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SOCIALIST groups in east London called for an investigation yesterday into “racist and offensive” comments by a presenter on a Bengali-British TV station.
Mahee Jalil, the founder of Channel S, one of the most popular Bengali stations in Britain, sparked anger earlier this month during a programme on Covid-19.
Answering questions from a caller, Mr Jalil claimed that Muslim shopkeepers were hiking the price of betel leaves, a popular ingredient used during Ramadan.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
As extremist hate spreads and disillusion deepens, the labour movement must offer more than resistance — it must offer a future, writes MATT WRACK, general secretary of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union