Melanie Phillips: You May Say That, I Could Not Possibly Comment

Melanie Phillips: A Mess Of Bigotry And Outrage

However, in an apparently unrelated incident, Ofsted was forced to abandon its inspection of the Olive Tree independent Muslim primary school in Luton after parents protested that their nine and ten-year-old children had been questioned about their attitudes to homosexuality. One father said that his ten-year-old son had been panicked and intimidated by being asked: “What do you know about gays?” The chairman of the school’s trust said that such questioning was “sexualising young children”. Inspectors reportedly asked similar questions of Muslim pupils and possibly “homophobic” teachers during their investigation into Trojan Horse.

What a telling snapshot of the confusions of contemporary British society. Trying to protect gay sensibilities, Ofsted offends a religious minority; conversely, to avoid offending Muslims entails outraging gay people.

She actually wrote this!

Once more, satire dies screaming.