On political caricatures, “right” insurance policies and the speculation of public provider

By BAGEHOT

THE PARADOXES of Brexit multiply by the day. Brexit was as soon as alleged to enable Britain to exhaust again adjust of its future. This week a British high minister sat in a windowless room in Brussels while 27 European countries debated the nation’s future in the council chamber (though Donald Tusk, the European Council’s president, did nip out halfway thru the assembly to take her up so a long way). Brexit was as soon as alleged to restore the sovereignty of parliament. This week a British high minister, borrowing the language of demagogues down the ages, berated MPs for no longer enacting the “will of the of us”. Brexit was as soon as alleged to drive the political class to undertaking out of its bubble and rediscover the relaxation of the nation. The political class—journalists as neatly as politicians—is extra navel-searching at than ever. I may per chance race on however I feel you gain the general waft….