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<\/p>\nDaily Express columnist Carole Malone has launched a scathing attack on what she called the “creeping Islamisation of Britain” following the election of a pro-Gaza candidate to a council seat in Lancashire.<\/p>\n
Speaking on GB News, Malone expressed outrage after 18-year-old Maheen Kamran won the Burnley Central East seat on Lancashire County Council while campaigning in favour of segregation between the sexes.<\/p>\n
The independent candidate secured 38 per cent of the vote in the recent local elections.<\/p>\n
Kamran, who told Politics Home she was motivated to enter politics by the war in Gaza, campaigned on preventing “free mixing” between Muslim men and women.<\/p>\n
Carole Malone says Britain is increasingly being Islamised <\/p>\n
GB NEWS \/ MAHEEM KAMRAN<\/p>\n
She advocated for “segregated areas, segregated gyms, where Muslim women don’t have to sacrifice their health.”<\/p>\n
The teenager’s victory pushed Reform UK into second place with 30 per cent, while Labour finished third with just 14 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Malone condemned Kamran’s stance on gender segregation during her GB News appearance, stating: “We live in a Christian country where men and women are seen as equals and the rights and equalities women have been hard fought for.”<\/p>\n She added: “It makes me sick to my stomach that someone is talking about segregating sexes in this country.”<\/p>\n The commentator insisted such segregation is illegal if based on race, religion or ethnicity, claiming Kamran “has won her seat based on an illegality.”<\/p>\n “The creeping islamisation in this country is happening in front of our eyes and we must not tolerate it,” Malone warned.<\/p>\n Kamran’s success was discussed on GB News<\/p>\n GB NEWS<\/p>\n GB News presenter Patrick Christys also voiced concerns about Kamran’s election, highlighting worries about mixing religion with politics.<\/p>\n “It’s the fact that she did manage to get the vote. I have concern about when your introduce hardcore religion into the vote,” he said.<\/p>\n Christys suggested some candidates might use religious pressure to gain votes: “For certain, people in this country, if you are a devout Muslim, you might just say ‘actually Allah might not be happy with you if you don’t vote for me’.”<\/p>\n Kamran’s victory comes amid a broader trend of pro-Gaza candidates winning seats across northern England.<\/p>\n In the same Lancashire elections, Azhar Ali, who was suspended from Labour for anti-Semitism last year, was elected as an independent councillor for Nelson East ward.<\/p>\n The pattern follows last year’s general election where four pro-Palestine independents defeated Labour MPs in Leicester South, Blackburn, Birmingham Perry Barr, and Dewsbury and Batley.<\/p>\n Reform UK, meanwhile, won control of Lancashire County Council from the Conservatives.<\/p>\n The four pro-Palestine MPs later formed an independent grouping at Westminster with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.<\/p>\n Labour has struggled with Muslim voters since Sir Keir Starmer suggested Israel had the right to withhold power and water from Gaza civilians.<\/p>\n The party also initially refused to back an immediate ceasefire motion.<\/p>\n In some constituencies, Labour campaigners reported harassment, with one candidate in Dewsbury being called a “child murderer” and a “genocide agent”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Express columnist Carole Malone has launched a scathing attack on what she called the “creeping Islamisation of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,33,393,4884,12,17444,1144,285,712,512,16,1259,15,6225,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-78621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-elections","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-north-west-of-england","16":"tag-northern-ireland","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-scotland","19":"tag-sgg","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-uk-news","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-video-news","24":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114459849896436990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pro-Palestine](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pro-palestine-protesters-in-london.jpg\")
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