january 5,
2006
Have the Rules of the Game Really Changed in Britain?
Sadly, not according to this piece from the UK Sun:
Englanders need our prayers now more than at any time since the Battle of Britain. If only Britain's current political class had the backbone of Winston Churchill. Alas, the slow, painful march towards Britainistan continues virtually unabated...
By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
Deputy Political Editor
BRITAIN has failed to expel a single Muslim hate cleric since the 7/7 bombings, figures reveal.
The news is a huge embarrassment to PM Tony Blair, who promised a crackdown.
Britain is bottom of a European league for the number of extremist preachers expelled.
Germany is top with more than 20 imams forcibly removed.
Spain, Italy and France have each deported four and Holland three.
Yet only Omar Bakri Mohammed has gone from Britain — and he went abroad of his own accord. He has merely been banned from returning.
Mr Blair claimed “the rules of the game were changing” to expel preachers of hate following the Tube and bus attacks in London by four suicide bombers on July 7 which killed 52 people.
But ministers have dropped key promises in their terror fight.
Powers to close mosques which breed terrorists have been shelved — as has a Britishness test for imams.
A bid to get ten Arab states to take back militants has also hit the buffers.
Shadow Homeland Security Minister Patrick Mercer said: “The Government have been big on talk but low on delivery.”
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