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'''Pav Akhtar''' is a [[Labour]] councillor in [[Lambeth]]. | '''Pav Akhtar''' is a [[Labour]] councillor in [[Lambeth]]. | ||
| − | In 2007 he was listed number 50 in the ''[[Pink News]]'' | + | In 2007 he was listed number 50 in the ''[[Pink News]]'' list of [[50 most powerful 2007|the 50 most powerful LGBT people in British politics]]. The citation said: |
:"He came within 28 votes of becoming President of the National Union of Students, but Pav Akhtar claimed a potent mix of Islamophobia and homophobia denied him victory. The first non-white President of the Cambridge University Students Union, Pav worked as a journalist for the ''Daily Telegraph'' and is now employed by UNISON, the trade union."<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/12/27/the-50-most-powerful-lgbt-people-in-british-politics/</ref> | :"He came within 28 votes of becoming President of the National Union of Students, but Pav Akhtar claimed a potent mix of Islamophobia and homophobia denied him victory. The first non-white President of the Cambridge University Students Union, Pav worked as a journalist for the ''Daily Telegraph'' and is now employed by UNISON, the trade union."<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/12/27/the-50-most-powerful-lgbt-people-in-british-politics/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 7 April 2014
Pav Akhtar is a Labour councillor in Lambeth.
In 2007 he was listed number 50 in the Pink News list of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in British politics. The citation said:
- "He came within 28 votes of becoming President of the National Union of Students, but Pav Akhtar claimed a potent mix of Islamophobia and homophobia denied him victory. The first non-white President of the Cambridge University Students Union, Pav worked as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph and is now employed by UNISON, the trade union."[1]
