Obviously the Cornerites are keeping their powder dry on the subject. Over in the UK, there’s a lot on the subject at Conservative Home, the Spectator Coffeehouse blog and a harsh-but-fair comment from Iain Dale.
Meanwhile, David Cameron has started writing long blog posts himself. The conclusion to this one is interesting, to say the least:
My final thought yesterday was that integration is a two way street. Yes we can ask minority ethnic communities to work at integrating with British society as a whole, but we have to recognise that it won’t happen unless there’s something attractive to integrate into. Time after time I heard people here talking about the uncivilised behaviour and values that they see all around them. As I’ve said before, we can’t just bully people into being more British, we’ve got to inspire them. And frankly, there are many aspects of our society today which are hardly inspiring – the drinking, the drug-taking, the rudeness and incivility, the lack of consideration for others, anti-social behaviour…we’ve got a serious fight on our hands to build a responsible society that is the kind of society people admire and want to be part of. I know we can do it because most people in this country, like the people I’ve met here, are decent, hard-working and committed to their communities. We’ve got to much more to make sure that those are the values that win out.
That’s not what a lot of NRO readers would expect from David Cameron, I suspect, and is in itself indicative of what Blair has done to Britain.






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