MPs will ‘debate’ whether to ban Donald Trump from the country. I put the word debate in inverted commas, of course, because it isn’t really a debate. How could they possibly ban him? The guy’s a jackass, but that’s no reason to ban him from the UK. There’s also a chance that he’ll be the next president of America: if, FSM forbid, he is, such a ban might prove very problematic. I loathe Trump: I think him no better than a reactionary blogger* or talk radio host, spouting baseless opinion after baseless opinion, assuming an air of authority while knowing absolutely nothing about what he’s talking about, but that’s no reason to ban him from the country. This afternoon’s debate is a foregone conclusion, then; as much as we’d all like to teach the p’tahk a lesson, we all know what the MPs will decide.

*I am fully aware of the irony of me saying this.