Muslim immigration bears fruit

Congratulations to Peter Mandelson, Tony Blair’s consigliere, who has finally made an honest man of his boyfriend after 27 years together.

It’s good to see that true romance can still express itself in such a traditional way… I’d better stop myself now before I say something funny that could be classed as a hate crime. In any case, I’m reminded of an old Russian story.

A girl visiting the Tchaikovsky museum asks the guide whether it’s true that the composer was homosexual. “It is,” replies the guide. “But that’s not the only thing we love him for.”

Similarly, I love Lord Mandelson for one rare moment of honesty he permitted himself a few years ago. The Blair government, he explained, flung the doors open for Muslim immigration as a way of combatting what his boss called “the forces of conservatism”.

The policy proved effective: Britain’s political landscape has been repainted an even brighter red. Mr Mandelson (as he then was) was a smart enough political operator to know that Muslim communities tend to vote as a bloc, and usually against the aforementioned vile forces.

This explains, inter alia, why London has since 2016 been stuck with Sadiq Khan, a manifestly inept mayor who, in addition to his minority status, boasts impeccable woke credentials and none other.

I don’t know a single Londoner who doesn’t swear each time Khan’s name comes up in conversation. But then I don’t move in his kind of circles, nor live in his kind of neighbourhood.

His kind of neighbourhood is situated either in heavily Muslim or predominantly left-wing areas, and both vote for the leftmost candidate as a matter of course. This is especially true of London’s Muslims who, courtesy of Blair, Mandelson et al., make up 15 per cent of the  city’s population.

One doesn’t have to be a political mechanic of Mandelson’s attainment to realise that a Tory candidate would have to possess armour-piercing charisma to stand any chance of overturning a guaranteed electorate bloc of 15 per cent. Boris Johnson did manage, but then he does have that sort of megaton appeal.

This is an illustration of how the mechanism identified by Mandelson works. Moreover, swarms of Muslims inundating Europe are exerting an ever-greater influence not only on the countries’ domestic policy but also on their foreign affairs.

Yesterday, for example, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. I’d call it a Grin-and-Bear-It resolution, which is what Israel is expected to do in response to the savage attack on her citizens.

Effectively, the resolution denies Israel the right to retaliate and secure herself against subsequent attacks. This is consonant with the view widely held all over the world by the kind of people who think London is better off with Sadiq Khan as its mayor.

The resolution makes no mention of Hamas at all, which would give a tourist from Mars the impression that the bloodthirsty, unprovoked Israelis are indulging their innate murderous hatred of Arabs. When Canada meekly put forth an amendment condemning Hamas terrorism, it was voted down.

Seven EU members voted for the resolution, which is in effect a statement of support for Hamas: France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Slovenia and Montenegro. Now something tells me that most people in those countries hate Islamic terrorism more than they dislike Jews, in or out of Israel.

Speaking from personal experience, in my 22 years of part-time French residency, I haven’t met a single person who had a kind word to say about Muslim terrorists or, truth to tell, Muslims in general. But – and here we get back to my main point – the people I know don’t matter to France’s politicians.

What matters to them is winning the next election, and to do so they have to mollify Muslims who make up 10 per cent of the population. Any sensible party would find it hard to overcome such a solid voting bloc, especially under proportionate representation.

Add to it the usual haters of our civilisation happy to elect Trotskyists, Maoists or Stalinists but ready to vote strategically for the wokest candidates, and you’ll see why French politicians have to play footsies with the Muslims in public, while bemoaning their presence in private.

To take the most striking example, it was impossible for the Montenegro ambassador to the UN to vote against the pro-Hamas resolution. Over 20 per cent of the country’s population are Muslim, and voting against their wishes would have been tantamount to political suicide.

All the EU countries that voted for the resolution, except Luxembourg, have sizeable Muslim minorities, and even Luxembourg has a not negligible two per cent. This isn’t the whole reason for their vote, but I’m sure it is a reason.

This whole situation should give the lie to the usual bien pensant leftie waffle about equality, inclusivity, multi-culturalism, diversity and all such nonsense. They oppose anti-immigration policies, especially those directed against Muslims, not out of their love of the Third World but out of their hatred of the First one.

Mr Mandelson (as he then was) made that abundantly clear, and it takes a strong man to break a lifelong habit of dissembling. Incidentally, in case you’re wondering, my wedding invitation must have been lost in the post.