Just opened a piece of month-old junk mail. It’s from a casino I’m a member of and it’s inviting me to a Diwali/Eid celebration at their premises. Yes - Eid.

Now I do know some Muslims do gamble in casinos because I’ve seen them - they arrive shortly after the pubs shut. But the majority do not. Further, as it falls over itself in its attempts to be on-message with regards to Britain’s increasingly fragmented society, I wonder if my friendly local casino realises that to suggest a Muslim might celebrate the conclusion of his most holy month with a quick punt on the ol’ roulette wheel could actually result in a hefty deficit in his politically correct account - rather than the credit they were hoping for…..