...I do think we should be wary of viewing the burkini in terms of a fashion story or an amusing novelty, when it also represents something more sinister. I?m sure the designer didn?t intend this, but the Burkini has become yet another weapon in the Islamist assault on Western cultural values.
In the News
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August 18th, 2009
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August 18th, 2009
When Sarah Matthews heard the head of Britain?s infertility industry watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), suggest that women receive up to ?3,000 a time to donate eggs, she could barely contain her anger: ?I was left paralysed and lost four years from my life as a result of this treatment. I will never be the same again. ?I have been to hell and back because I wanted a child. I can?t believe they are suggesting young women take that sort of risk just for money?.
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August 18th, 2009
A bargain shop has been accused of encouraging underage sex by selling pregnancy testing kits at the ?pocketmoney price? of 99p.
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August 18th, 2009
Stitches embedded with patients? own stem cells could dramatically speed up healing after surgery.
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August 17th, 2009
More girls were born in Delhi than boys last year for the first time, according to official figures, after parents were given cash bonuses of ?125 for each new daughter as part of a drive to stamp out female infanticide.
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August 17th, 2009
Sinitta has just returned from Sardinia, where she spent two weeks on a yacht with former boyfriend Simon Cowell as a guest of billionaire Sir Philip Green and his wife, Tina.
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August 17th, 2009
The director of Britain's leading centre for rape victims is right to speak out against the increasing sexualisation of children through slogans.
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August 17th, 2009
An Afghan bill permitting a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has become law.
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August 17th, 2009
A teenage girl who had a heart transplant after initially fighting for her right to die is feeling 'brilliant'.
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August 17th, 2009
British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs.