David Cameron wants to bomb ISIS. His parliamentary party are largely, but not totally, in support. Fine, that’s what is known as ‘democracy’. Dissenters get a vote too. The Scots will vote against bombing, most of them, so Cameron needs support from the very many Labour mps who are in favour of the action. And there are lots who believe that Britain joining America and France, as well as Australia, Saudi Arabia, to a small degree, Qatar… ish, is what is needed. But it all depends on whether they get a ‘free vote’. Whether their esteemed (joke of a-)leader allows them to vote with their conscience or whether he applies ‘the whip’ to force his whole party to vote with him against the bombing.

Which, for a man (using the term loosely) whose entire USP is in total democracy, the party that talks, and listens and everyone has their own views and we’re just a collective, blah, blah, meaningless fucking blah, seems a bit off.

So Corbyn is in a damned-if-ya-do, damned-if-ya-don’t situation. Which to be honest, is just where he belongs. If he forces his mps to vote with him, half his cabinet (at least) will resign. And he struggled to find one cabinet full of ‘fans’ let alone another. And if he allows them a free vote, knowing they’ll all vote against him, his leadership skills (currently approximately zero) will plummet further.

That’s what you get if you vote a tosser to lead your party.

I didn’t mention Russia because even though they’re bombing in Syria, no-one’s convinced that they’re actually bombing ISIS. They have their own agenda out there.

Meanwhile in Azerbaijan, Spurs beat the mighty Qarabag (who?) to qualify for the Europa League knockout stages. Yippee-yiy-ay.

The journey to Qarabag is 2,500 miles each way. Probably a 6-hour flight. Which translates in real terms, as always, to ‘a day’. Travel always take a day. So my boys have lost 3 days to the Very Far Eastern wilderness, and now have to be superfit to play Chelsea on Sunday. Ironically, a ‘home’ match. Its all al bit much.

Happy Friday

A xxxx