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Why are councillors in London running for office in Bangladesh?

Tower Hamlets

The east-London borough of Tower Hamlets has long been a byword for the failure of multiculturalism in the UK, with the area’s large Bangladeshi Muslim population increasingly voting along ethno-religious lines.

Reports on Friday that members of the local council are seeking election in Bangladesh are therefore, to put it mildly, not a good look. According to the Standard, three Tower Hamlets councillors have won the endorsement of the Bangladeshi National Party to fight the 2026 elections, slated for February. The Westminster government has described it as ‘unacceptable’, but so far the councillors are unrepentant. A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets council has insisted that the councillors have broken no law, in England or Bangladesh.


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