A Walk Into The Gardens Of My Mind

For the first time in my life, I decided to vote for the mayoral elections that were held on the 5th of May. It just so happened that the very candidate that I voted for, and encouraged my parents to vote for, ended up tasting the sweet victory of becoming the first Muslim mayor of London in British political history. He goes by the name of *drum-roll* Sadiq Khan, a MP for the Tooting borough in South London.                  First Muslim Mayor of London in British Political History : Sadiq Khan Khan is a British Asian Muslim from London, who has now become mayor of London. The very labels 'Asian' and 'Muslim' should not be as heavily identified as it is in the media - however, these labels are a cause for celebration for people from ethnic minority backgrounds like myself - how often do we see a Brown mayor, and especially one that is Muslim. Tory candidate Zac Goldmsith built a campaign around fear and hostility towards his rival Khan and yet he did not mana

G4S Medway Centre for young offenders has been under extreme scrutiny since January this year, when BBC Panaroma revealed the harrowing crimes committed by custody officers against the young people in their care. It can be viewed here, by clicking on this link :  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ymzly It has now been reported that The Ministry Of Justice will be take over the G4S prison, after further allegations were made about abuse since the documentary has been aired. Only about a month ago, a prisoner got in touch with me via his contraband mobile phone, putting me in touch with a 'brother' who had been treated unfairly by the justice system and had a story to tell. The latter is a man named Jude Odigie, who otherwise goes by his Muslim name Hamzah, and is currently residing abroad in Nigeria with his family. Myself and Odigie have been communicating through whatsapp, by sending each other messages and occasionally discussing things on the phone.