AT LAST, COMMON SENSE FOR A CHANGE COMING OUT OF THE UK - A ban on the Burka, the nationalising of the BBC and a 'Margaret Thatcher Day' - Its sounds wonderful

MPs in the UK will debate whether to ban the burka today, as the first of a tranche of

Oppressive

private members bills hit the Commons.

Philip Hollobone's bill would make it illegal to wear a garment with the "primary purpose to obscure the face" in a public place, AND RIGHTLY SO.

He camped out overnight with fellow right-wing Conservative MPs Peter Bone and Christopher Chope earlier this summer in a bid to secure a debate on a variety of private member bills.

The move saw the trio emerge with proposed legislation that included demands for the privatisation of the BBC, a very much needed piece of legislation considering the bias within the BBC, also a Margaret Thatcher day, a referendum on equal marriage and the reintroduction of capital punishment.

Oh yes bring it all on many would say in any country.

The bills will dominate Fridays in parliament until February 28th 2014, potentially damaging the party's chances of attracting Muslim voters, but then Muslim voters, if they aren't radical should be worried about the proposed drafts.

Hollobone's bill proposes that "a person wearing a garment or other object intended by the wearer as its primary purpose to obscure the face in a public place shall be guilty of an offence".


Fantastic and needed so badly. And it gets better.

It adds that "a person providing a public service in person to a member of the public or receiving a public service in person from a public official shall remove any garment or other object intended by the wearer as its primary purpose to obscure the face unless such garment or other object is reasonably required for reasons of health or safety".

It allows for exceptions on the basis of health and safety or "for the purposes of art, leisure or entertainment".

When he last tried to ban the burka, Hollobone caused controversy by revealing that he would refuse to meet constituents who were wearing the burka or the niqab.

"I would ask her to remove her veil," he said.

"If she said 'no', I would take the view that she could see my face, I could not see hers, I am not able to satisfy myself she is who she says she is.

"I would invite her to communicate with me in a different way, probably in the form of a letter." 

These is strong support for a ban. The proposed law has support in the UK standing at 66%, according to a 2011 YouGov survey.

Hollobone's concerns around the burka are shared by many MPs across the House and members of the public. In 2006, former Labour home secretary Jack Straw said he felt "uncomfortable" talking to constituents who wore the veil.

The Burka is an oppressive garment, installed in Islamist societies as a tool for controlling women and treating them as second class. Its cruel, inhuman, unhealthy and it actually has been proven to pose a security risk. Its high time it was banned world wide as an insult to humanity.