Something odd happened to me today and it caused me to question my own free will and whether I was the victim of mind control. Anyone who has been reading my ramblings will know that I have been inspired by a new movement in British politics. For the first time in a quarter of a century I feel that I want to engage with politics and that there is hope that I can make a difference to the world around me. The architect of this political renaissance is of course Jeremy Corbyn.

So why the existential crisis? Well it all started around lunchtime when I checked my twitter feed. Actually I was only really interested in the Labour Party Conference and specifically the ongoing reaction to the leaders speech. I had also heard about Eamonn Holmes descent into madness earlier and wondered whether Fox News had made him a contract…