Denying that we have a Jihadist problem in the UK means that we're not even trying to find a solution

Presumably whoever is our Prime Minister at the time will be lying (as in 'down' not as in 'moving his or her lips') with limbs amputated and a gun to the head and will utter the last words 'this has nothing to do with Islam' as amazingly simultaneous 'lone wolf' attacks take place at Buck House, the Houses of Parliament and my local post office.

And the very next day we will be told by our august and brave media that we are not facing a problem.

And of course by that stage they will be right. We will not be facing a problem. We'll be facing a solution. A permanent one.

Apologies for the graphic nature of the above but I'm trying to make a point and to make people wake up a little bit.

You see the thing is that one simply cannot hope to solve a problem if one doesn't admit that it exists.

So look around the world, and tell me that we don't have a problem with extremism. That is effectively what Dave, Ed and Nick and our mainstream media (MSM) are doing, despite all the evidence to the contrary. They must think we're stupid - and given their own personal lofty positions, they're probably right.

Is Islam the problem? The Quran? The Muslim faith? That's arguable and having studied the Quran which is the life-guide for all Muslims, I think the argument - or at least the investigation - is worth having. But if one lumps all Muslims into this 'dangerous scenario' one just invites the response of 'racist' (even though Islam is not a race) or 'Islamaphobe'.

So let's not do that because it has become an effective get out clause for apologists.

Let's just concentrate on the people with whom we do have a very clear and present problem. Extremists. Jihadists and Radical Muslims. So not all Muslims by any stretch of the imagination, I'm not accusing the whole Muslim faith of being a problem, but I am saying that we do have a problem with extremists, Jihadists (who are of the Muslim faith) and Radical Muslims.

And I am also saying that the evidence is strong that we have some of these people living here in the UK. Amongst us. The estimate is that more than 500 mainly young men have travelled to Syria and Iraq in the past year or so to fight for ISIS against the West.

And that they'll be coming back if they have survived. And that we cannot track them all when they do. And that they didn't go because they were forced to but because it is a cause in which they believe following their upbringing here in the UK.

Let me repeat that for you. 'Following their upbringing here in the UK'.

Still think we don't have a problem here? Still think we should ignore the issue?

Still think we should not at least recognise it and then try to find a solution for the security and benefit of the UK population - including British Muslims?

What happened in Paris this week could - and almost certainly will -  happen sometime soon in the UK.

It really is time we stopped ignoring the problem and started trying to solve it. Even if that might involve offending some people. I think most people would choose being offended over being dead.

Thanks for reading.