Zac Goldsmith and Britain

Labour Party: Like many Londoners, he the son of immigrants, born to parents who came to Britain from Pakistan, according to Toronto Star. Like more than 1 million of the city 8.6 million residents, he Muslim. The city new mayor appealed to voters as a true child of Britain diverse and dynamic capital. And on Friday, the 45-year-old Labour Party politician became the first person of Islamic faith to lead Europe largest city. Khan, a former human rights lawyer, accused Goldsmith of trying to divide Londoners, and pointed out that he had often shared platforms with people he disagreed with. Khan won despite a concerted, and controversial, campaign by Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith to taint him with ties to Islamic extremists, claiming Khan had shared a platform with a radical London imam. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.