When I woke up this morning at 5, I looked at Twitter and saw a silly tweet from a female Tory MP who has had COVID -19, saying the lockdown couldn’t be ended until the vaccine was ready. I then had a long, low spirited chat with my husband about how, in these days when death is rare, the effect of a brush with it does not make our politicians wiser. They have become so used to thinking their flesh is immortal they have no idea that they ought to make the best of their short time here, instead they believe they can go on and on, messing up and being forgiven.
Let us hope that post COVID Boris really does gain a more modest appreciation of his place in the great scheme of things and that this makes him a wiser man.
Says someone who doesn’t know him. Modesty is a virtue that is easily projected negatively (and Ignorantly) onto others by those who think that they, by comparison, possess it, when they don’t.
“… in these days when death is rare,…” Sorry love, but the death rate in all societies remains at a constant rate: 100%.
Cheryl Jones
4 years ago
I read Boris’s book about the history of London and was impressed by his writing style, his zeal, his way of bringing it to life. I also really appreciate his expertise in and admiration for Ancient Greece. It’s almost like getting back to first principles. I’m a classical liberal and it seems to me that this now places me on the right when it used to feel more comfortable for me on the left. But the left has gone insane and now resembles an authoritarian cult. Boris is the leader I want, not Corbyn.
When I woke up this morning at 5, I looked at Twitter and saw a silly tweet from a female Tory MP who has had COVID -19, saying the lockdown couldn’t be ended until the vaccine was ready. I then had a long, low spirited chat with my husband about how, in these days when death is rare, the effect of a brush with it does not make our politicians wiser. They have become so used to thinking their flesh is immortal they have no idea that they ought to make the best of their short time here, instead they believe they can go on and on, messing up and being forgiven.
Let us hope that post COVID Boris really does gain a more modest appreciation of his place in the great scheme of things and that this makes him a wiser man.
Modesty is a virtue that Johnson does not possess.
Says someone who doesn’t know him. Modesty is a virtue that is easily projected negatively (and Ignorantly) onto others by those who think that they, by comparison, possess it, when they don’t.
Having an opinion about the PM of the United Kingdom is neither a negative projection or a sign of ignorance.
More ignorant projection onto Boris.
“… in these days when death is rare,…”
Sorry love, but the death rate in all societies remains at a constant rate: 100%.
I read Boris’s book about the history of London and was impressed by his writing style, his zeal, his way of bringing it to life. I also really appreciate his expertise in and admiration for Ancient Greece. It’s almost like getting back to first principles. I’m a classical liberal and it seems to me that this now places me on the right when it used to feel more comfortable for me on the left. But the left has gone insane and now resembles an authoritarian cult. Boris is the leader I want, not Corbyn.
Indeed.
Brilliant stirring and enlightening piece of writing. Another great article Giles Fraser!