“It’s hard to believe the same fuss would have been made had he been a more moderate Tory, and had those from whom Werritty took money been seeking to increase awareness of global warming and pushing for closer ties with Belgium.”
Yes. If he had been a doctrinaire Labourite, his “excesses” would have made him the darling of Fleet Street, with the possible exception of Rupert Murdoch. And he would have been hailed as the second coming of, if not Clement Attlee, at least Harold Wilson.
As it stands, Cameron looks increasingly feckless at roughly an Arthur Dent level, and his most likely successor, Labour’s Ed Milibrand, makes about as much sense as Zaphod Beeblebrox at any given moment.
I won’t say “England is lost”, but it’s not at all well.
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