Shaun Bailey has Problems with Religious Diversity

I am struck by the sheer oddity of the Brent Times interview with Shaun Bailey, the Tory Mayoral candidate.  It gives some quotes of him saying some pretty outrageously insensitive things about ethnic minorities in 2005.   They include criticizing the idea that "people from Brent" had been celebrating "Muslim and Hindi days", which since many people from Brent are Muslim and Hindu strikes me as unsurprising.  He also states that it is not his way to offend, which it clearly is.  Even more oddly he is quoted as saying "I’ve been to Gurdwaras across Eid – sorry, across Diwali – and spoken to people, and they understood."  Since Gurdwaras are Sikh Centres of worship I find his visits "across Eid – sorry, across Diwali" even odder.