Do I need to keep pointing you in the direction of the Daily Ablution? Or is everyone going there automatically now?

In the latest installment the Guardian claims in an interview with a French newspaper that it did not sack Aslam because of the blogging furore but rather because it had been carrying out an internal inquiry of its own into Aslam’s links with Hizb’ut Tahrir.

As the Ablution points out, if they were already carrying out an inquiry into Aslam’s links with an extremist group why ask him to write the piece in the first place?

Meanwhile Harry reports that Aslam appeared at a special NUJ chapel meeting on Tuesday where he expressed surprise that his article had caused offence. He also failed to adequately answer questions about the anti-semitism of Hizb’ut Tahrir. Nevertheless a vote to condemn his sacking was still narrowly passed. Apparently NUJ staff thought it was important to have representative voices from ethnic communities on the paper.

I agree. But where do you stop? Here, here, or here? Some minority voices are not worth listening to let alone printing.