In a somewhat unprecedented move, the BBC, that bastion of political correctness, is set to mark if not mourn the passing of the Cockney folk who have for centuries characterised the East End of London. In a programme to be broadcast on 24th May, the ‘Last Whites of the East End’, the BBC will tell us that the London Borough of Newham, the population of which is now almost 73% of Black or ethnic minority…

By Max Musson: It all began in March 2009 when two groups composed of about a dozen members each of the Muslim fundamentalist group ‘Al-Muhajiroun’ protested noisily in Luton at the homecoming parade of the Royal Anglian Regiment. As the troops marched through the town centre, police hurriedly intervened to prevent violence breaking out between angry White residents and Muslim demonstrators holding placards denouncing the soldiers as ‘war criminals’ and ‘murderers’. A direct consequence of…