Kudos to London for not giving in to fear and RW demagoguery. Cheers, love!

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(Bloomberg) Khan’s election is a challenge to the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric by right-wing politicians including French National Front leader Marine Le Pen and presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who promises to ban Muslims from entering the country.

London is a city “that not only tolerates but celebrates diversity,” campaigner Doreen Lawrence said as Khan was sworn in Saturday. Lawrence, mother of Stephen Lawrence, a British teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in South East London in 1993, said the city had “chosen hope over fear.”

In brief remarks after taking the oath, Khan promised to be “a mayor for all Londoners.”

Khan beat Conservative Zac Goldsmith, who had questioned whether Khan’s links in the Muslim community made him a suitable person to keep the U.K. capital secure, with 1.3 million votes to 995,000. The new mayor was sworn in during a ceremony in London’s Southwark Cathedral Saturday. ..................(more)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-06/u-k-labour-party-s-sadiq-khan-wins-london-mayoral-election