So the event went ahead. I’m not particularly bothered as, without Hizb ut-Tahrir or the police being there, this was just one of the vast number of similar Islamist events which go ahead in London every month.
Only one comment (and I know it’s probably unfair to pick on local newspaper journos) but the Richmond and Twickenham Times, which reported that the event had gone ahead, contains one of the stupidest lines I’ve read in a while.
Despite the group pulling out of the event, the council pushed the school and organisers to cancel the Putting Contest 2 in Context debate – a move which incensed the Muslim community.
No, the council’s attempts to persuade a school not to assist Islamists did not “incense the Muslim community” – it vexed a few Islamists who claim to speak for the “the Muslim community” but, in reality, speak only for themselves.