QUOTE OF THE MONTH [bonus]

‘Britain is trapped in a multicultural mess of its own making. What’s provoking this situation is a hostility towards Christians and a fawning over Islam, which is rooted in fear.’

Kieran McCaffey, a spokesman for the American Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, speaking about the absurd decision by British Airways to ban its employees from wearing a crucifix.

Nadia Eweida, who dared to wear a crucifix and has become a cause celebre for her stand, is currently off work and without pay. She now faces the sack.

BA [as it prefers to be known in order to downplay its Britishness] has previously replaced the Union Flag on its planes with ethnic graffiti - a policy it was forced to abandon.

BA does allow Sikhs and Muslims to wear religious dress.