Hannan neatly proves Carter's point by saying:
"Barack Obama has an exotic background and it would be odd if some people weren't unsettled by it."
"[Obama seems to] have family on every continent".
"[I]t could hardly fail to leave a chunk of people feeling that Obama wasn't exactly a regular guy."
So, who is Daniel Hannan? He has been in the news lately for running down the National Health Service on American television. Is he an obscure MEP? No. David Cameron rewarded him for the fallout over the NHS row with a new frontbench European job on legal affairs. But are they close? Yes.
New Statesman - Tory racism: crystal clear
It doesn't take much effort to scratch a little beneath the 'all embracing' surface.