Interestingly, during the interview with Morgan he stopped short of saying anything about Islam (in a very pointed manner when when directly asked by Morgan for his opinions on Rushdie etc). I think the attack on Salman Rushdie has caused him to censor himself on this one matter, and I suspect it’s because he’s quite frail, as is his wife these days, and it wouldn’t take much of an assault to do serious harm to him. He used to be hell for leather in criticism of Islam. That stroke has really taken its toll on him.

His commentary on gender identity theory is exactly where you would expect the author of The God Delusion to be, utter disbelief and a desire to hear the evidence supporting it but knowing there is none.