Friday, 5 June 2009

Promote Sadiq Khan to the Cabinet

Unless you live on Mars it may not have escaped your attention that unfortunately the Labour Government appears to be imploding.

Currently, cabinet ministers seem to be going quicker than a hot curry in Southall. While London Muslim is not sad to see arch Zionist, James Purnell and Hazel "rocking the boat" Blears going in what appears a co-ordinated ring wing blairite conspiracy, Gordon Brown needs to get a grip.

The cabinet Mr Brown leads is, outrageously in 2009 all white, even opportunist Dave "I'm proud to call myself a Zionist" Cameron has a Muslim in his shadow cabinet, Sayeeda Warsi.

Sadiq Khan is a talented and loyal politician doing a good job as Cohesion Minister building bridges with all communities most notably the Muslim community. Given the mess Hazel Blears made at DCLG befriending the Neo-Cons of Policy Exchange and urging the boycott of the Islam Expo, its time for the Labour party to start appearing reflective of the wider community particularly those that have traditionally supported the party.

Not only is Sadiq a Londoner, a Muslim and a serious thinker who in his role at the Fabian Society wrote a groundbreaking pamphlet "Fairness not favours" on how to reconnect with British Muslims he also perhaps most importantly deserves promotion on merit.

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