Actually, most of the interview is wiffle, not worth the expenditure of time, but the one useful bit is where he says that, on reflection, his “personal view” is that “if there were a vote and I was in parliament”, he would probably vote to ban the burka.
He adds that, “philosophically I am always a bit uneasy about banning things which, for example, would be unconstitutional in the United States, which such a ban no doubt would be”, but then goes on to say: “I do not think it is one of the most important issues British people face when they go about their day to day lives”.
Apart from the helpful aspect of having this man, a practicing Muslim, express such views on the burka, what this also serves to illustrate is the low-grade superficiality of political thought in this country, where a highly placed man in a political party can come up with such complacent tripe, suggesting that the issue is not “one of he most important” facing the British people.
On its own, of course, burka-wearing is not an important issue at
all, any more than is wearing a gimp-suit in public, but for what it
represents, the nature of which I set out in yesterday’s post.
For that reason, it is important and an increasing number of people,
exposed to this “symbol of domination”, are extremely concerned about
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