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Douglas Murray, Migrants, Islington & Lenin

Douglas Murray is a far right Old Etonian controversialist. Writing in the Telegraph (4^th Sept) he argued that people in the North London Borough of Islington were well disposed to what he terms ‘illegal migrants’ they should be ‘dumped’ in the area.

Of course for someone like Murray all migrants are ‘illegal’ even though most have legal claims to asylum based on Government figures.

In recent times Islington has been the home to some well known Tories such as Boris Johnson although Murray probably regards him as a Trot.

North London’s communities themselves owe a lot to wave of migrants who have come to the area fleeing persecution since the late nineteenth century. They have always been welcome and remain so, notwithstanding of course that racists have tried to divide and have failed to do so.

Murray is too ignorant of Islington’s history to know about some former residents. The details are below

Lenin and Krupskaya set up house in two rooms situated on the first floor of № 30, Holford Square, and stayed there until the beginning of May 1903. This Square is situated in the borough of Finsbury, about 10 minutes’ walk from King’s Cross Station. The house where Lenin lived was destroyed in the early bombing raids during the Second World War. Opposite the house, a Memorial to Lenin erected by the Finsbury Borough Council was unveiled by the Soviet Ambassador Mr. Maisky, on Lenin’s birthday, April 22 1943. On the house itself, Mr. Maisky unveiled a plaque of commemoration to Lenin, which was placed there by the London County Council in 1942. It is now placed in the Finsbury Town Hall.