“All successful pluralist societies accept this – and always have. Only recently..have we chosen cantonisation, relativism and the avoidance..of difficult debates. It is not racist to insist upon a core of social norms…It is the only dependable bulwark against prejudice and fundamentalism.”

“.. citizenship must amount to more than obeying the law and paying taxes. It is an emotional identity and an allegiance to a shared way of life as much as it is an administrative and legal status.”