THE BRITISH INQUISITION

Following Charles Clarke’s recent announcement that he wished to reduce red-tape affecting the police, comes the announcement that the Metropolitan Police Authority’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board (surprise, surprise) have drawn up plans to require police to carry out ‘faith monitoring’.

This would require those who are stopped and searched to be questioned about their religion. This is supposed to be to a response to a alleged Muslim concerns that they are being unfairly targeted under the anti-terrorism laws.

Quite how the politically correct sophisticates believe the police can fight the war on terror against the Muslim extremists of Al Qaeda without stopping Muslims is unknown, nor is it known what will be made of those who claim to be Jedi Knights.