I'm getting really Sikh of the CRE

"The creation of a Sikh Regiment has been considered by the Army policy staff responsible for both equality and diversity issues, who went on to consult with the Commission for Racial Equality," a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.

"Both agreed that grouping ethnic minorities runs counter to the Armed Forces philosophy that seeks to include, not exclude, and extend opportunities," he said.

A CRE spokesman said, "We would not support any policy that seeks to isolate specific groups in the Armed Forces or wider society. The creation of a separate regiment according to ethnicity would be segregation, which amounts to discrimination under the Race Relations Act.

"Anything that creates separation between regiments can only have a detrimental effect upon our Armed Forces' operational effectiveness," he added.

How long has this CRE spokesman spent in the Army, then?

I can't even begin to work out on how many levels this man is an absolute cock. Regiments actively strive to create separation between themselves. That separation is what gives them their unique identity. The Rifles march faster and do different drill. The Scottish Regiments wear kilts and Tam O'Shanters. The Guards use different ranks and tend to be very tall. The Gurkhas are all Nepali and carry Kukhris. And the Royal Irish wear Caubeens and vote for Ian Paisley.

A Sikh Regiment would revel in its exclusivity. They would glory in being apart and different. They would not want to integrate with the other Regiments; they would work their backsides off to prove that they were better soldiers because they were segregated. They would despise the other Regiments, make cruel jokes about their wives and fight with them in pubs.

In short, they would have immense Regimental pride and would be, I am 100% sure, a bloody good unit; after all, our previous Sikh Regiments certainly gave a good account of themselves in Afghanistan.

One of the things that would make a Sikh Regiment so great is the fact that it would be exclusive, divisive and non-integrated - all the things that the CRE hates. Sikh soldiers would see themselves as an elite among the Infantry, and would set out to prove that on a daily basis. They would not need to worry that their culture and traditions might offend other ethnic groups within the Regiment, because there wouldn't be any (although I could see a need for many officers to initially be non-Sikh, until sufficient Sikh officers had worked their way up the ranks.)

Sure, it wouldn't promote multiculturalism. It would be an article of faith amongst the Sikh squaddies that their Regiment was so good because it was made up entirely of Sikhs. They would know, surely and instinctively, that Sikhs are better soldiers than anyone else - just as the Royal Gurkha Rifles know that Nepali mountain men make the best soldiers, the Black Watch know that nobody can match a Highlander in battle and the Household Cavalry know that the height of martial prowess is an upper-class twit in a tank.

I can only commend the Sikh leaders who gave us such a splendid demonstration of what Britain should be about; an ethnic minority that doesn't want to abandon its own culture, doesn't attack anyone else's, doesn't whine when other people take a Piglet tissue box to work and are so loyal to their adopted country that, in an age of constant war and defence overstretch, they actually clamour to be allowed to form a new Regiment. Good on them, is all that I can say.

As a "senior Army officer" said in yesterday's Telegraph, since when did the CRE make British defence policy? I urge the MoD to ignore these repugnant, carping do-gooders and start recruiting for the 1st Battalion, Her Majesty's Sikh Rifles as soon as possible; I am sure that they will make us all proud.

Their first mission should be to storm the offices of the CRE and destroy them utterly, along with every living thing that skulks within. The pointless multi-culti bastards would be "Singh"ing a different tune then.