Got woken by eldest son wanting to use the loo, but not being able to see in the pitch dark, and therefore panicking. Sorted him out, but woke myself up in the process, and now can’t get back to sleep.

Still thinking a lot about the clash of cultures that we are experiencing at this present time. And it occurs to me that if, when I write, I use the ‘<' symbol before the word Islam, ie 'less than', then I'm being suitably politically correct, and distinguishing between the faith/civilisation as a whole - which is much too diverse to be characterised as good or bad, evil or blessed - and that sub-group of Islam, coming down via the Wahhabis and Qutb, which has a violent hatred for the West. I have two lurking concerns about the consequences of the Fourth Turning idea which makes a lot of sense to me. But it means that we need to start circling the wagons, and preparing for life where oil is in short supply.

I’m sure I’ll write more about this in the coming months.