Blog 301 May 9, 2016
England was great!
My trip to Bath and London proved to be quite worthwhile. The city of London has been struggling with a political race for the mayor’s office. This weekend for the first time in (probably) two millenniums of existence, a Muslim was elected Mayor of London town. The once expansive British Empire has brought an amazing array of nationalities and religions into England and London proper.
Years ago when I traveled by the Tube (subway) to the northern end of London, I came up the steps to the street and thought I was in Baghdad. Women in burqas and long black hijab dresses were shopping on a street lined with food being sold out of wooden crates that looked like the market in Amman, Jordan. London had become a truly international city.
Sadig Khan ran a campaign of hope against the politics of fear promoted by Zac Goldsmith. Khan’s father had been a bus driver in London and never dreamed he could become Mayor. We can all rejoice when a platform of positive values defeats a racist smear approach.
America may end up being faced with such a choice.
NOW TO THE BIG NEWS!
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