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Multiculturalism is again under attack. And it's not just from the BNP, but members of New Labour. Following the bombings on London in 2005 Ruth Kelly and David Blunkett called for a ‘British identity'. Jack Straw asked women Muslims in his constituency to remove their veils (the niqab), as he feels uncomfortable with them. The  chair of the Commission for  Equalities and Human Rights has urged for integration as a way forward, "to stop us from sleep walking into segregation".