The following is a precis from the Daily Telegraph.

The central principle of democracy is that power is vested in the people and expressed by their elected representatives. We expect that governments will seek to align themselves with the views and opinions of the people, while protecting the views and opinions of minorities. Yet Britain is currently demonstrating a different phenomenon: at times, and under the right circumstances, governments are seeking to align themselves with the views and opinions of minorities while failing to protect the views and opinions of the people.

Take this Labour Government, which at present appears to be in a blind panic. With local elections approaching, Sir Keir Starmer and his colleagues are desperate to win back the approval of Muslim voters they had long taken for granted. The results of this risk going beyond pure politics – shaping Britain and British society for years to come.

This week, the ramifications were plain for all to see: a highly-contentious definition of anti-Muslim hostility being proposed despite vocal opposition from other minority faiths and the majority, and policy on the war in Iran driven by torturous attempts to balance maintaining the special relationship with America and winning over muslim voters. 

Labour vulnerability

The classic models of minority rule concern asymmetries of interest and involvement: groups with strong ties to a region might vote based on foreign policy others care little about, or small, networked communities may be able to self-organise in defence of their collective interests while the majority remains fractured.

In Britain, however, what appears to be playing out is the first rumbling of a major demographic shift. As Britain becomes a more Muslim country, British politics becomes more concerned with muslim issues.

Morland believes, “the muslim share of the population is almost certainly higher than that 6.5 per cent – maybe somewhere around 7-8 per cent today”. Moreover, the community has “demographic momentum” on its side. As Morland says: “The [muslim] birth rate is higher – much higher – than in other groups simply because the population is younger, so there are more young women to have children. So the community has built-in growth even without further migration.”

The future

Of course, influence is a two-way thing: just as muslim voters shape mainstream British society, society shapes those voters. Asked about their national identity in the census, 97 per cent of Muslim respondents born in the UK answered with a British identity only, while those born outside the UK show historically strong rates of assimilation. At the same time, however, the warning lights are flashing.

Today, Mughal says: “The conservative religious element is around 20-25 per cent of the muslim community. Then you have people who are religious, not so conservatively religious, which is another 25-30 per cent. Less recognised, and increasingly less vocal [are] secular muslims who are marginalised. This is going in the wrong direction. I speak as a secular muslim. Those voices are less and less audible in the public sphere.”

In parts of the country – notably the Northern and Midlands towns which saw the first wave of post-war migration – there are strong indications of segregation occurring, with muslim communities siloing themselves away.

Historically, the best way to integrate a group has been through work and education, meeting people of different backgrounds, obtaining the freedom of income and financial stability, being able to make choices in an environment away from the home.

But the segregation we can see on a street level is showing up in schools, too; Pakistani and Bangladeshi children make up 5 per cent and 2 per cent of all students in state-funded primary and secondary schools, but attend schools where Pakistani and Bangladeshi students make up 31 per cent and 26 per cent of the pupils on average.

Britain is not yet locked into the path France finds itself on, with the Left adopting a borderline sectarian approach to politics. At the same time, we are following the same broad trajectory towards an explicitly Islamo-Leftist politics for part of the nation, with no sign that the Government recognises the errors that led us to this point or has any idea how to turn the ship around.

Comment: the only way forward is to begin a programme of muslim repatriation to the countries of their origin.  Millions of men died in the past two world wars to secure the safety of this country.  We don't want to give the country away to foreigners who are followers of an alien culture and an evil religion.  PRESS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES NOW TO GET RID OF ALL MUSLIMS.