{"id":7292,"date":"2018-02-02T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T10:18:48","slug":"celebratory-party-is-held-for-hampstead-and-kilburn-mp-tulip-siddiq-in-kensal-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/celebratory-party-is-held-for-hampstead-and-kilburn-mp-tulip-siddiq-in-kensal-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebratory party is held for Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq in Kensal Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7293\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tulip.jpg\" alt=\"Tulip\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/>Labour activists gathered in Kensal Rise for an afternoon of flowers, curry and Bangladeshi television crews to celebrate MP Tulip Siddiq\u2019s election victory and the upcoming birth of her baby girl.<br \/>\nThe residents joined with Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council, at Ruhit\u2019s restaurant in Sidmouth Parade to celebrate a momentous year for the Labour MP, who was elected by Hampstead and Kilburn in May last year and is expecting a baby in April.<br \/>\nThe 33-year-old, whose aunt is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, is also the granddaughter of Bangladesh\u2019s founding father and is frequently attended by camera crews feeding public appetite for news of her family.<br \/>\nThanking more than 40 Labour activists who helped propel her to a 1,138 vote majority last year, Ms Siddiq told her supporters: \u201cWe had a bad election and we didn\u2019t get Miliband in as we wanted but we did keep Hampstead and Kilburn and that was a great victory.<br \/>\n\u201cWell done to all of the people of Brondebsury Park who helped the campaign.\u201d<br \/>\nTaraul Islam, who came to England from Bangladesh to set up Ruhit\u2019s restaurant 16 years ago, said: \u201cTulip\u2019s family is very important to the history of Bangladesh, and I wanted to thank the Labour party for what they have done for my family by making the food for today.<br \/>\n\u201cI am very excited that Tulip is expecting a baby- hopefully one day \u2013 if she doesn\u2019t first- her baby will become Prime Minister of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/celebratory-party-is-held-for-hampstead-and-kilburn-mp-tulip-siddiq-in-kensal-rise\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour activists gathered in Kensal Rise for an afternoon of flowers, curry and Bangladeshi television crews to celebrate MP Tulip Siddiq\u2019s election victory and the upcoming birth of her baby girl. 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