This Islamophobia is astonishing! Well, really, I shouldn’t be astonished given the generally fucked up state of the nation, but I am. Manal Omar went swimming in an Islamic-style swimsuit, something she has done all over the world, but it caused a clamour among the ignorant bigots at David Lloyd’s fitness club in Oxford.

Really, what is wrong with Muslim women wearing what they want to wear? It’s 2007. You feel threatened? Intimidated? Grow up.