You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

I can't bear most rap music because it goes on about whores and drinking Cristal champagne, and dancehall tends to be sexist and homophobic.

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.