George Galloway

And it got me thinking that such is the powerless state of demoralization of my side of the political argument that there is nobody I could think of on the left in Britain that would have joined me for that audience with the Pope.

despite all of the very fine things that that Pope in particular represented.

They would not have been seen, if you'll forgive the pun, dead with the Pope.

And when I, as I do every hour, retweet the Right to Life post,

propaganda, about the suicide bill, about the disastrous abortion rates, and so on, I realized that the traction I have is largely amongst people who would describe themselves as conservative or right-wing.

But there's one saving grace, and it's one of the reasons why I'm still an electable politician.

Practically the only people in Britain who, as a bloc,

can be counted on on these moral questions are the black and other ethnic minority populations.

I mean, people rubbish the Muslims, for example, routinely in Britain, but the only people you could reliably say who will be pro-family, who will be pro-marriage, who will be anti-abortion, who will be anti-state suicide are that very community.

And of course, because I have all my life trumpeted these views, then apart from issues like Gaza and so on, I have a very big following in those communities.

And not just Muslim.

Black Christians, for example, particularly in the London area,

I mean, there are happy, clappy churches in every part of London that are filled to their gunnels with black African Christians.

And they feel exactly the same way as I do on these issues of life and death, on these issues of morality.

So...

These are a saving grace.

There are many other reasons to be grateful for the presence of these people in the country.

But that's quite a big one.