[Graham]

What a wonderfully stupid piece of political opportunism by a potential Tory Leader (gosh, I wonder if that's why he's come out with that now?!)

How do you *force* people to integrate with "British Life" (whatever that actually is, nobody seems to have defined it)? What *are* these "common values of nationhood"?

"Britain has a proud history of tolerance towards people of different views, faiths and backgrounds. But we should not flinch from demanding the same tolerance and respect for the British way of life."

Again, what is this "tolerance and respect" he "demands"? How are we going to enforce this?

"We should learn lessons from abroad - from the United States, where pride in the nation's values is much more prevalent among minorities than here," Mr Davis said.

I think we *can* learn things from the US, but whether "pride in the nation's values" (or is that "my country right or wrong"?) is one of them, I'm really not so sure.

"Non-Muslims have obligations to their Muslim fellow citizens to strive for equal opportunities for all, to accept the mainstream version of Islam as part of society, and to reject the vile racism of the BNP and its like.

"But Muslims in turn have obligations: not simply to condemn terror, as one Labour MP put it, but to confront it."

So there's a loud mouthed minority who are getting coverage in the papers so the papers can then proudly proclaim their "British!" credendials by loudly condemning what *they* are themselves publicising!

Forget that most Muslims have roundly condemned the bombers and say that they have nothing to do with what Islam is really about, that doesn't make for good ranting headlines.

"People such as Mr Naseem do no favours to the Muslim community. After all, Muslims too are in the sights of the Islamic extremists," he said.

And people like Mr Davis do no favours to the *British* community with stupid statements like this that seem to be saying to Muslims and other immigrants: "Be what *we* want you to be, or else!"