against the reform of MPs' allowances Gordon Brown said he was disappointed with 33 of his own ministers, including Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, for voting to continue with the "John Lewis List" of MPs' allowances for furnishing their second homes.

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The Big Question: Why is tension rising in Turkey, and is the country turning Islamist?

By Nicholas Birch in Istanbul
Tuesday, 8 July 2008 independent

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"This country to so pro-Muslim it is giving succour to the extremists who will destroy us ultimately"

…………. Melanie Phillips...Last updated at 12:44 AM on 08th July 2008.D.M.

"But Islamism will be repulsed only if Britain once again regains the confidence of its own culture, heritage and traditions. And these are based on Christianity which is in steep decline, most Protestant churches have been split into apartments at a million pounds a piece.. interesting to know the going price of a mosque ,when Islam too starts to crumble under the molten mass of morons. ……….Which is a inevitability .

Ms Blears's lamentable comment graphically illustrates the problem. While the ordinary people of Britain are increasingly aghast at the way their country is being transformed by Islamism, the political, judicial, security and intellectual left wing elites are busy denying the nature of the danger and making it far, far worse through a combination of extreme ignorance, arrogance and sheer funk, or a conspiracy which is yet to be revealed.

The Islamists will launched their attack from within against the West because they perceive correctly it is so weak, grasping and confused it does not possess the wherewithal. strength and interest to defend itself. When it came to dealing with the English, the Islamic strategy has been faultless, using the confusion, greed, and multiculturalism ethos within England as a weapon against itself… not very much else

Police sniffer dogs to wear bootees during house searches to avoid offending Muslims

By Graham Smith
Last updated at 10:34 AM on 06th July 2008 Daily Mail.

Police sniffer dogs will soon have to wear bootees when searching Muslim households to avoid causing offence

Veiled Muslim woman denied French citizenship amid concerns over her 'radical' religious views

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:53 AM on 12th July 2008

France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the grounds that her 'radical' Islam is incompatible with French values, a legal ruling revealed. The case will re-ignite debate about how to reconcile religious freedom with other rights, which many in France feel are being challenged by the way of life of some Muslims. Le Monde newspaper said it is the first time a Muslim applicant had been rejected because of personal religious practice. 'She has adopted a radical practice of her religion, incompatible with essential values of the French community, particularly the principle of equality of the sexes,' said a ruling by the Council of State. (No multiculturism in France . either their way or sod off )

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Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah

Last updated at 11:30 AM on 04th By Daily Mail Reporter
July 2008

Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson. Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped. They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School , near Stoke-on-Trent –( England ) which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.

Every crevice in England holds a Muslim.

…………Especially in the highest echelons….

'He's a liar, a cheat and a coward,' says police chief Tarique Ghaffur's first wife

By Richard Pendlebury and Stephen Wright Last updated at 11:32 PM on 04th July 2008.D.M.

And now Assistant Commissioner Ghaffur, risen to become Britain 's highest ranking Muslim officer, is launching a racial discrimination case against his employers ( for £500.000 ) the Metropolitan Police. His action has provoked both consternation and deep depression on the executive 8th floor of New Scotland Yard. In what seems to be a carefully orchestrated attack, Ghaffur's threat coincides with the industrial tribunal of another high-ranking Muslim officer, Commander , (another £half million) who claims to have been passed over for further promotion by the Met Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair. Hussain accuses Sir Ian of surrounding himself with a 'golden circle' of white officers and is quite emphatic in his view that England should immediately fall under Sharia law and he was the person to "enforce" this. It was discovered that Himmler is his role model

Met Chief faces Muslim officer's 'dossier of racial discrimination'

Deliberate leaks suggest that Ghaffur, whose contract runs out next year, will also accuse his weak and isolated boss of being actively racist. The same sources say that the one-time Ugandan refugee has a dossier of incidents, culminating in him being removed from a prestigious Olympics security job. Outraged at the smear, the almost pathologically politically correct Sir Ian wants to remove Ghaffur from his desk and deported but has been blocked from doing so. Mediation, due to start next week, will surely fail. Sources say there is now no chance of Ghaffur getting a contract extension, however, this is expected to create another explosive situation with the Muslims. Initially with a mass rally in Trafalgar square. (Which they want renamed)
Home Office quite reasonably view that Ghaffur, 53, had been promoted as far as his capabilities allow - if not further. It is not racism that holds him back, but ability. One person who knows his character extremely well is this middle-aged sub-post-mistress, the first Mrs Ghaffur. Another Asian Muslim immigrant from east Africa, she has not been able to follow every twist and turn of Ghaffur's recent career as her working hours are long and the memories painful. But she does know that the man to whom she was once married has risen to become a very important policeman indeed.

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Race claim officer pulls out of talks with MET
Rob Singh and Ken Hyder 17.07.08 Ev Standard

Talks between the Met and Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur over claims of racial discrimination have collapsed after he demanded a leading legal figure to chair the mediation process. Names in the frame included Cherie Blair and Lord Falconer, but it is believed the force vetoed the idea for fear of cost. Mr Ghaffur's representatives today issued formal proceedings for an employment tribunal. He is claming £500.000.
A protracted legal battle that threatens the leadership of Commissioner Sir Ian Blair now looks likely with Mr Ghaffur, the Met's third most senior officer, alleging he has been sidelined and undermined in his role.

Lawyer in Ghaffur's Met battle is fighting his own £10m race case
Amar Singh, Evening Standard18.07.08

The lawyer hired by Tarique Ghaffur in his legal showdown with the Metropolitan Police, is himself fighting his own £10million discrimination claim against the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Evening Standard can reveal. Shahrokh Mireskandari, an Iranianborn solicitor at the firm Dean & Dean, says the SRA - which investigates misconduct complaints against solicitors - has hounded him and his firm for years.

Met Police chief in quiz over panel that gave £3m contract to skiing pal

By Christopher Leake and Simon McgeeLast updated at 11:24 PM on 19th July 2008
Facing questions: Sir Ian Blair

Britain's top policeman is to be questioned following allegations that Scotland Yard contracts worth more than £3million were awarded to a firm run by a close personal friend.Sir Ian Blair will be grilled by officials on the Metropolitan Police Authority, which employs him, over claims of a potential conflict of interest relating to his links with entrepreneur Andrew Miller. The Met Commissioner and Mr Miller have enjoyed several skiing holidays together. The investigation will centre on how Mr Miller, 54 – who has known Sir Ian for 30 years – came to be awarded a series of lucrative technology deals by the Metropolitan Police.


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Former chair of Bar Council calls for sharia rules in English law

By Steve Doughty
Last updated at 1:03 AM on 05th July 2008 D.M.

His comments follow the controversial speech this week by Mr Hockman who gave his approval to the use of sharia law for deciding family and marriage disputes and mediating in arguments among Muslims. In February, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams ran into difficulties after proposing that Islamic law should have a role in Britain . Control in Britain . Mr Hockman said: 'Given the world situation and our own substantial Muslim population, it is "vital??" that we look at ways to integrate Muslim culture into our own traditions……..'

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Ex-Met chief brands Asian officer's race claims as 'nonsense'

Amar Singh…….. Standard
09.07.08

Lord Stevens today described the allegation that he fostered a "golden circle" of white officers during his time as Metropolitan police commissioner as "absolute nonsense". The former head of Scotland Yard dismissed claims by Commander Shabir Hussain that a favoured group of cronies - all white - were promoted at the expense of ethnic minority officers. Mr Hussain is suing the Met and the Metropolitan Police Authority on the grounds that he was repeatedly passed over for promotion because of his race, for £5.000.000.

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Police fury

Police fury as boss tell them to 'celebrate' gypsies

By Stephen Wright D.M.

Last updated at 9:39 PM on 11 2008th July

Denise Milani:

The Metropolitan police director “urges” officers to observe………….

'Gipsy Roma Traveler History Month' (England 21^st Century)

Their arrival in the capital is said to have led to a huge rise in thieving and prompted the creation of a specialist police squad to tackle their sinister activities. Yet in a move which has caused disbelief amongst rank and file officers, Scotland Yard has asked staff to 'celebrate' the contribution of Roma gypsies to 'London's culture and diversity.' In a notice posted on the force's intranet website,

Denise Milani, director of the Met's 'Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate', urges officers to observe the first ever 'Gipsy Roma Traveler History Month.' Ignoring the huge drain on resources caused by Romanian pickpockets who target commuters and tourists in the West End, Miss Milani - a protégé of Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair - says Roma gypsies are welcome in the capital. She says: 'We welcome the celebration of the community's history and contributions to London's culture and diversity. The Met Police works to make London a safer city for all and we are committed to understanding and working with all communities, including the Gipsy Roma Traveler community. 'The Gipsy Roma Traveler History month celebrates their history, culture and contributions to the rich tapestry of Britain's diversity.' The mother-of-two's comments were described as 'political correctness off the Richter scale' by one furious detective. He added: 'What planet is this lady living on? We have been run ragged by gangs of Romanian gypsies who are targeting innocent people in the West End. How is that enhancing the rich tapestry of cultural life in Britain?' Following the expansion of the European Union, the number Romanian criminals known to police in central London rose from 12 in 2006 to 214 last year.

Earlier this year, police staged a dramatic series of dawn raids in Slough, Berkshire, in a campaign to stamp out a Fagin-style crime ring involving Romanian slave children smuggled into Britain. Ten children were taken into care and 24 of their suspected controllers arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and organizing theft involving up to £1billion a year. Many of those arrested were understood to be Roma gypsies. The youngsters ranged in age from less than one to 17. Many such children are made to travel to central London every day and carry out crimes including pick pocketing, credit card cloning and theft. Police have estimated that each active Romanian criminal makes about £100,000 a year - most of which is channeled back to his home country to fund luxury cars and homes