Occasionally, the realities of electoral politics oblige the village's denizens to dissemble to the barbarians beyond, as in David Cameron's current pledge of a referendum on EU membership sometime after his reelection, which is intended to staunch defections to UKIP by seizing the nuanced ground of pretending that he's not entirely opposed to adopting the position of conceding the prospect of admitting the possibility of potentially considering the theoretical option of exploring the hypothetical scenario of discussing in a roundabout way Britain's leaving the EU. He doesn't mean it, of course, but he has to toss a bone out there from time to time.
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” C. S. Lewis
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Kevin O-no-not-again
Mark Steyn's ability to make me laugh even while delivering a devastating blow to pompous idiocy is legendary. Consider this extract about Cameron's duplicity in governing, i.e. the ability to say nothing in lots and lots of words (Oakeshott anyone!), and then consider the local similarities as exhibited by Kevin O-no-not-again?
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