Marks of Respect

Labour and the Lib Dems have suspended their local election campaigns as a mark of respect. The Conservatives had not yet started campaigning. These, remember, are the English County Council Elections. In less than a month's time. But the Tories had not even bothered to begin trying for them. Thank you, George Osborne.

Although he was less directly involved in the changes than she was in hers (in fact, he did not much care at all for several of them), Britain changed just as much under Harold Wilson as it did under Margaret Thatcher. And Ted Heath took Britain into Europe, a colossal change in the national character. There is simply no need or excuse for any of this fuss. At public expense, of course. Like Ayn Rand ending up on welfare.