Commenting on the reaction since the by-election results were announced, Dr Wajid Akhter, Secretary General of the MCB, said:
“While the Westminster bubble will be poring over this result, others will inevitably reach to the gutter by accusing British Muslim residents of Gorton & Denton of voting along ‘sectarian lines’.
These smears are more reflective of a desperate political class not willing to give ordinary British voters the dignity they deserve.”