the british ruling class will give in to islamism, to the attempt to take over, to the attempt to undermind britain and encroachment of the values in britain, and the class was saying let's go along with this. that's why i wrote, but in the book, i was extremely careful about, i think we must be to acknowledge them, there are many, many muslims who find this equally frightening and worrying and have nothing to do with it. >> host: were you branded a racest after the book came out? grg i don't think i was branded a racist, because, of course, that is a particularly ignorant thing to say because islam is not a race, but a religion. i find it hard to see, you know, if onements to append a negative end tat, it's not the word it use, but people found ways to be rude. there's no shortage of the creative imagination coming to the dispensing of insults in this territory, i'm afraid. >> host: in the book, you talk about multiculturism quite a bit. did it affect your view on british society and british politicians? >> guest: multiculturism is one of the most misunderstood and one of the most pernicio