For years no-one has been able to question Britain’s sacred mantra of multiculturalism without being accused of racism…
Those who offended were shown no mercy. In 1984 a Bradford headmaster Ray Honeyford dared to suggest that multicultural education was a recipe for social disaster.
In something akin to a witch hunt, he was denounced as a racist and hounded out of the job he loved.
Twenty-two years on, his views have quietly become official New Labour policy.
His warning is being repeated not by right-wing extremists of the British National Party but by people like Trevor Phillips, the black leader of the Commission for Racial Equality.
And on the very day that Mr Phillips warns of separate communities having a fundamental impact on the nature of Britain, a dire warning comes from across the Atlantic.
An influential magazine in the United States claims that the greatest threat to US security today comes not from Iraq or Iran but from Britain.
At a time when young British Muslims have been rounded up and charged with an alleged plot to bring down airliners, who can argue with that shocking assessment?
The simple, historical truth is that Britain has made a hideous mistake by encouraging the separate development of immigrant cultures.
While the United States embraces all immigrants as Americans, united with one culture and one language, the multiculturalists in Britain have gleefully created some communities which are no more than foreign ghettos where British law and language hardly apply.
The greatest task of the 21st Century is to turn this diverse, distrustful land into a safe, unified and coherent state.
The Prime Minister talks enthusiastically about “nation-building” in Iraq. How about some nation-building here, Mr Blair?
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Every cloud has silver(ish) lining
Rotten weather, a disappointing holiday and there’s no money in the bank.
No wonder this day has been identified by relationship experts as the day that most couples have arguments, with money, housework and children topping the list of moans.
Can nothing save us from this seasonal bickering? Of course it can. Look on the bright side.
The weather forecast for a couple of days is fine. The kids will soon be back at school.
Pay day is imminent and as September 1 approaches, there is yet another chance for those old Premium Bonds to produce a jackpot.
Optimism is nothing more than recognising the good fortune around us.
As the late, great Tommy Trinder used to put it - you lucky, lucky people.
This article posted on August 30, 2006 at 5:07 pm.
Mantra splits our country
For years no-one has been able to question Britain’s sacred mantra of multiculturalism without being accused of racism…
Those who offended were shown no mercy. In 1984 a Bradford headmaster Ray Honeyford dared to suggest that multicultural education was a recipe for social disaster.
In something akin to a witch hunt, he was denounced as a racist and hounded out of the job he loved.
Twenty-two years on, his views have quietly become official New Labour policy.
His warning is being repeated not by right-wing extremists of the British National Party but by people like Trevor Phillips, the black leader of the Commission for Racial Equality.
And on the very day that Mr Phillips warns of separate communities having a fundamental impact on the nature of Britain, a dire warning comes from across the Atlantic.
An influential magazine in the United States claims that the greatest threat to US security today comes not from Iraq or Iran but from Britain.
At a time when young British Muslims have been rounded up and charged with an alleged plot to bring down airliners, who can argue with that shocking assessment?
The simple, historical truth is that Britain has made a hideous mistake by encouraging the separate development of immigrant cultures.
While the United States embraces all immigrants as Americans, united with one culture and one language, the multiculturalists in Britain have gleefully created some communities which are no more than foreign ghettos where British law and language hardly apply.
The greatest task of the 21st Century is to turn this diverse, distrustful land into a safe, unified and coherent state.
The Prime Minister talks enthusiastically about “nation-building” in Iraq. How about some nation-building here, Mr Blair?
———————————————
Every cloud has silver(ish) lining
Rotten weather, a disappointing holiday and there’s no money in the bank.
No wonder this day has been identified by relationship experts as the day that most couples have arguments, with money, housework and children topping the list of moans.
Can nothing save us from this seasonal bickering? Of course it can. Look on the bright side.
The weather forecast for a couple of days is fine. The kids will soon be back at school.
Pay day is imminent and as September 1 approaches, there is yet another chance for those old Premium Bonds to produce a jackpot.
Optimism is nothing more than recognising the good fortune around us.
As the late, great Tommy Trinder used to put it - you lucky, lucky people.
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