BAN, DON’T BEFRIEND, FANATICS

LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan is urging the Government to fully ban Hezbollah in the UK. It comes after repellent scenes of anti-Israel marchers in London waving the flag of the Islamist terror group, which is committed to destroying the State of Israel and murdering Jews.

Mr Khan is writing to Home Secretary Amber Rudd demanding a crackdown, saying: ‘I share the concerns of the Jewish community about support for Hezbollah, which is an illegal, proscribed and anti-Semitic organisation. Anti-Semitism or hate crime of any kind has no place in our city, where we don’t just tolerate diversity, we respect and celebrate it.’

Mr Khan, pictured, speaks for many British Muslims in denouncing terrorism and those who urge members of the Islamic faith to condemn fundamentalism should give him credit for his tough stance. Someone else who ought to pay attention is Jeremy Corbyn. This is how a proper Labour politician deals with fanatics and fascists – by banning, not befriending, them.

FORMER Rangers owner Sir David Murray was one of a dozen businessmen invited to dinner with Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House before the General Election. A Messianic figure breaking bread with 12 counsellors before disaster struck? Sounds awfully familiar. Alas, as the election result showed, the First Minister is now merely treading water, not walking on it.