it was actually the Welsh government as it turns out. Ban dogs as an over enthusiastic ‘anti racist’ measure.
https://news.sky.com/story/call-for-dog-free-areas-in-wales-to-tackle-racism-13253986
an article about attitudes toward dogs in Islam:
https://www.animalsinislam.com/islam-animal-rights/dogs/
Obviously the majority of Muslims living here, maybe second or third generation, that wish to assimilate into British society, live in mixed areas and are perfectly fine with dogs.
Unlike some arguing against OP on this thread, I don’t see all Muslims as a homogeneous group. I understand that they follow different strands of Islam and have different standards and there is a variety of approaches from the influential mosque leaders.
As West Midlands police have revealed, in some areas, there are powerful and large mosques with leaders that preach extremism with impunity. They threaten mob violence if their demands are not met and the authorities bow to them.
THESE are the Muslims that are causing serious concerns in our society and when we listen to them and their plans to gain power it is a worry. They are using the moderate Muslims as a human shield to protect and divert attention from their extremist views. Too many people in power are very worried about upsetting those that they seem to treat as a homogeneous group of Muslims. This is the problem.
Kate Hollern, the Labour candidate in Burnley was bullied, intimidated and threatened with beheading during her last election campaign. The Labour Party has been very quiet about it either no visible support for her from Starmer. She lost her seat to an Islamist Gaza MP.