Islamic think-tank

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

You'd think the British Government was short of money given that the level of our bank's threatened debt is twice the GDP. But no, it always has the money for daft causes even when we still have the homeless, abused kids and God knows what else..

Right now, the Government is planning to give £1 million to an outfit called the Quilliam Foundation. It is described as a think-tank which means that it will say a lot and possibly grab media attention but will achieve absolutely bugger all. If I am wrong here about think-tanks, then please put me right.

This one has been set up by a couple of young reformed Islamic extremists now photographed in suits rather than tea towels and without the ubiquitous AK-47. It is said to be a counter-terrorism think-tank and these two are going to travel the world to lecture (business class, no doubt) on 'the threat of Islamic ideology.' Crikey, is there anybody left who hasn't noticed this? Maybe we should alert New York.

Of course, they will be on around £85,000 a year each which ain't bad for guys of 34 and 31 for doing nothing else than saying the bloody obvious.

This could be a serious lesson to the drunken yobs who pervade our towns and cities at night. Get pissed out of you mind, smash up a few pubs and then set up a think-tank to talk about it at great expense. There are no limits to this. We could set up think-tanks for drug addicts, unmarried mothers, schoool bullies, shop assistants and even bouncy castle makers.

Apparently the key Government minister in all this has said that if you want a Muslim to say pro-government things the Quilliam is the answer. Well I'd be perfectly happy to say pro-government things for a grant of £500k and £85,000 a year. Who wouldn't?