[MadIvan]

I'm smiling.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Cementjungle]

Why were they paying these people in the first place?

[Dallas59]

RACISM!!!

[marmar]

Don't you have a British ACLU? If not you can have ours, for free........LOL

[TheCrusader]

"If the Government is planning to merely seek out those organisations who will be less critical or parrot its policies, then this is not a strategy that will succeed. If that happens, the Government will lose credibility with the Muslim community."

This threat to the British government is an act of terrorism in itself. It's a thinly veiled threat of islamofacist 'reprisals' if their efforts to alter British culture are thwarted. I don't know why the British government doesn't just round up these islamic antagonists and deport them all.

[Talking_Mouse]

I hope this continues and you find much more to smile about.

[Mrs Ivan]

"I can't help wondering why those in leadership positions who say they want to achieve religious tolerance and a cohesive society would choose to boycott an event which marks, above all, our common humanity and respect for each other," she said.

Oh heck. I just agreed with a member of the Labour party - again!

[FFIGHTER]

Like the venerable and wise man Popeye said; "I can't stands it, I can't stands it no more..."

[Mad Dawg]

Inayat Bunglawala, the assistant general secretary of the MCB, accused the Government of trying to coax Muslim groups to back its unpopular foreign policies.

"If the Government is planning to merely seek out those organisations who will be less critical or parrot its policies, then this is not a strategy that will succeed. If that happens, the Government will lose credibility with the Muslim community."

Okay, wait, I must be missing something. (a)Does the government HAVE ANY credibility with the Muslim Community? (b) If it loses the above alleged credibility, we care because .... why?

If you ambulatory cases of cranio-rectal insertion don't stop acting like idiots you will lose credbility with ME. NO, wait, you already lost it.

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Ask me about my Bumper Sticker ....

[gakrak]

PING. What a great idea, this should rub off on our pols. Amen.

[Caesar Soze]

Has HM's Government been reminded that HM is also the fidei defensor? I say that tongue-in-cheek, but if you're going to maintain a monarch as the personification of the state's maiestas and sovereignty, and you style that monarch D.G. ... F.D., I would think defending the fides would be an important part of the state.

Anyhoo. This Muslim Council of Britain sounds like it's answerable not to the government or the people, but only to itself. If that's the case, it can fund itself. If you take the Queen's/President's/Space Pope's coin, you must be prepared to dance to her/his/its tune, or explain to her/him/it why you won't.

[RockinRight]

It's about damn time.

Hopefully over here across the pond our leaders can do the same.

[Bigg Red]

This is good news. I hope Miss Kelly has big bodyguards, especially about her neck.

Question, however: Why in the heck is the British government giving money to such groups in the first place?

[McGavin999]

It's good to see them finally standing up. Guess they figured out that the Islamic faciests want them dead.

[Dustbunny]

Excellent !!!

[Smokin' Joe]

Hmmmm. They seem to be following the Australian lead. At least someone is waking up.

Miss Kelly's department alone allocates around £9 million a year to faith groups — much of it to Muslim organisations.

I wonder how much of that goes to terrorism indirectly, but since money is fungible, whatever the faithful don't have to pony up is released for other purposes...