Peter Hoskin

Soft-touch Britain

The Royal United Services Institute delivers a stark warning in a report today – that the Government’s “misplaced deference” to multiculturalism has made Britain a “soft touch” for terrorists.  In the wake of the recent Sharia controversy, the Institute’s claim that “The UK presents itself as a target, as a fragmenting, post-Christian society” will have particular resonance.

It’s a damning indictment of the Government, but – according to the report – others are culpable too.  Indeed, the “wider muddling of political responsibilities between Westminster and Brussels” plays its part.  As do the strategies of NATO and the UN.

All this may just confirm what many know already, but it’s noteworthy that it comes from as esteemed an organisation as RUSI.  The hope has to be that theirs is a voice the Government will listen to, particularly with Brown unveiling his National Security Strategy next week.

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