Hans Rustad Det snakkes om klassereisen i norske aviser. I East End i London har jøder flyttet ut og muslimer fra Bangladesh flyttet inn. Det får uventede konsekvenser.
Som da man skulle minnes at det var 60 år siden den siste V2-raketten slo ned i Hughes Mansions og drepte 134 mennesker, de fleste jøder. Til stede var den lokale parlamentarikeren; Oona King. Hun er svart, jødisk, og stemte for Irak-krigen. Det gjør henne hatet blant en del av stedets muslimer, som viste sin avsky ved å bombardere henne med egg. De traff selvfølgelig også en del av veteranene på rundt 80 år. Never mind. Det viktigste var å vise avsky.
Ibn Alkhattab, 21, said: «It will be all about the war. There is enormous anger. No one will vote for her.»
His friend added: «She represented these people and then voted for the war. We all hate her. She comes here with her Jewish friends who are killing our people and then they come to our back yards.
«It is out of order. What do they expect?»
Oona King lot seg ikke vippe av pinnen. Hun gikk i rette med demonstrantene.
Clearly angry, she said: «I think they were aimed at me but the sheer ignorance never mind the lack of respect is shocking. They have no idea where their freedom came from and who gave it to them.
«They don’t know they are lucky to be here. That is truly one of the saddest things that I have ever seen. There were people who helped save this country, having eggs pelted at them at a time when they are remembering those they had lost. It is disgusting.»
The incident demonstrated how high feelings are running in the east London constituency, which has 55,000 Bangladeshi Muslims, more than half its electorate, most of whom bitterly opposed the war in Iraq.
Motstanden mot krigen, og skuffelsen over Oona, er så sterk at George Galloway vil stille til valg med sitt nye Respect-parti. Han tror han har gode sjanser til å slå Labour-representanten.
