Sources inside Number 10 tell me that while there was a ‘general awareness’ that Baroness Warsi was to give a speech on faith, they did not know the specifics of what she was going to say. They say that no text was cleared by Downing Street. They claim that the first they knew of the controversial lines in the speech was when they were informed that Warsi’s team had briefed them out to the Telegraph.
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J R F
January 20th, 2011 2:20pm Report this commentSounds like this has been pulled from a 'The Thick of It' script. Farcical.
Rhoda Klapp
January 20th, 2011 2:31pm Report this commentNo need, she's bombproof.
yank
January 20th, 2011 2:40pm Report this commentRats jumping ship, then?
Unnamed rats, apparently.
Fortunately, we have infotainment industry stalwarts here at the Spectator to make sure the rats have voice.
"EXCLUSIVE! SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE SAID THE FOLLOWING........""
Chris
January 20th, 2011 3:09pm Report this commentShe's got a 'team'? Can't she do whatever it is she does on her own?
Vulture
January 20th, 2011 3:37pm Report this commentAndy and Styeve between them are making a hash of the Govt's PR.
Time to bring back a real Pro. (No, not YOU Dave). Where's Ali Campbell when you need him?
TrevorsDen
January 20th, 2011 3:44pm Report this commentWhats controversial about saying that we are bigoted against Muslims?
Whats wrong with the truth?
Naomi Muse
January 20th, 2011 3:44pm Report this commentShe obviously has her own agenda and that is not the same as the Coalition.
Neverwas
January 20th, 2011 4:07pm Report this comment"She obviously has her own agenda and that is not the same as the Coalition."
LOL! Could well be: has she made clear whether or not she agrees that establishing an Islamic state is an individual duty (fard `ayn) upon all Muslims?
toco
January 20th, 2011 4:14pm Report this commentThe majority of British people are concerned about the huge number of economic immigrants created by Labour most of whom are Muslim not Muslims per se.There is a distinction which Baroness Varsi needs to address.
George Laird
January 20th, 2011 5:19pm Report this commentDear All
As to Baroness Warsi!
When I listened to her waffle to some one about what she meant regarding her speech.
I immediately thought, is this an attempt to explain away the Muslim Child Rape Gangs which have recently been outed in the press and in the courts?
If this was to close down debate, it was a blunder.
For the record I don’t go to dinner parties.
And didn't Warsi look uptight being interviewed, you could see panic in her eyes.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Trev
January 21st, 2011 12:12am Report this comment@Gorge Laird,
That's not panicking you see in her eyes,that's insanity you see it in the eyes of all the people of her ilk.
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