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How sectarian is London’s politics?
Thursday 05 March 2026 5:43 am | Updated: Wednesday 04 March 2026 3:24 pm
How sectarian is London’s politics?
By: James Ford
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Add as a preferred source on GoogleLONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: Members of the public outside Whitechapel Underground Station on February 12, 2025 in London, England. Bengali signage was installed at the station in 2022, funded by Tower Hamlets council amid wider station improvements, to recognise the contribution of the Bangladeshi community in Tower Hamlets and London generally. In February 2025, Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, criticised the sign in a post on X, saying that "This is London - the station name should be in English and English only." The remark elicited a supportive "Yes" from X-owner Elon Musk. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
If the by-election in Gorton and Denton is a seismic event, then the aftershocks will be felt by Londoners in borough elections across the capital in May, writes James Ford
By-elections are often exceptional, aberrant outliers from normal politics. The full attention of party campaign strategists and the national press are ruthlessly trained on a single seat of around 70,000 voters for a short, intense and often testy burst of political activity. As such they are a rare opportunity to cast a protest vote and a chance to give a serving government a bloody nose.........
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