Debs Buckley

It’s worth watching this exchange between @Nigel_Farage & @TrevorPTweets Farage: we have a growing number of young people in this country who do not subscribe to British values. In fact, loathe much of what we stand for. Philips: Who are we talking about there? Nigel Farage: Oh, I think we see them on the streets of London every Saturday Phillips: Are we talking about Muslims here? Farage: We are. And I'm afraid I found some of the recent surveys saying that 46% of British Muslims support Hamas, a terrorist organisation that is described in this country. And this prime minister, is building far more of that population than anybody before in history. Phillips: Are you sure you want to make the blanket accusation that you've just made, that Muslims are somehow less patriotic than other British people? Farage: We have never before seen anything like this. You think about West Indian immigration into Britain, the post-World War. There were a lot of shared things shared history, shared culture, shared religion. In many cases, most families that came could say one of their family had served with British forces in World War One. World War two. Love of cricket. You know, the list goes on. But there were commonalities and, you know, as you know, with your previous job, the key to immigration is integration. If you get integration it works. Phillips: I'm going to stop you there and I'm going to say two things. First of all, you're right. I come from that stock. But let us remember that my stock, my ancestors for the best part of 7 or 800 years were Muslims until they were forcibly converted to Christians by slave owners. So when you talk about Muslims as hostile to British values, no, I don't really see how you arrive at that conclusion. And secondly, trying to say to me, you know, actually, you guys are not really like these other guys. Can you imagine how offensive that is to British Muslims, can you imagine? Let me ask you to put yourself in the shoes of a British Muslim. Can you imagine how offensive that feels?