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.

‘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’
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