Ban the burka?

Yes definitely the wearing of the burka and the niqab (not the hijab) should be banned in the UK along with halal butchering. I'm of the opinion that if you move to a country you adapt to their way of life. And yes when I travel abroad I respect their culture. As far as I can see those moving here (mostly) are escaping opressive religious practices i.e covering your face.Therfore why continue it in a liberal western society? Unless it's being forced. Aren't we ( as one of the only European countries still allowing this) supporting the oppression of women and their further generations?

You're talking about workplace policies which companies are within their rights to do and make, unless it would discriminatory against protected characteristics. Being nude is not one of them. Religion is, and reasonable accommodations should be made.

There's nothing in theory stopping people being nude in public places. There's the naked bike ride in Hyde Park every year. There are naked ramblers, there are outrageously skimpy outfits on beaches everywhere in the UK and the world. I took my top off on a non-nudist beach the other week and nobody said nuffink. People's opinions about it aren't the same as something being 'not allowed'

Presumably then, since it's all about foreigners and foreign cultures, you have no objection to British Muslims born in the UK to British Muslim parents, also themselves likely born in the UK, continuing to wear the burka if they opt to, or are they still not sufficiently British and not sufficiently British "cultured" (whatever the hell that means) for you?

Islam is a part of British culture.

Contrary to the ridiculous point you attempted to make about Furries and so on, this is less about other people accepting other cultures, and more about the fact you can't seem to cope with British culture yourself.

Having policies in workplaces on a dress code is very different to 'banning' it in wider society though. You absolutely are allowed to walk down the high street in a bikini. Go for it. Which is what the OP is talking about. And unless you want to remove discrimination protection for all individuals with religious beliefs or would be unlawful and wrong to fire a woman for wearing a burka.

So uniforms for jobs should be banned? The Police, for instance, should be able to wear whatever they want?

why should nudity only be constrained to nudist beaches if people should be able to wear whatever they want?

People come to one of the most successful countries with some of the best, most humane laws in the world, freedom, equality, and democracy, that takes care of its citizens and try to change it into a shit hole.

I care about many things, and one of these things is women should be free of the burka.

I also care about being British - we are a people and we have a unique culture,which is not given the same weight as people who have a different culture and who have moved here, to my country..
I am not allowed a voice, without the usual slurs applying.
Little Englander. Racist. Fascist. Etc.

I care about many things, and one of these things is women should be free of the burka.

I also care about being British - we are a people and we have a unique culture,which is not given the same weight as people who have a different culture and who have moved here, to my country..
I am not allowed a voice, without the usual slurs applying.
Little Englander. Racist. Fascist. Etc.

The effect is identical.

influx of a foreign religion

Jeezy peeps.

Where do you think Christianity originated?

Hate them- hate seeing them- agree no woman wears them through an actual choice or unbrain washed mind. Ban them? No! It’s a dangerous slope allowing a government to dictate what women wear.

And I just can't agree in principle that it's okay to dictate what people wear in any way unless they're intending to cause harm. Full stop. I like nudist beaches and on the other hand have been in very covering outfits with a headwrap and mask due to medical difficulties. That's my choice!

Why am I not allowed to go to my office in one then? I’d lose my job!

The fact is anyone arguing that we have free choice of our clothes is completely wrong!

We need it because we live in communities with these women. That includes communities with women who were were born here, came as children, came recently, can speak the language, who can't. They're already here. There is no feasible way for us to go backwards on that or to completely stop people from coming. And if there were I would fight it tooth and nail. The people I work with are kind, patient, trying their very best to carve out a happy life for themselves.

Immigration and movement of people has been a fact since time immemorial. If you want sensible, humane, limits on numbers or a more rigorous screening process then do that. But I'm sick of these blanket, mean, untrue statements about people I know and love.

I've worked across London in areas that would cause Nigel Farage et ilk to turn beetroot with indignity, and he's just wrong. It is totally possible for people to integrate and for people to get on. I see it every single day.

So no one should be stopped from going to work in a bikini if they want to?

Most British people don’t care about women wearing burkas. I certainly don’t. This thread is a very nasty little nest of Little Englanders pretending they care about women’s rights.

bikinis are fine for work they aren't oppressive and are free choice, although unless working as a life guard I've never experienced many people wearing them to work. May be we could start a trend?

The other item hides identity, restrict freedom and isn't from a place of free choice and makes women suffer for men's behavior.

Most British people don’t care about women wearing burkas. I certainly don’t. This thread is a very nasty little nest of Little Englanders pretending they care about women’s rights.

So no one should be stopped from going to work in a bikini if they want to?

Perhaps other people have different lives than you and care about other things? Perhaps you are uncultured and live in a bubble. Perhaps you don't understand social trends or have reached radicalization. Or indeed respect others opinions

Do you live here? I've lived and in South, North, East, and West. London as a whole is very mixed. There are some microcosms with more of one ethnicity than another, but a) other people definitely do still live in these areas and often it's a fairly even blend. c) that's fairly natural as people moving somewhere will look for people and things that they are familiar with. That's why you get British immigrant community in Spain for example.
I worked in a role with heavy travel and I could be in Ladbroke Grove where theres a high Carribbean and Portuguese population, Notting Hill with a significant American and French community, and Shepherd's Bush with a a variety of everything, within the same short journey. I can walk around the corner and be somewhere completely different entirely. It's interesting learning people's stories.