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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Natalie # Two quick links When David Mills, somewhat-estranged husband of Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison by an Italian court, what was the headline those fearless BBC newshounds with their keen nose for a story came up with? Er..."UK lawyer guilty in bribery case". Bet that one pulled in the punters. Freeborn John is thinking of starting a list of awful things caused by Conservatism. His first entry was provided by what the BBC callsthe "conservative views" of one Abdurraheem Green. Funnily enough, the preacher himself describes his own views as "radical" rather than conservative: Despite these conservative views the Metropolitan Police has sought Abdurraheem Green's advice recently. And the preacher himself insists that in spite of hisconservative views about life in Britain he is "part of the solution" to extremism because young people listen to him. "I surely have said some pretty radical things and maybe even written some radical things in the past," he told Panorama. "But one thing I have been very consistent on is terrorism, participating in terrorist activities, violent revolution - is not something that I have ever thought was part of the religion of Islam." Some senior police officers argue it is vital to work withradicals because they have credibility amongst young British Muslims. But some moderate scholars warn this is a dangerous road. Sheikh Musa Admani, imam at London Metropolitan University, says if advice is sought from the radicals, or if they are funded with public money, then "Muslims are going to endorse them as a whole and so there's the danger". All emphases added. It is not clear to me whether Sheik Musa Admani actually used the term radical himself, but the sentence about senior police officers is certainly the wording of the BBC writer. How odd that he or she uses the antithetical terms "conservative" and "radical" almost interchangeably. Comments: 4 (unread) - Biased BBC Home sue # Only Joking Hilarious conversation with Hazel Blears and John Humphrys about new policy against political correctness. (Inability to mention certain things.) This new policy of abandoning political correctness, (Unfortunately P.C. prevents us from saying out loud what we really mean,) is, for some coincidental reason, designed to prevent radicalisation. Up till now political correctness has prevented us from making jokes about the Irish, Welsh or Scots. (To name just a few.) “Of course we mustn’t allow racist jokes. People will say we don’t want any part of that. Because it’s not even funny’ (Well, not always) "Muslims are not offended by us celebrating Christmas! We celebrate their rituals, after all." "Sorry, political correctness prevents us from telling us exactly who we’re afraid will be radicalised. " Comments: 34 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance #