Deeyah had all kinds of problems turning Banaz's story into a film. Rahmat Sulemani was so frightened he would not appear on camera. Banaz's older sister Bekhal, who put her own life at risk by giving evidence against her family, would appear only from behind a veil. As viewers of ITV can testify, the documentary is a triumph because of the cooperation of the police. They gave Deeyah footage that did them no credit. The audience sees a desperate Banaz telling police officers: "People are following me, still they are following me. At any time, if anything happens to me, it's them." The police did nothing and her murder followed. As important, the Met gave Deeyah access to the remarkable Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode, who led the murder inquiry. Nothing would stop her solving the crime. Two of the murderers fled to what they assumed was the safety of Iraqi Kurdistan. Goode organised the first successful extradition of suspects from Iraq to Britain. Because of her efforts, the Met now treats murder victims equally, regardless of the colour of their skin. Perhaps I am being over-optimistic but the police appear to be moving beyond the hypocrisies of multiculturalism.

If the British look back in 2040 and wonder how their "anti-racist" predecessors tolerated genital mutilation, kidnap and murder, a change for the better will have come about because of the lonely work of women like Deeyah and DCI Goode, not because of anything done by those cowardly little s***s, who call themselves "liberals" today.