It is now becoming a daily event to report yet another skirmish in the clash of civilisations, another casualty in the war between (on one side) Islamic intolerance, their collaborators in the liberal-leftist ruling “elite” who want to promote multiculturalism or post-multicultural integration and the forces of tradition, democracy, nationhood and sovereignty on the other.

What used to be dubbed by a canny advertising agency as the “world’s favourite airline” is in the middle of a culture clash row after banning an employee from wearing a crucifix necklace.

A faithful Christian Heathrow check-in worker, Nadia Eweida claims she was effectively “forced” by British Airways to take unpaid leave after refusing to remove or conceal the symbol.

Miss Eweida, 55, who has been with BA for seven years plans to sue her employer for religious discrimination.

BA stands accused of double standards after stating that items worn by adherents of other faiths would continue to be allowed; a spokesman said items such as turbans, hijabs and bangles could be worn “as it is not practical for staff to conceal them beneath their uniforms”.

“Loopy” decision

Now another Labour minister has clearly been sharing the jar of truth pills which is being passed around Whitehall. Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain attacked British Airways for their decision.

He said: “Frankly I think the British Airways order for her not to wear a cross was loopy. I don’t understand it, I don’t think anybody understands it and that is my view.”

Has the mask dropped from Mr. Hain’s eyes? After all the vandal and thug who dug up rugby pitches, struggled with police and brought cricket tours to a standstill in his days as a radical in the Anti Apartheid Movement in the 1970s is no friend of traditional British and Christian values. Could it be that, as we mentioned in our earlier story about his fellow Labour MP colleagues, Phil Woolas and Jack Straw, Hain has started learning to respond to the wishes of the British electorate aware of the need to secure Labour votes if he wants to keep his own seat in the Commons at the next General Election in perhaps two or three year’s time? Or perhaps the issue is more pressing and that Ministers are speaking the same as the everyday British voter to ensure that Labour doesn’t get a severe hammering at the polls in seven months time when several thousand council wards are contested across the UK, along with elections to the Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament?

The next few months promise to be interesting times!

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