Mullah Clarke and his frightening mediaeval faith of Europeanism.(SHARED OPINION)

Publication: Spectator

Publication Date: 30-JUL-05

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Mr Kenneth Clarke is the Conservatives' version of that Muslim cleric with a hook in place of a hand. His every utterance to his followers secures enormous attention, especially in the right-wing press. Yet he is wholly unrepresentative of the wider Conservative community.

Most Conservatives are loyal to Britain and want to integrate. Non-Conservative Britain finds them alien, and frightening. But that is without justification since they have great difficulty in winning elections. It is therefore hard on them that Mr Clarke attracts so much attention. The Conservative majority owes allegiance to Britain. Mr Clarke and his followers owe allegiance to a holy city in the Low Countries. They will not rest until Britain is brought within the Dar-es-Bruxelles: a world entirely ruled by the mediaeval faith of Europeanism.

Being a minority among Conservatives, Mr Clarke and his faithful would not normally matter. But when the Conservative leadership falls vacant every four years, he and they launch a campaign on the British...

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