According to immigration minister Damien Green, emulating French parliamentarians who have outlawed full-face veils, including burkas, in public would be “rather un-British” and run contrary to the conventions of a “tolerant and mutually respectful society”.
However, his tory colleague Phillip Hollobone who has tabled the Face Coverings (Regulation) Bill says he will not meet burka or niqab-clad women at his constituency surgery unless they lift their veils. His stance is said to be backed by a growing number of right-wingers who are annoyed at the degree to which the “softs” (previously known as “wets”) are in the ascendancy.
They will be probably be spluttering on their brandy & sodas to learn that Home Office officials have advised that the Kettering MP could be nicked under the Human Rights Act if he holds good to his threat.
No doubt someone will ask why this advice was not apparently to hand when former Home Secretary and alleged lip-reader Jack Straw revealed how he “requested” veils to be lifted at his MPs surgery.
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