State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron

[FightingFat]

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994

David Cameron has criticised “state multiculturalism” in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.

At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.

He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.

Cameron has joined the German premier in this stance.

Amazingly (or not) no Muslim groups supported this, although to be fair, Conservative Party chairman Baroness Warsi hit back at opposition criticism, saying that “to smear the prime minister as a right wing extremist is outrageous and irresponsible”. She didn’t say he was spot on with what he said though did she? You would think that Muslim leaders would be desperate to weed out the fanatics, if they are (as is constantly claimed) just “fanatics”.

The speech angered some Muslim groups, while others queried its timing amid an English Defence League rally in the UK.

So basically, none of them agreed that there should be greater scrutiny of some Muslim groups which get public money but do little to tackle extremism.

the Muslim Council of Britain’s assistant secretary general, Dr Faisal Hanjra, described Mr Cameron’s speech as “disappointing”.

Naturally, the Guardian tries to link his speech with far right facism. So typical, the EDL are a minority group, why should the PM withdraw an important speech because some petty extremists are marching somewhere in the UK? Aren’t there always some extremists marching somewhere? To draw the two things together is to try and paint the PM’s words in a particular, unsavoury light.

I love the diversity of our culture here in Britain. I have friends from many different backgrounds, I celebrate the differences and have always enjoyed being welcomed into different cultures. Where there are problems, extreme beliefs, surely we need to bring them out into the open and discuss them, not FUND them!!!

Do you think he’s right or off target with his comments?

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

I think he’s absolutely right and really brave to tell the truth. Of course the lefties will smear him, I expect nothing less from the Guardian and co. I don’t understand why these people are so enamoured with islam and are willing to pretend there are no problems with certain groups. I’m happy that there are politicians willing to speak about unpleasant truths and trying to do something about it.

 

[Caldera]

While I personally don’t agree with every detail of Cameron’s speech, I do think it was well done, and long overdue. It addressed issues that should have never even came to be issues in the first place.

At the same time, it is surprising the amount of backlash he received for it, which I think is rather telling of the situation in the UK at the moment.