Still on the Guardian, just a week ago they informed us about a poll that shows “Muslims in Britain are the most anti-western in Europe”:

.. the poll found that British Muslims represented a “notable exception” in Europe, with far more negative views of westerners than Islamic minorities elsewhere on the continent. A significant majority viewed western populations as selfish, arrogant, greedy and immoral. Just over half said westerners were violent. While the overwhelming majority of European Muslims said westerners were respectful of women, fewer than half British Muslims agreed. Another startling result found that only 32% of Muslims in Britain had a favourable opinion of Jews, compared with 71% of French Muslims.

What could possibly explain these “startling results”? Ironically The Guardian offers a couple of answers today.

An academic who tells us that British Colonialism is “a tale of slavery, plunder, war, corruption, land-grabbing, famines, exploitation, indentured labour, impoverishment, massacres, genocide and forced resettlement”.

And a musician who “equates Osama bin Laden with Che Guevara”. We are of course to assume that being compared to Che Guevara is a good thing.

People in Britain are anti-western? Who would have thought! Here’s a bold prediction for another poll that compares readers of different newspapers, instead of citizens of different countries: People who read The Guardian are more anti-western than readers of other papers. A shocking conclusion, I know.