Just having a chat with some friends down the pub and we started talking about Shabana Mahmood.
In a hypothetical situation where I was introduced to her, I would refuse to shake her hand. Why? racism? Nah – I’m the same colour as her. Sexism? Nah – I’m not sexist in the slightest. Islamophobia? Nope – all religions are equally pointless.
I wouldn’t shake her hand because she is fundamentally an odious person, kowtowing to the rightwing media’s demands, and therefore crap at her job; the public should dictate government policy, not the rightwing media.