Diversity Hat blocked the BBC’S view of woman’s burka

Did you hear that loud thunk? It was the sound of jaws dropping across the nation as Fergal Keane spoke to a Muslim woman in the aftermath of the London Bridge atrocities. The woman was wearing a burka. All you could see of her under the black shroud was her eyes and the bridge of her nose.

Sporting the BBC’S magic Diversity Hat, which makes the wearer lose all common sense and judgment, Keane chose not to comment on the fact that the woman couldn’t be seen by viewers.

Instead, an eager Keane told us that the young woman had recently gained a law degree, graduating with firstclass honours. What, he asked, was her response to the killings in Borough Market? She replied that there was a problem with integration. People of all faiths need to integrate.

“How the hell do you think you’re ever going to integrate when you’re dressed like that?” demanded Fergal.

Just kidding. Of course he didn’t. The magic Diversity Hat prevents a reporter asking any tough follow-up questions which might offend a member of a minority group.

I’m not sure BBC News has got the “Enough is enough” memo. The burka is not only a disturbing symbol of female subjugation, its increasing prevalence in towns across the UK is a sign of the spread of Islamist extremism.

The wife of terrorist Khuram Butt, who refused to speak to women, wore the full burka. But Charisse O’leary, the Irish spouse of Butt’s fellow killer, Rachid Redouane, would not convert to Islam or give up Western clothing.

She fought hard to let their little girl have dance classes and watch TV, which her father claimed would “make her gay”. Charisse was often beaten up for her pains.

Such men are vile misogynists, holding any female who isn’t a strict Muslim in contempt.

Shame on Fergal Keane. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, he had no business pretending that a woman in a burka is a normal part of a free society.