Alice Thomson today

Alice Thomson in today's torygraph (linked to above):

Forty per cent of Muslims say they would like to introduce Sharia in Britain. When I interviewed Muhammad Abdul Bari, leader of the Muslim Council of Britain, he suggested Britain should adopt arranged marriages and women should cover up. But Molly is right. Anyone who wants to live a strictly Muslim life under Sharia should consider following her example and go to live in an Islamic state.

Not much to disagree with there. In Radio 5 Live's coverage however, there is a lot to disagree with. Their headlines at 7.45am and news at 8.00am both said: "Misbah Rana, whose mother calls her Molly..." Well unless I am much mistaken, the child is a citizen of the UK and so her passport and birth certificate will probably say "Molly Campbell" or something similar. Where is the documentation calling her "Misbah Rana"? I also like the nice touch that it's just her mother who calls her Molly, as if it were a nickname.

12 year olds are too immature to be detained for crimes, work, or do exams. They are, however, old enough to use contraception or go to Pakistan to live without telling their legal guardian*. I love the beeboid mindset.

*Yes I am aware that the two things are causally related in this case.