Tower Hamlets, London, has voted for Mohammad Lutfur Rahman — removed from office for “corrupt and illegal practices” in a 2014 election — as Mayor.
“The people of the borough gave a verdict today. I was in the court of the people and they said in a loud voice that they wanted Lutfur Rahman and his team to serve them for the next four years,” crowed the Bangladesh-born politician following local elections across England on Thursday.
Rahman became Britain’s first directly-elected Muslim executive mayor in ultra-diverse Tower Hamlets in 2010, amid allegations of improper links to the radical Islamic Forum of Europe group and irregularities in his selection as Labour’s candidate (which was ultimately rescinded, forcing him to run as an independent).
He was re-elected in 2014, but removed from office after four electors brought allegations of “corrupt and illegal…
