Political Islam is here in Britain and it looks like it's here to stay, says Patrick Christys

The local elections have taken place in England. Not that you'd know it. Political Islam, I fear, is here.

The Green Party candidate, Mothin Ali, I wonder what his views on net zero are. We will be seeing him on the front line, I imagine, at the next Extinction Rebellion rally, won't we?

He's now under investigation, though, because it turns out that the 42 year old father of three, who works as an accountant and runs a gardening blog, has previously described a Jewish chaplain forced into hiding by threats from protesters as a creep and a kind of animal.

He also reportedly said that Palestine, i.e. Hamas, had a right to fight back in the wake of the October 7th attacks.

Well, I for one, am shocked.

Maybe I'm a cynic, maybe I'm being unfair, but I'm not sure this is really all about Palestine and Gaza, is it?

The Muslim Vote, a movement that we first highlighted months ago on this show, has greeted the local election victories with a list of 18 demands for the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer.

Now, yes, some of those include things like end military ties to Israel and recognise the Palestinian state.

But they also include stuff like issue guidance that Muslims are allowed to pray at school and ensure Sharia compliant pensions are available at every workplace, so the one third of Muslim people without a pension can get one.

They also want to remove Michael Gove's extremism definition. Can I just return now to Mothin Ali, the Green Party candidate in Leeds who won and started shouting about Allah?

A very basic Google search of that man throws up that he was reportedly known for stirring up hostility to Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch, that Jewish chaplain at Leeds University, who was subsequently advised by police to go into hiding with his wife and two children after death and rape threats.

What's the vetting process for these people to be candidates? Where's the scrutiny?

Is it not very telling that Labour's response to people with these, I would argue radical views, displayed in a ranting, quite threatening manner, is to say that they want to win them back, not distance themselves?

I think that political Islam is here in Britain and it looks like it's here to stay.