In the aftermath of Trump’s heated exchange with Zelensky, politicians and the news media in the UK lost their collective mind. “We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset,” claimed Conservative MP, Graham Stuart. “Trump is telling the free world very clearly whose side he’s on,” said Liberal Democrat MP Danny Chambers: “We should believe him.” With less than zero recognition of the true implications of what they were calling for, much of the press have been the cheerleaders for this bizarre posturing. Haven’t we seen this before?
Westminster politics has long been characterised by cross-party consensus on topics of major consequence. These include aggressive foreign policy, climate and energy, and of course the management of the Covid pandemic. This is no coincidence. There has for equally long been an attempt to reformulate Western politics as a response to crises, such as climate change, that are seemingly external pressures that interfere with the normal management of public affairs. Invariably, these pressures require the construction of intergovernmental agencies and radical adjustment to our ways of life. The Labour Government this week is reported to be briefing that the country is now on a “war footing” – exactly the terminology used to urge climate policy.
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