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And hasnt the fallout grown on the usual critics have been attacking our home secretary, Suella Braverman, for making washington what i think is one of the most extraordinary, one of the bravest, most courageous speeches ever made by a home secretary. But ive written and ispoke secretary. But ive written and i spoke yesterday, i dont think shes gone far enough. But first shes gone far enough. But first of all, before we debate this with my studio guest and a guest down the line, lets just remind ourselves of just one of the key extracts from the home secretarys speech multiculturalism makes no demands of the incomer to integrate it. It has failed because it allowed people to come to our society and live parallel lives in it. They society and live parallel lives in it. They could be in the society party, but not of the society party, but not of the society and in extreme cases they could pursue lives aimed at undermining the stability and threatening the security of our society. Society. Well , goodness me. I mean, well, goodness me. I mean, after that speech, you would think is the first time anybodys had the courage to suggest that multicultural ism has failed in the United Kingdom. No ones ever said it before. Apparently but lets just check back in history, shall we . Lets just see what former leaders in the United Kingdom and indeed across europe have said over recent years under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, weve encouraged merged different cultures to live separate lives apart from each other and apart from the mainstream. From the mainstream. Erm my response is clearly yes, its a failure. Yes, its a failure. The truth is that in all our democracies weve been too preoccupied with the identity of those arriving and not enough with that of the countries which welcome them. Welcome them. So there we have it. David so there we have it. David cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy back in 2006, tony blair, he said for the first time in a generation , the first time in a generation, theres an unease, an anxiety , theres an unease, an anxiety, even at points of resentment , even at points of resentment, that our very openness , our that our very openness, our willingness to welcome differences , our pride in being differences, our pride in being to home many different cultures is actually being used against us. Its being abused. Indeed, us. Its being abused. Indeed, even in order to harm us. And then also, as part of her review into opportunity and integration back in 2016, baroness casey. Back in 2016, baroness casey. Louise casey, she found that in a number of local areas , ethnic a number of local areas, ethnic or migrant groups have become increasingly divided. So im asking you this big question this evening. Has this evening. Has multiculturalism failed . Get in touch with us. Email farage at gbnews. Com or tweet us with the hashtag farage on gb news. Well, its a really big topic. Its an important topic. Are we getting the language right to this . The the language right to this . The words, the language . Im delighted to be joined in the studio by dr. Alan mendoza, who is the executive director of the Henry Jackson society. Alan, thank you for joining Henry Jackson society. Alan, thank you forjoining me at Henry Jackson society. Alan, thank you for joining me at this very important debate. And an important day. I think the fallout of this. Have you been surprised by the abuse and the vitriol that the home secretary has received following that speech yesterday . No, not in the slightest, because every time this argument is made, the sort of manifest, obvious point that multicultural ism is indeed not something that ought to be embraced, but indeed turned on its head every time that comes up. Of course, theres a cavalcade of problems and abuse and hysteria around it. But, you know what . Your segment just a moment ago showed was was very interesting. Weve had years of this and yet its very interesting that when she says it , theres particular attack. It, theres a particular attack. A key point. I dont this is a key point. I dont remember tony blair or David Cameron or louise casey getting a whole pile on in the same way that this home secretary has. Is that this home secretary has. Is that because of the small boats problem, or is it because the tories are under pressure . Whats your view on that . It feels different now. Feels very different now. You know . Id go a little do you know . Id go a little bit than that. Say bit further than that. Id say its braverman is its because Suella Braverman is an example of what integration really looks like and not, as was said by another commentator today, that shes an example of multiculturalism. Now on the contrary, she is an example of integration. Yes. Shes got her own identity, but she has embraced the british identity with it as well. And the point is that because she is so manifestly and obviously, if you like someone who ought, in the view of the left , to be view of the left, to be defending multiculturalism and yet here she is attacking it, that marks her out for special attention. Okay. But youve possibly the okay. But youve possibly the nail on the head. Have we got the terminology completely wrong here . Is multiculturalism actually the wrong word to use . And actually, what weve got very successfully is a multiethnic society. We focussed multiethnic society. We focussed around one British Culture and that culture of fairness , of that culture of fairness, of decency, of tolerance , of decency, of tolerance, of respect, whether its from shakespeare to cricket to churchill to james bond, these are the great things that we love and take huge pride in our history and maybe actually that is the right way to be looking at it. Were multi ethnic and weve been, i would say, possibly the most successful in the western world at that over many, many decades. And we should celebrate that. And that this idea, that sort of multiculturalism in a sense, if youve got different cultures staying on Different Railway tracks and never the twain shall meet never the track shall meet then then actually thats what creates the problems. And if youve got communities from 1 1 group, one culture staying in one area and not integrating , one area and not integrating, thats where problems arise. Thats where problems arise. Yeah, totally. I mean, this is the whole point. Now, the terminology is correct in the sense because if you recall that Labour Government, the 97 Labour Government decided to bring in, if you like, this idea that come here, you dont need to integrate. I mean, blair subsequently discovered the problems of that, obviously. Do your own thing and it wont be an of course it an issue. And of course it turned to be an immediate turned out to be an immediate issue and an immediate problem. And then, weve been and so since then, weve been wrestling this of the wrestling with this idea of the vision which vision youve suggested, which is vision for this is the right vision for this country, is doesnt matter country, which is doesnt matter where historically, where youre from historically, what background what what your background is, what your what matters your religion is, what matters is, are you prepared to buy in to what this society is offering to what this society is offering to buy into the values this society believes in and to be a part of that, maintaining your own identity , thats fine, but own identity, thats fine, but youve got to part of the youve got to be part of the broader whole and accept that when between, when theres a conflict between, if like, the moors of the if you like, the moors of the old world, values of the old old world, the values of the old world and those of the new that youre you buy into youre in, that you buy into that new world side over the old. And ive done it myself actually, because i lived a couple of years in france and i bought into the wonderful french culture, cheese, the wine, culture, the cheese, the wine, the lunches. I mean, there the long lunches. I mean, there was huge things to embrace in the culture, which when the french culture, which when i came the uk, many of came back to the uk, many of those disappeared those things sort of disappeared the and had long the long lunch and had long gone. I think actually that gone. So i think actually that is it. When you go to live and enjoy and stay in a different country, youve actually got to embrace that local culture. And thats what we be saying thats what we should be saying to who come to live in the to those who come to live in the uk. We are one fantastic British Culture. Embrace it, enjoy it, use it, infuse it rather than say, no, im a separate culture on a separate Railway Track and im not going to mix and not integrate that. There is the road to ruin as our leaders have previously said, over well over a decade. Well, youre quite right. But heres the interesting point. So this debate has gone on, as youve said, for over a decade. Weve seen the conversations. Weve seen the conversations. Weve been seeing. Weve what weve been seeing. A lack is action to lack of, though, is action to make it happen. So time and time again, say theres again, people say theres a problem weve to do problem here, weve got to do better. Then theres a lack better. But then theres a lack of deal with it. And you of how to deal with it. And you highlighted, for example, the case you baroness casey, case you review, baroness casey, the fonnard. Now, the point she put fonnard. Now, why that seven why is it the case that seven years after that review has come out , we still years after that review has come out, we still have not implemented what suggested implemented what she suggested were to stop that were remedies to stop that division, to stop that sort of artificial barriers between people. We need the government to get up and go beyond words now and to take those recommendations. But do you think the government is capable of that . The home secretary has made a strong speech , but will there be strong speech, but will there be any back up the United Nations has already completely has already basically completely rejected a dusty, rejected the idea that a dusty, archaic old 70 year document should be amended and updated. Should be amended and updated. Does that tell you something about them or something about our home secretary well, the un is never going to do anything. I mean, its always the product of the lowest common denominator and you cant get change there. You have to have leaders who willing to have leaders who are willing to stand be counted and stand up to be counted and to show theyre if show theyre serious. So if shes serious about this, she can from her trip and can come home from her trip and she start implementing those she can start implementing those review to say this is review procedures to say this is my word now turning into action. Well, my view is and i wrote this in the telegraph yesterday that we should say the Prime Minister back her and minister should back her up and say six months to amend say we need six months to amend the un 51 convention. Othennise as a great one of the as a great strong one of the largest, most respected nation in world, were out. I think in the world, were out. I think thatis in the world, were out. I think that is sort of shock and that is the sort of shock and all thats needed, frankly, to wake up a very complacent elite. But mendoza, thank you very but alan mendoza, thank you very much indeed putting that much indeed for putting that side of the debate. But of course, balance is very important and im delighted to be joined down the line by dr. Rita drabu, who is the former secretary general of the Muslim Council of britain and a gp. Dr. Hibbert, thank you so much for joining us on gb news. So you may have heard some of that debate there. Obviously yesterday was a very significant speech by the home secretary. She said that multiculturalism has failed, but its not as though shes the first significant point cabinet member or leader of this country or indeed france. As we saw earlier there, whos raised this over more than a decade. Why is there such a huge row against the home secretary now, such massive pushback when i dont recall that in previous years , i think that in previous years, i think we have to two things going on as far as Suella Braverman is concerned. We have a problem with the refugees who are actually piling up, waiting for justice or for a legal solution to their problem. And this is i feel is a diversion. There is multicoloured pluralism in my book has not failed. Um, and book has not failed. Um, and i noficed book has not failed. Um, and i noticed that youre trying to mix ethnicity multi ethnicity and multiculturalism and values, the values that are British Values are universal values. Values are universal values. Theyre not particular to us. So, you know, making it out as if everybody who comes into this country has different values , i country has different values, i think is erroneous. We see i have come to this country as im a second generation. My father came here as a refugee from kashmir via pakistan. I have got kashmir via pakistan. I have got four children and theyre all embrace what we have here. They would embrace wherever they are, what is given to them or what is theirs. So i dont see in this country there is any i dont see multicultural ism as dead. And to be buried, i think something that we need to celebrate and we have it in this country. My four kids are a great example. One of kids are a great example. One of them is married to an english boy, another one english, a dutch and a turk. What more could be what more can you say about this country that we can have such diversity . Yeah, i get that. But would you accept that actually people coming from from different nafions coming from from different nations around the world. Actually, they do have different values. Regrettably women in some countries are treated as second class citizens in a very different way that we completely abhor. Different way that we completely abhor. So i different way that we completely abhor. So i think actually we are respected for some of those things that are referred to. What im trying to do is find the positives. And youve youve seen tony blair said seen there that tony blair said multiculturalism seen there that tony blair said multi cameron,1 seen there that tony blair said multi cameron, nicholas sarkozy, David Cameron, nicholas sarkozy, Serious International leaders of their time, the casey review should we not focus as i suggested, on that different terminology . I think weve been. Terminology . I think weve been. Im with you. I think multi ethnicity. Be around one multi ethnicity. Be around one great British Culture that we should celebrate. Were probably should celebrate. Were probably the best in the world at. But i think i think its this the issue where if youve got large groups who sort of st