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I admit it's poor planning.
I wasn't really intending to defend the council so vehemently - it's just that there's a theme in the right wing newspapers that England kow-tows to Muslims, and it's found its way onto this board. When you read the facts it simply isn't true, but I guess when you sling enough mud some sticks.
On a related but separate topic, it reminded me of a story a friend told me about a wedding she attended. They had a chocolate wedding cake (as did I) and there was a little boy who started grizzling because he wanted some. Rather than tell the child, "No means no, that's a special cake" the mother went and asked the mother of the bride if they could bring forward the cutting of the cake because her son wanted some now. And she considered it! It must be a mother thing. Her daughter (childless) said absolutely not, they would cut it at the evening reception as planned.
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