
If you have been bemused why the Archbishop of Canterbury has raised the possibility of sharia law being an "optional" way for Muslims to deal with their disputes in Britain then you will be even more horrified by the potential consequences.
The 13 years of the Blair/Brown era will be remembered for spin, its incompetence with our money on failed social experiments, the "dumbing down" of our society, the scandalous fall in literacy of our younger people and the disastrous erosion of our freedoms. The centre-right consensus has to keep these people out of office for a generation while they rebuild a liberal conservative society.
"Allah has told me that it would not be appropriate at this time to provide my undoubted organisational skills and intimate knowledge of the Middle East situation to the unelected Brown government. Until a truly democratically elected administration is in place in the United Kingdom he has advised me to stay out of the Big Tent. This is because, as a result of kidney disease, I have difficulty in pissing - in any direction."
However, I am also reliably informed that Mr bin Laden is prepared to meet with the Quartet's new representative for the Middle East as this would mean it was a prelude to speaking Condoleza Rice face-to-face - someone he's been dying to meet for years.