Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

My father used to tell me stories of the British Raj. Muslims and Hindus, who until then had gotten along splendidly, were set against each other by the British, thus heralding the tragedy of The Partition of India. One can understand the logic, after all partition had worked so well in Ireland and would have similar success in Palestine. Of course, the British occupation of India wasn't all bad: we built the railways.

This week David Cameron was asked if he would return the Koh-i-Noor diamond. This is the large twinkly bauble that the Queen gets to wear 'cos she's the Queen, the jewel in the British crown. The Prime Minister, taken aback, quite rightly said no. If we gave back all the treasures that we'd pillaged from around the world then the British Museum would be empty.

To find out what we should do with the diamond, I refer you to the Koran. Several of the nice bits in the Koran emphasise forgiveness and healing broken ties. In that spirit India should forgive Britain and let us keep the diamond.

Listen
Read