Well you can tell ev’rybody
Down in ol’ Frisco
Tell ‘em
Tiny Montgomery says hello

Tell ev’rybody
Down in ol’ Frisco
That Tiny Montgomery’s comin’
Down to say hello

There is a superb column today from someone I’ve never heard of; he’s a chap named Tim Montgomerie, on Townhall.com.

It is entitled “Far From United”, and it is a look at the dilemma presented by radical Islam in the United Kingdom (sometimes known as Merry Old England). It is essential reading in its entirety, but here’s an excerpt that to me is particularly sharp and telling:

More than any other national politician, former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone understood the power of the Muslim vote. During his early political career, in the 1970s and 1980s, Livingstone became famous for championing gay rights, feminism and other left-wing causes. His journey since then is typical of many thought leaders of the Left. Livingstone has been prepared to compromise on those progressive beliefs in order to court Muslim voters. His willingness to do this has certainly been motivated by the number of Muslim voters in London but also significant has been the anti-Americanism and hostility to Israel of many British Muslims.

The extent to which anti-Americanism has perverted Britain’s Left has been documented by Nick Cohen in his landmark book, “What’s Left.” Michael Gove, the leading Conservative member of Parliament, also wrote about the phenomenon in his anti-Michael Moore book, “Celsius 7/7.” “The Left’s victims and heroes are no longer proletarians but guerrilla fighters in the developing world,” wrote Gove. “The Left’s enemies are no longer primarily a system, capitalism and its agents, such as big business. Instead the principal enemy is now the oppressive West and, in particular, the Great Satan, America, and the Little Satan, Israel. The Crusaders and the Zionists.” He concludes: “Antipathy towards America, like opposition to Israel, has become the touchstone of radical Left credibility.”

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