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Minor note: I'm not sure why you mentioned one corrupt politician. I don't think it bolsters your point.

• repolfx 8y ago
  See my comment below. It's a useful anecdote because the politician in question wasn't merely corrupt. He turned Tower Hamlets into an area with the same political problems of Bangladesh itself - possible because so many of the people who lived there were also from Bangladesh and were willing to e.g. act as enforcers, sell votes, exploit or be exploited by religious loyalties, take part in electoral fraud and so on. By himself he couldn't have accomplished much, but with a large base of people for whom this sort of thing was culturally acceptable in that electoral ward, suddenly a part of London started to look politically much like a third world country.
  • acover 8y ago
    Ah sorry, I didn't get your point. Thanks for the clarification.