Blair fails again

GOVERNMENT policies failed to tackle Muslim extremism despite internal warnings that a “tougher political response” was required after the September 11 attacks, according to a former Foreign Office minister.

Denis MacShane, who was in the post until May, has described how his attempts to push for a more hardline approach were rebuffed because of concerns that Muslims would be offended. Only after the recent London attacks have ministers, Muslim groups and officials “engaged in a higher gear”.

“There wasn’t that sense of grip, of pulling together of departments,” said MacShane, who was directly involved in Britain’s policy response to the September 11 attacks. “Whitehall only moves if it is told in no uncertain terms, principally by the PM, ‘This is my priority, it is your priority’. You need very strong engagement by Downing Street.”

My god! can this government get any worse than it is? They didn't want to tackle islamic extremism before the london bombing because it may have offended muslims. If this government did their job and tried to protect us instead of giving in to muslims the people who died in the london bombing would be alive today.

Isn't it time we got a competant government that isn't scared to tackle the issue of islamic fundamentalism in this country before its too late? Blair has started doing something but it is far too late. He had to wait for british people to die before he even attempted to do anything.

Yet another damaging story hidden in the sunday papers. Why is it that the stories which are the most damaging to the Labour party are in the sunday papers when less people read the sunday papers?