Sorry Mike - missed a bit - I was referring to Eric Pickles statement on Muslim clerics - he figures largely (in every sense) in the present government, doesn't he?
I've watched Farrago several times and I have gained an impression, that his policy - where he has one, on both immigration and the E.U., are interlinked, and are Xenophobically presented.
His sole contribution to life today appears to be to make the lives of Paul Merton and Ian Hislop a little easier - he would be in line for a Grammy if 'Spitting Image' were still going - 'to absent friends'.
Jim Carroll