His thesis is that the Liberal Party is two Parties. One consists of wets, aka “moderates”, who believe in globalism, climate catastrophism, net-zero, COVID mania, wokedom, never-Trumpism and the censorship of free speech.

The other Party, now in the minority when it comes to MPs and power-brokers, consists of remnant conservatives who question much, if not all, of the above. With varying degrees of commitment and vigour, it should be said.

CONSERVATIVES

To demonstrate how the two do not mix, Coory took a glass of kombucha (favoured by the wets) and mixed it with chocolate milk (preferred by the conservatives).

He took a sip on air. It was evidently ghastly. Kombucha and chocolate milk do not mix and should not be in the one glass.

His point was clear. In politics, two into one no longer mixes, when views on the big issues are so entrenched and cannot be readily accommodated by the other faction.

All this came to mind when news emerged from Britain that in 2024, two thirds of babies born in London had at least one parent born overseas.

Britain, of course, is in the throes of an existential, mass migration-driven crisis. Or, at least, many Brits see it this way.

And, from the safe distance of the antipodes, it sure seems to quack like an existential crisis. And you know what they say about quacking like a duck.

None of the emerging numbers should surprise anyone. Given the coverage given to Pakistani rape gangs, boat people, people smugglers offering discounts because of the “heat”, hotels and rental accommodation full of economic migrants and punishment for hate thought crimes dished out to law abiding citizens.

Along with all the troublemaking migrants, Britain has also imported a global(ist) idea.

It is that all mass migration is a good thing. Call it, say, multiculturalism. Despite the fact that the nation is dividing into enclaves and what might better be termed “multi-monoculturalism”.

The ruling elites have not only inflicted a mass-migrant society on Britain’s “traditional owners”, against their wishes, but they have imposed a philosophy to match – Britons must offer worship to the idea, on pain of prison for non-compliance.

Its star (returning) fast bowler is Jofra Archer, born In Barbados. Its spin bowler, Shoaib Bashir has a Pakistan-born father. The only real surprise is the number of Englishmen in the team.

Or look at any modern adaptation of Agatha Christie. Many of the main actors are clearly not of Anglo-Saxon descent. Many are lesbians.

SHARK

Glance at politics. Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, anyone? Sir Sadiq Khan? Nothing seems to qualify as jumping the shark on immigration in today’s Britain.

This one surely qualifies for an “only in Britain” story: Why do 1000 refugees get free Wimbledon tickets while long suffering locals get none?

As they say, you could not make this up. No wonder the phrase “civil war” is slipping into the conversation. Enoch Powell must be spinning in his resting place.

There is another side to the story. It concerns geography. London, famously, is a global city, with more in common with other global cities across the world than with its own hinterland.

These places are globally connected and often have little in common with their own non-metropolitan backyards. The cities have become unmoored from their histories and geographies. From their very cultures.