Giles Fraser wrote:
"David Cameron has a longstanding relationship with the 600,000-strong Hindu community. Just three days before the general election, he was back at the temple in Neasden, north London, taking part in the ceremony. The Conservative Friends of India even rewarded him with his own campaign song in Hindi: “The sky is blue and glorious. This is colour of Britain’s pride. Let’s join together with this blue colour. Let’s join together with David Cameron.” Mind the contents of your stomach, it gets worse. “Your dreams will be fulfilled; He’ll keep his commitments; The job which David has started; He’s determined to finish.”
Of course, it isn't uncommon for political parties to receive support from various interest groups or to court those which they feel might be sympathetic to their party's ideology. But surely where there is a clear conflict between a cultural practice which enshrines inequality and our own equality laws, our politicians should strongly uphold our laws rather than undermine them.
