On Friday some national newspapers ran a story about two “ordinary Yorkshire lads”, Hassan Munshi and Talha Asmal, who recently left the UK for Syria, presumably to join Isis.

At the risk of sounding racist (since anyone touching on this delicate subject is usually deemed as such) I would hardly think that “ordinary Yorkshire lads” would place high on their to-do list the act of joining a group of Christian-murdering, child-raping Islamic psychopaths.

I would have thought that “ordinary Yorkshire lads”, irrespective of colour or ethnic background, would be more concerned with drinking Tetley’s bitter, chasing girls on a Saturday night and playing cricket, but maybe I’m just old-fashioned.