Corbyn group could be the new Chartists

O come, let us adore him... IS Jeremy Corbyn heading for the No1 slot? In a musical rather than political sense, that is.

A band of supporters calling themselves The Corbynistas are to release the catchy little Christmas ditty JC 4 PM 4 ME.

Traditionalists, of course, will prefer to celebrate a different JC at this time of year.

It had nothing to do with the juveniles Mrs May gathers around her who feel they can speak only to those journalists slavishly devoted to their boss.

After all, they’re creating a country which works for everyone, not just for card-carrying Tories.

Everyone, that is, who’s not called Nigel. As Mrs May almost said on Monday: “The forces of liberalism and globalism have left too many Nigels behind.”

Yet the PM still persecutes us Nigels, which explains why she slapped away Farage’s hand of friendship.

Ukip’s in/out leader is the only senior

British politician who has bonded with Donald Trump. For Mrs May to be so dismissive by putting it about that three’s a crowd in this special relationship makes it impossible for Farage to perform any useful function.

Of course he should not be our ambassador in Washington – not because of his diplomatic shortcomings but because we cannot have him speaking for Britain officially.

Trump must not be led to believe Ukip values are British values.

But Mrs May could have allowed Farage to try putting Trump’s money where the Ukipper’s mouth is by giving Nigel a peerage and making him US trade envoy. If Farage came back with a juicy transatlantic deal, all well and good. If he didn’t, then nothing lost.

And all the while he could have had a dialogue with Trump and his administration which he could quietly have fed back to Downing Street.

But alas, Farage is burdened with the name Nigel.