How would a outright burqa and face veil ban go down in England?

Most people wouldn't care, if it's worked in France them it would work here.

Personally I believe that telling people what they can and cannot wear is well beyond the remit of any government.

if a woman is being forced to wear a veil, she ought to phone the police.

Yeah, it will work for her.

unless she speaks no english, yes it would.

and if we're imposing a limitation to our freedom of expression because muslim women can't speak english which is important for calling the police, we shouldn't be allowing muslim women to even come in the first place because they won't be covered by police protection.

The husband/father will say "no I didn't force her". The police won't be able to prove it. He will return in his family and punish his daughter/wife.

Well, I agree on that, but since or immigration control system is a joke, we have to deal - and protect - those we have let in - even though that was a mistake.

A lot of people associate the burqa and face veil with oppression. While I agree that this is the case in some Islamic countries where it is enforced through cultural practices, I believe it to be less true in Western nations, particularly in a city like London. I think if you see a woman in London dressed in a burqa with a veil then it is more likely that she is wearing it by choice and not as a result of being oppressed.
In my opinion if you were to ask a veil wearing Muslim woman why she has chosen to cover up in a way that completely masks her identity on the streets of London, you'd probably receive a hostile rant on how it's a choice before being accused of being a "racist". I just don't think you'd get a response that would suggest that she didn't want to dress like that and was only doing so under duress.

As a Londoner myself, when I see a woman in a burqa and veil, I don't see oppression, I see an unwillingness to integrate - a firm refusal to find a happy medium between one's native culture and English culture. It is an exploitation of this country's tolerance to show everyone else that one's native cultural practices and values (regardless of incompatibility) trump everything else and there is no compromise.

I believe this is a form of self segregation by choice, so it is all the more ridiculous when people who dress like this complain about not being accepted in society while completely overlooking the fact that they are alienating themselves by refusing to adapt to the basic societal norms of the country that they reside in.Proper integration is a key element when it comes to mitigating Islamic extremism among Muslim communities.
The burqa and veil both represent a barrier to integration as it reinforces the Muslim and non-Muslim distinction in a very obvious way. It also runs counter to the societal norms of this country - we don't normally interact with each other while our faces are covered up. Being able to identify and interpret a person via their facial features is an essential component of our everyday (close range) social interaction.

The ability to clearly identify a person's face is also essential when we consider our evolving threat landscape. The burqa and veil not only allows a person to conceal their identity, but it also allows the effective concealment of knives, firearms and body mounted explosives.I think all of the above are valid reasons to ban both garments.
People say that similar bans in places like France and Belgium have encouraged Islamic terrorism and hostility between Muslims and non-Muslims. We often pride ourselves on our tolerance and people believe this is the fundamental reason why relations are "better" among Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the UK. But is this really true? By being tolerant, we are just becoming a hotbed for poorly integrated Muslims and essentially setting ourselves up for wealth of future cultural clashes and Islamic extremism.

I don't think we're better than France or Belgium because we allow people to wear these garments. I think our tolerance just gives Muslims who have no desire to integrate a blank card to come here and live like they do in their native lands with all the perks of a developed nation. Choosing to don the burqa and veil is a vivid crystallization of this intention.
Our tolerance isn't actually protecting us from anything - look at the number of British Muslims who sympathise with ISIS or have gone out to fight for them. Acceptance of the burqa and veil has done nothing to discourage them from hating Britain.

So in light of this, how do you think a complete burqa and veil ban would go down among Muslim communities in England? Would it be seen as an attack on Islam?
Do you think an outright ban is on the cards in the near future considering our evolving threat and security landscapes?
And lastly, how do non-Muslims feel about seeing the burqa and veil on the streets of England?

Thoughts?

we don't have to let in anybody if their overall net effect is a limitation on our individual freedom though, surely?

I don't want to admit anybody that doesn't benefit the country.

This is one of the reasons I can't wait to leave this country.

Neither can I.

You will then realise how tolerant Britain was compared to other Western countries.