[Margaret Pilkington]

No Spuggie.......I am sure that he is aware that the tinkering about with laws and values has been harmful to both the ethnic minorities AND to the indigent population. And now what he is saying is that we should have taken the common sense approach....kept our 'Christmas' because this does not offend muslims........he accepts that as part of the concept of freedom of expression then there maybe some offense caused to some ethnic minorities and what he is saying is, this is the price you have to pay for living in this society. He believes that our aim to introduce a multicultural society has been wrong from the start and that far from eradicating racism it may actually have caused some racism.