A messenger was dispatched half a day's journey before us, to give the king notice of my approach; and to desire that his majesty would please to appoint a day and hour, when it would be his gracious pleasure, that I might have the honour to lick the dust before his footstool. This is the … Continue reading Sir Keir Starmer meets Donald Trump
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Integrity Restored to Government
Sir Keir Starmer promised to restore integrity to government; and after years of odious Tory corruption, the nation would have welcomed some little respite from looting and waste. But such a gift—such a pause in the depredation—Sir Keir, alas, cannot give
New article: Lammy’s See-Saw
There are assuredly complicated and troublesome questions in politics; but it never occurred to me that whether we should provide weapons for the slaughter of children, was one of them. In a slight, yet perceptible, movement toward something like sanity and reason, the foreign secretary, Mr David Lammy, last week announced that thirty arms export … Continue reading New article: Lammy’s See-Saw