Alex Massie Alex Massie

Wodehouse on Islam4UK

Not the Black Shorts but Anjem Choudary and the Black Tunics. As always, Wodehouse is our trusty guide:

The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: “Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?”

The other important thing to remember is that I rather think the voices of the vast, vast majority of British muslims are bundled up with the Voice of the People here. These frightful asses do their “cause” more harm than good each and every time they appear on television.

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