Who is popular today?

We need to go back to finding solutions and consensus. We have to keep moving instead of being trapped in regret
It was like one of those New Years Eve’s where you hadn’t been invited anywhere or, if you had, you couldn’t get a babysitter. So I went to bed on Friday and woke up free of a set of trade agreements. I tried to feel something – anything, really – but nothing had actually happened. Until I looked at the media, of course. I continue to think that, like many things, a good chunk of Brexit is media confection. Most people have lives. Don’t @ me about the chunk that isn’t – the unsettled status of so many.
When I looked at the media, I did feel things – rage, mostly. Sorry, but I don’t want the likes of Ian McEwan complaining he is now one of the “left-behinds”. If any of this was a revolt against the elite, it hasn’t worked. The elites just won’t stop eliting. Let’s ship in Martin Amis to ventriloquise cockneys. Continue reading...