Exactly. In a sense they're damned if they do, damned if they don't. They've been studiously trying to avoid saying anything at all about nationality, colour, religion or anything else beyond the bare minimum (their version) needed to avoid anyone noticing this studied aversion.
I think the political 'embarassed silence/shuffling of feet' thing is a peculiarity of the particularly British political style.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
