Mike Pence Offers His Prescription for Politics
At Dartmouth, the 48th vice president called for a “heavy dose of civility.” Speaking to a capacity crowd of 330 in the Hanover Inn Ballroom…
Thought Leader: Mike Pence
By Niall Ferguson (original source The Times)
As Theresa May went from crushing defeat on Tuesday to narrow victory on Wednesday, I’m sure I was not the only one reminded of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Despite having had both his arms chopped off by King Arthur (Graham Chapman), the Black Knight (John Cleese) refuses to yield:
Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard. You’ve got no arms left.
Black Knight: Just a flesh wound!
The Pythons were never very good at ending their sketches, and so it is with Brexit. What was supposed to be a “meaningful vote” last week turned out to be entirely meaningless. The prime minister’s withdrawal agreement was thrown out by 432 votes to 202. Yet, little more than 24 hours later, there she was, having survived a vote of no confidence by 19 votes. Just a flesh wound. The danger exists that Brexit is not after all an attainable end state, but an interminable Monty Python sketch.
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Mike Pence Offers His Prescription for Politics
At Dartmouth, the 48th vice president called for a “heavy dose of civility.” Speaking to a capacity crowd of 330 in the Hanover Inn Ballroom…
Thought Leader: Mike Pence
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