On May 21, 10:33*am, MIG wrote:
On 21 May, 09:57, Boltar wrote:





On May 20, 10:15 pm, alex_t wrote:

"The Bangladeshi community of this area are the custodians of the
community," said Mr Ullah.

Really? Then they might want to try harder since apart from around the
high street that area is a dump and tower hamlets in general is a
sewer.

"This area has been a haven for migrant communities and the
Bangladeshi community by far is one of the largest at the moment and
they want to leave a symbol for future generations."

Why does he think future generations will give a toss? Does he care
that it used to be a very jewish area? Doubt it.

Two years ago, Mr Ullah launched a campaign to rename Aldgate East
tube station Brick Lane - without success.

He sounds like a grade A ****. I wonder how long however before George
Galloway crawls out the woodwork to add his dubious support in order
to gain some brownie points with the extremists.

The only extremists who will benefit from this are the BNP. *I don't
think even Galloway is reckless enough to support something like this,
even if he agreed with it.

I note that Abdal Ullah is a New Labour concillor for a different ward
(St Dunstans and Stepney Green).

The relevant council ward is actually now called "Spitalfields and
Banglatown", but council ward names are notoriously inappropriate in a
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How about the station is called Shoreditch High Street and they have
little signs underneath saying for Banglatown. Seems a straightforward
compromise.

As for earlier suggestion that Tower Hamlets is a sewer, this is way
off, its got some superb streets like Folgate St and Hanbury St, full
of lovely Georgian houses, and nearby Hawksmoors Christ Church
Spitalfields. Not what Id call a dump.

Rob