But sadly, it’s not just the all too common frothing Muslims who can’t see past the US is evil demagoguery with it’s Pavlovian response to the standard cues…Neocon, Zionist, Bush, Blair, Wolferwitz . That ’single narrative’ and Pavlovian response to these cues extends to great tracts of the mainstream in the UK, and is endemic amongst our major broadcasters. And it’s not entirely limited to the Left.

I think De Gaulle’s remark (not original) after WW2 is pertinent: “We will amaze you with our ingratitude”. Do not expect gratitude from anyone but the most liberal Muslims, for the others merely complain that the West was too slow to react.

Scotland is far better off as a result of the Thatcher reforms, yet all the Scots remember is the loss of their smokestack industries, hence the virtual eradication of Conservatives in Scotland. Sorry, David, gratitude for getting you out of a hole, particularly one you got yourself into, is rarely forthcoming.

I imagine it would be if you’re a patronising middle class right winger, you probably wouldn’t know a community if it came round to take you to the guilotine.

The concept is fairly simple. I’m a scientist. As much as I would love it if the Government asked me and every other scientist what we thought about a policy which would affect science, it’s obvious that they’re not able to. Therefore they ask a few eminent scientists what they think, in the hope that these scientists, being experienced, would let them know if they’re going to stuff things up too badly. I imagine the armed forces, the police etc. probably have a similar arrangement. Industry also has this relation with Government, but they call them lobbyists. You can also see that many companies have “community” relations departments, for keeping on the good side of the local people.

Self-appointed “community leaders” are then allowed to control the narrative within those communities, to a point where their version of events becomes the accepted truth.

The whole concept of `community’ is fascinating. At one level, it’s simply a euphemism for `low quality’ and `not for people like us’ — community school, arts project, transport, hall, leader, care. I live in a community, with its own section in the leasehold reform act to boot, but I don’t notice there are any leaders: the white middle classes are assumed not to need them.

But the concept of a community leader is interesting. Are they Judenraht? Tribal leaders? Trade Union Leaders? Deliverers of votes? Whatever, government appears to regard good relationships with them worth any prince, including a few honour killings.

Isn’t this a prime example of a foreign policy success – Bosnia and Kosovo – negated by a domestic policy failure? The British version of multiculturalism, with its polyglot approach and commitment to preserving cultural differences, encourages the development of a Muslim community parallel to and isolated from mainstream society. Self-appointed “community leaders” are then allowed to control the narrative within those communities, to a point where their version of events becomes the accepted truth.

A pretty pickle, and one that if it is to be undone, will probably take a generation or more of hard work both within the Muslim community and within government. The current government, meanwhile, remains hamstrung by its long-held delusion that the Northern Ireland situation provides a useful analogy for combating Islamism, hence its commitment to searching for and engaging with “moderate Islamists”.

Epic fail on all fronts.

Baronness Warsi? How did she make a fool of herself with Griffin?

By being almost entirely incoherent.

Eh? Who? What?

Baronness Warsi? How did she make a fool of herself with Griffin?