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London Mayor Sadiq Khan pops up to tell us that October is Black History Month and we must celebrate the amazing contribution of Black people to British society.

Do you think music bypasses the intellect and goes straight to the soul?

The first Elvis Costello concert I went to was in 1978.

If you are a left wing Government (or “progressive” in their coded in the know vocabulary) and you are faced with the thorny issue of illegal migration, it is a tough one for you.

There was a time when Tamla Motown ruled the (music) world producing great songs, great singers and memorable melody.

Hands up those who watch the BBC political flagship programme “Question Time” hosted by Fiona Bruce?

Yes, I know that Lord Alli gave him £2500 to get a decent set of glasses but in truth PM Keir Starmer is making an absolute spectacle of himself by refusing to even countenance that the optics (let alone the substance!) of all the freebies he has accepted looks really really bad!

I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised to discover that the National Trust has been entirely captured by the battalions of the left in their long march through the Institutions.

Did you see that England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty is giving evidence to the Covid inquiry today?

A new report suggests that cancers in the under-50 age group is surging around the world, up some 79%.

The Labour Party conference saw the Justice Minister Shabana Mahmood announce the creation of a ‘Women’s Justice Board” with the aim of making sure sure fewer women go to prison and indeed hopefully leading to the closure of Women’s Prisons.

Across in the States, there is a concerted attempt being made to present the hollow vessel that is extreme Leftist Kamala Harris as the very personification of “joy” and it looks like it may even work.

I suppose if you are a Hezbollah terrorist and Israel is decimating your ranks you can always fall back on the comfort afforded by the BBC an the likes of Jeremy Al Bowen.

UK Minister for “Irregular migration” Angela Eagle claims that US Presidential candidate Donald Trump may have helped inflame passions leading to the Protests following the murder of 3 young girls by a 2nd generation Rwandan in Southport.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has declared at the Labour Party Conference that she will halve knife crime in a decade.