Yes, reading the Spectator these days is like reading a student Trotskyist pamphlet: full of talk of 'our rulers', 'the ruling class', 'the ruling elite' etc. My theory is that a certain type of midd… (View Post)

I don't particularly like Corbyn's politics, but they would have come and gone. With Boris - and his wanton assault on institutions, democracy and even truth itself - it's far more lasting and destru… (View Post)

There were certainly cultish elements to it: Boris as the messiah, for example, and the belief in his ability to perform miracles. (View Post)

Since when has Leon been a philosopher? I thought UCL let him in with one N in the 1980s and he spent the entire three years playing Pac Man. (View Post)

It's fear most likely. For example, is Boris so amazingly popular in the country at large that he could set up his own party in a fit of pique and condemn the Tories to oblivion? Probably not, but Ri… (View Post)