Begum to help us fight terror? It’s a no from me

SOMETIMES it is hard to join in the jubilation for our mighty, axe-wielding leader.

Yes, super-great that Boris has finally reshuffled his cabinet of dunces and jettisoned Dominic Raab and Gavin Williamson. Yet many of us are still suffused with deep gloom that they were ever there in the first place.

How can men like them — so obviously lacking in polish, strategy, vision, humanity, emotional intelligence, culture and common sense — rise to such high office?

Although there are always a few shining stars, the general calibre of today’s politicians is depressingly low.

And not just at Westminster, either. From Biden to Trudeau, Macron to Sturgeon, and Lukashenko to Putin there is little to cheer and much to fear.

Still, did Boris miss a trick in the cabinet reshuffle?

Surely there is a place in his top team for Shamima Begum as the new Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism? ‘I think I could very much help you in your fight against terrorism because you clearly don’t know what you’re doing,’ she said in an address to the Prime Minister.

Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, she added that the British public should see her ‘as an asset rather than a threat to them.’

Thanks for the tip! Miss Begum wants to return to the UK, but seriously, how can that ever happen?

We all make mistakes in our teens, but few of us take it to the extreme of travelling across continents to join a death cult. And then to stay there and assist ISIS fighters to prepare for their terrible deeds.

It may well be that Shamima Begum’s biggest crime is one of stupidity rather a thirst for blood and warmongering. But the problem is that her return to the UK would set a terrible legal precedent, one which could haunt us in the future.

So I’m afraid it’s a no from me.