Labour MP Jeevun Sandher appeared on Britain’s television screens today to deliver a rather bizarre sermon on the Best of British. Without a hint of irony, he nominated Sadiq Khan as one of modern Britain’s great success stories – and even elevated him to the status of Winston Churchill. Then, for good measure, he compared grime artist Stormzy with Edward Elgar.
He said: ‘Britain is the country of Churchill and Sadiq Khan, Britain is the country of Elgar and Stormzy, Britain is the country of churches, mosques, football stands. Britain is a country where we stand together – different communities – but common values.’
Sandher went on to insist that ‘our cultures are intertwined’, pointing out that ‘we can read Shakespeare and Zadie Smith’. He declared: ‘That’s what Britain is.’
Community cohesion may be an admirable cause. But Mr S suspects Sandher will struggle to win many converts with Khan as his star exhibit.
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