The British people are a little bit like buried peat - extremely slow to burn, but rarely bursting out into angry flames. Yet, every now and then, a tinder box is ignited, and the resultant fiery fury is intense.
The incredibly ill-judged comments of the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Douglas Williams, DD, PC, FBA, aka ‘The Druid’, on Sharia law and the British state have lit such a fuse. His foolishness is that of a naive intellectual who has no contact with the real world. He has imposed fear on women, and on many Muslims themselves. He has poured oil onto an already searing conflagration.