Reply #8: No, people are relating the burkha

[B Whale]

to the 'right' to wear motorcycle helmets in banks etc! which is a nonsense smoke screen.

The argument runs that 'if i don't have the 'right' to wear my motorcycle helmet in a bank, why should they have a right to wear their burkha'

At present there is NO ban on the burkha being worn. We are all treated the same. If i or my wife chose to wear a Burkha, they are free under british law, because it is not against the law. And if a muslim woman wanted to wear a motorcycle helmet into a bank she would be asked to remove it. It IS equality under law.

Also, in many instances for identification purposes if it is necessary, women ARE asked to remove their Burkhas, which I think is quite sensible, i just object to what is also, sadly a typically British trait, that of the tyranny of the majority demanding compliance for what is such a non-issue, and using the Law as a blunt oppressive instrument, when just a bit of common sense will do.


We live in a pluralist society, and the tiny minority of women who wear Burkhas (a few thousand i believe) are causing no harm.

In British liberty, we have the right to cause offence, but not harm. If you are offended, tough!

The proposed bill is reactionary, populist and pathetic, whipped up by UKIP, tabloids and reactionary Tories.