Unsettling

Unless tomorrow's Prime Minister's Questions were dominated by The Settlers and its imperative that Britain stop arming Israel, then the hierarchy would be on full display. A BBC documentary in which people spoke for themselves? Crickets. But an ITV dramatisation of real events? Insufficient progress, yet still more than nothing. And a work of total fiction on Netflix? Forced showing in schools, and huge changes in public policy such as would necessitate compulsory digital ID.

The nature of their society is such that West Bank settlers were unlikely to be incels or even volcels. (I had expected the computer to tell me that there was no such word, but it turns out that there is, and that it means what I had meant. What a time to be alive.) But social media do play a role in their movement. What a missed opportunity, that The Settlers was not a drama about that. Someone should pitch it to Netflix.

As it is, PMQs is likely to be dominated by Kneecap, who could not buy publicity like this, and about whom no one cared until they had the temerity to criticise Israel. But has Jess Phillips apologised for having "joked" about bombing Glastonbury because it had played host to Jeremy Corbyn, as well as for having stated in all seriousness that she would stab him in the front? Has Dan Hodges apologised for having called, complete with an illustration, for Corbyn to have a stake driven through his heart? Has the Parachute Regiment apologised for having used Corbyn's face for target practice? Has Keir Starmer apologised for having caused Zarah Sultana to receive death threats that branded her "Putin's whore"? Has anyone spoken to Sir Paul McCartney CH about his response to Bloody Sunday? Has anyone spoken to the King?