The events of the last couple of days have made me take stock a little of my thoughts on the "war on terror" and, in particular, its undoubtedly malign impact on race relations in 21st century Britain. I've come to a rather alarming and unwelcome conclusion. I've concluded that the original Jihadi extremists of the 1990s have succeeded.

In today's world of superficial Buttskellite, Blameron political consensus, it often seems that true political ideology is, if not dead, then at least dormant, a sleeping giant, just waiting for public apathy with centrist policies to tip over into a demand for something to get excited over once again.

Chris Grayling MP, Conservative Transport Spokesman, doesn't know what he's talking about.

Not according to this leaked email.

Is dismissing Compass as a throwback a self-fulfilling prophecy?