The Demon Headmaster Strikes

Jack Straw has "astonished" and "appalled" the Muslim Community with his request that Muslim women visiting his surgeries remove their veils - see here for details. Well, he has offended part of the Muslim Community. The hysterical parts. The Muslim Council of Britain has said they understand where Straw is coming from and that Muslim women can remove their veils. But obviously the loudest voices are the hysterical ones.

Now I fucking hate supporting Nu Labour and the shit awful, incompetent piss midgets that they call their leadership. I hate Jack Straw for his odd mix of stupidity, brown-nosing and general air of idiocy. But here he hasn't really done a great deal wrong. He has asked Muslim women who come to see him if they can remove their veils. He isn't forcing them to, he isn't wrestling them to the ground and wrenching the veils from their faces. He isn't saying that their religion is wrong - he is making a comment about social intergration and social interaction. Letwin is right to say telling people what to wear is a "dangerous doctrine", but Jack Straw is just making a comment.

We live in a free country. People can say what they like and can make requests. Particularly if they are relatively innocent requests. I mean, if I was meeting with Jack Straw, I would ask him to cover his face because I think his ugly, craggy face is so slappable that if I had to look at him for a prolonged period of time, I would probably end up twatting the fucker.