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Musings about laughter and politics from the fireside on a London evening just parky enough to keep me indoors. A vivid political memory: I am listening to an erudite speech by a highly distinguished, venerated member of the U.K. House of Lords. His weighty topic, thoughtfully engaged from a Christian perspective, is the role of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘boris johnson’
February 25th, 2013
January 10th, 2012
Category: Britain, Drug Policy
The Economist handicaps the coming London mayoral race, noting correctly that Boris Johnson currently leads Ken Livingstone in the polls but by no means has things sewn up. But the newspaper’s house politics skew the coverage badly as the article uses this gem of circumlocution to limn Johnson’s achievements as mayor: Crime has continued to [...]