The EU is in the process of deciding whether to go to the next stage in membership talks with Turkey, something that is proving very tricky indeed. If these talks fail, British foreign minister Jack Straw is (according to the BBC) warning of a “theological-political divide, which could open up even further down the boundary between so-called Christian-heritage states and those of Islamic heritage”.

We shouldn’t make too much out of one quick sentence, but Straw’s choice of words is, at least, worth noting. It’s only the “Christian-heritage” that is described as “so-called”. “Islamic heritage” needs no such qualifier, apparently. Interesting.