I have a namesake who is a Tory MP (and thanks to the Romans at the Hermeneutic of Continuity who linked to his Sunday Trading Blogpost). He seems a good sort of the type that exists in the English parliament but not in NZ or Australia: the career backbencher. There are but 120 MPs in NZ, and not many more in Australia. The ruling party (National at the moment, who define cuckservatism) have 61 MPs: a third of them are in cabinet. The UK parliament has about 600 MPs, of which no more than 50 can be in cabinet or near cabinet. It means that the party caucus can keep the cabinet honest. This is not the case in NZ.

But, since he is fairly certain that high office will not come his way, he, like many back benches, can speak without fear or favour. And he has some comments about the petunias in UK Labour, particularly their doubling down on refugee issues.

Back in the fantasy world occupied by Comrade Jerry the man himself, having recovered from the white-tie-and-tails experience, adheres stoically to New Old Labour. Migration is “nothing but a plus for Britain” he opines. There is merit, certainly, in attracting the services of the overseas labour that Britain needs (the NHS would collapse without foreign doctors and nurses for example) but “nothing but a plus” might be stretching the welcome mat a tad further than is practicable. The prospect of agreeing to spend £100 billion on new nuclear missiles while simultaneously declaring that you will under no circumstances authorise the pushing of the button that fires them also seems a trifle off-the-wall even in Jerry`s role as the newly-elected President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. “Red Ken” Livingstone has probably not endeared himself to former parliamentary colleagues by suggesting on the Sunday Politics programme, that Comrade Jerry should purge the party of anti-Corbyn MPs. Those with very long memories may recall that back in the days of the Greater London Council one Andrew Mackintosh, a moderate and courteous soul, led theLondon Labour party into a GLC election which he won only to find himself booted out the following day by a bloke called Tony (later Lord) Banks and K. Livingstone. The hard left does not take prisoners. All that said, Comrade Jerry is heading remorselessly South in the opinion polls with a rating currently down in the frosty minus-20s. Simon Danczuk, Rochdale`s Labour MP, has already offered himself as a `stalking horse`, which is the political equivalent of a human sacrifice, to pave the way for a serious challenger to Jerry when the time is right. The by-election in Oldham, precipitated by the death of the sitting MP Michael Meacher (see valete, below) , may tell us more. The poor man is still lying in the mortuary and his funeral is not until the thirteenth of November (a Friday, for the superstitious) but the comrades are already in the process of seeking a suitably Corbynite successor to fill his boots.

The problem with Islam is that they will kill. Any who leave. Any who refuse to submit. Any who convert. If you say that these things should be debated, they refuse. They want no debate: they want no platform. They want the sword and/or silence.

When it comes to educating liberals and lefties about Islam our greatest allies are Ex Muslims. Thursday last week the council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, started a hash tag campaign to encourage Ex Muslims from across the world to share with the twitterati their reasons for leaving the ideology. A day later #ExMuslimBecause was the top trending hashtag in the UK.

And local, that is British, Muslims are now threatening to kill them. Such people are breaking the social contract that allows the West to leave. They should be tried, convicted and deported. If they claim British or Commonwealth citizenship, they should be exiled. Somalia does need skilled Labour.