First Islamic run council in the UK taken over by Government due to corruption

(London) Tower Hamlets in the East of London is (was) run by Islamist Lutfur Rahman who came to power due to the vote of the primarily Islamic population in the area. Since being voted in, Rahman has been the subject of numerous allegations of corruption, nepotism and religious bigotry which he washed away by uttering the magic word "Racism".

Anyway, the current Community Secretary Eric Pickles, unlike the damp squids of the left, demanded an investigation into the above, and today, it has been revealed that Tower Hamlets is a rotten borough. These included:

Poplar Town Hall, a Grade II listed building, was sold for £875,000 to a political supporter of Mr Lutfah even though the bid arrived late, and after rival bids had been opened, which created a “risk of bid manipulation”. A higher offer was rejected, contrary to independent advice, and the winner was later allowed to change his contract.

Grants were handed out to organisations that were “ruled ineligible”, with some £407,700 given to groups that failed to meet the council’s own minimum criteria. Council officers were over-ruled in many cases.

The appeared to show “a tendency towards denial or obfuscation rather than an inclination to investigate concerns raised”. It did not properly investigate issues raised in a BBC Panorama programme that alleged Mr Rahman intervened to increase grants paid to some local Bangladeshi organisations.

Public money was spent “inappropriately” on political advertising for the Mayor.

Instead of being found innocent as he said he would be, Rahman has been found guilty of following the ways of the crooked ways of Islam's found 'Mohammed. Which is why today the Government has sent in a takeover squad to run Tower Hamlets council. Naturally as a Muslim Rahman has refused to resign.