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Sunday, 13 August 2006

Last of the Summer Whine?

The Muslim "community's" open letter to Tony Blair has elicited a reaction that can be summed up as a steely glare and a forefinger slowly tapped on a desk. The general reaction of the government is illustrated by the Home Secretary:
I'm not going to question the motives of anyone who has signed this letter. But I think it is a dreadful misjudgement if we believe the foreign policy of this country should be shaped in part, or in whole, under the threat of terrorist activity if we do not have a foreign policy with which the terrorists happen to agree.
Maybe daylight is finally beginning to break through.

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