Britain's multicultural nightmare.(Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within)(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: Hobson, Albert | Copyright information

Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within. Melanie Phillips. Gibson Square. [pounds sterling]14.99. 304 pages. ISBN 978-1903933763

In Bradford in 1970, I met an elderly solicitor. He had been an officer in the Indian Army--the army of the Raj--and had grown close to his Punjabi batman. When he returned home, he discovered that there was a shortage of workers in the 'conditioning house', the establishment where newly-arrived wool was sent to be cleaned. T...

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