Wednesday 24 July 2019

By Jove, At Last

A First in Classics from Oxford would be impressive, but a 2:1 in anything from anywhere is just a 2:1. Boris Johnson is just one of us, and the streets are lined with us.

Like many mediocre Classicists, Johnson believes that Christianity overthrew a superior civilisation. Jeremy Corbyn is a fairly typical secular humanist of his generation. Jo Swinson's wedding was a humanist ceremony. Corbyn is onto his third marriage. Johnson is between his second and his third, and he does not know how many children he has.

Frankly, we ought to welcome all of this. It looks and sounds like Britain, and it has looked and sounded like Britain for a very long time. As a regular churchgoer, it boggles my mind that, until today, all six Prime Ministers of the last 40 years had been regular churchgoers who were still in their only marriages. Denis Thatcher had been divorced, but most people did not know that. 

I cannot for the life of me see what there is in Britain today to show for this apparently long reign of piety and domestic stability. Now we can stop pretending that this is "a Christian country", and instead get on with turning it into one.

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  1. Excellent speech today: Boris Johnson declares "The Brexit doubters are wrong: we will leave the EU on October 31st."

    As it emerges he will appoint a Brexiteer-majority Cabinet.

    The next election, whenever it is, will be between a pro-Remain Labour and Lib Dem and a pro-Brexit Tory Party.

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    1. You'll believe absolutely anything. Even when it is said by him, of all people.

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