4 h. ago ‘Feels like a Muslim city’: Reform UK mayoral candidate suggests burqa stop

‘Feels like a Muslim city’: Reform UK mayoral candidate suggests burqa stop-and-search in London; faces b  Times of India

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5 h. ago 'Parts of London feels like Muslim city': Reform UK mayor candidate 'burqa' remarks sparks backlash

'Parts of London feels like Muslim city': Reform UK mayor candidate 'burqa' remarks sparks backlash  WION

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24 h. ago Reform UK’s London mayoral candidate condemned over ‘dangerous’ burqa stop and search comments

Crossbench peer says Laila Cunningham’s remarks were a ‘dogwhistle’ to racists

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41 h. ago Reform UK London mayoral candidate criticized over burqa stop

Reform UK London mayoral candidate criticized over burqa stop-and-search remarks  Arab News

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45 h. ago Reform UK’s London mayor candidate condemned for burqa stop and search remarks

Laila Cunningham accused of endangering Muslims after saying: ‘If you’re hiding your face, you’re hiding it for a criminal reason’Reform UK’s mayoral candidate for London has been accused of endangering Muslims after she said women wearing the burqa should be subject to stop and search.Laila Cunningham, who was announced as Reform’s candidate for the 2028 mayoral elections last week, said no one should cover their face “in an open society”, adding: “It has to be assumed that if you’re hiding your face, you’re hiding it for a criminal reason.” Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Backdoor blasphemy laws ‘will never happen’, says Cabinet minister amid row over Labour’s redefinition of Islamophobia

It comes after Reform’s candidate for London mayor Laila Cunningham suggested women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

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56 h. ago Reform's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham: Women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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3 d. ago Laila Cunningham: 'London is not a Muslim city and I'd like to see Christianity celebrated more'

We sat down with Reform’s mayoral candidate for London 2028

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4 d. ago 'Don't talk down London', says Keir Starmer as he slams Nigel Farage's Reform UK at PMQs after homicide rate falls

The PM criticised Reform after its London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham said the capital was ‘burning’

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5 d. ago Sadiq Khan reacts to Reform London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham's 'burka ban' support

London mayor responds to Ms Cunningham's proposals for the first time

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6 d. ago Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan

Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets saferLast year, something extraordinary happened in London. As the conversation about crime got even louder, London quietly reached the lowest per capita homicide rate in its recorded history. Even London’s harshest critics have to accept this is impressive progress.For too many, it will no doubt come as a surprise. In recent years, politicians and commentators have sought to spam our social media feeds with an endless stream of distortions and untruths – painting a dystopian picture of a lawless place where criminals run rampant.Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Several businesses linked to Reform’s London mayor candidate struck off

Laila Cunningham has been unveiled as the party’s candidate for the 2028 election

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9 d. ago Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham attacks the Met: 'I don't see police on the street'

Scotland Yard defends its actions to tackle crime in the West End - saying extra officers are targeting crimes which Londoners ‘care about the most’

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1 week ago Reform UK picks Muslim candidate Laila Cunningham to run for London mayor

Reform UK picks Muslim candidate Laila Cunningham to run for London mayor  The Arab Weekly

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1 week ago ‘A great candidate’: your views on Reform UK’s London mayoral choice

‘A great candidate’: your views on Reform UK’s London mayoral choice  The Telegraph

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1 week ago Who is Laila Cunningham? The Reform UK candidate for London mayor

Who is Laila Cunningham? The Reform UK candidate for London mayor  The Independent

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1 week ago Reform London mayor candidate accused of talking down capital with ‘pity’ remark

Reform London mayor candidate accused of talking down capital with ‘pity’ remark  The Guardian

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1 week ago Who is Reform's Laila Cunningham, and what would London look like with her as mayor?

Reform UK has named former the former councillor as its London mayoral candidate - but who is she, and what does she stand for?

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1 week ago Reform UK names Laila Cunningham as 2028 London mayoral candidate

Reform UK names Laila Cunningham as 2028 London mayoral candidate  BBC

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1 week ago Farage launches attack on Sadiq Khan as Reform unveils challenger for London mayoral elections

‘There will be a new sheriff in town, and I'll be launching an all-out war on crime’, Reform’s candidate for mayor of London said

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