The Metropolis

Tower Hamlets Mayor Sticks His Neck Out for Sex-Offender Pal

Chuck Ansbacher | Tuesday 15 March, 2011 10:57

Politicians do many odd things to support their constituents but few are willing to put their good name on the line to aid in the case of an accused sex-offender. Yes, yes, accused is the operative word in that phrase, but even an accused sex-offender should be seen as a political third-rail. Shouldn’t it?

Apparently that lesson in politics was news to Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman and a bunch of his fellow councilors.

It could only be someones closest friends who would have the guts to defend you when you get accused of sexually assaulting someone. People who you’d known for years, who you trusted and who trusted you, those that believed that you could never commit these type of vile acts with a sane mind. Those are the only people you could rely on if these type of accusations against you were totally baseless and without merit.

I wonder how these councilors felt after going to all that trouble of defending his character against what they probably must have felt were baseless accusations from an obvious drunk woman, when he then goes on to admit all charges

Edit 11:19am to fix type in Lutfur Rahman’s name

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