Re: Boris Johnson and Classical Studies

Thanks, Mark.  I worry about the future.

Dan

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> On Oct 7, 2019, at 5:47 AM, Mark Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> An opinion about Boris Johnson (video below) from a *real* Conservative -
> Rory Stewart. Another Eton and Balliol man, as it happens, and a government
> minister under David Cameron and Theresa May.
> 
> He compares the expulsion of 21 Conservative MPs (including himself) with
> the purge of the Mensheviks.
> 
> He mentions Kenneth Clarke, who was also expelled from the Conservative
> Party:
> 
> "He's the Father of the House, he's been in the House of Commons since I
> guess the time I was born. He has been in Edward Heath's government, in
> Margaret Thatcher's government, in John Major's government, in David
> Cameron's government. He's been Home Secretary, Chancellor of the
> Exchequer, Lord Chancellor. He's voted against the government, I think,
> once in his entire life, and has just found himself thrown out of the
> Conservative Party."
> 
> He talks about the dangers of the 'might is right' mindset, 'the end
> justifies the means', ignoring due process and winning at any cost.
> 
> Rory Stewart's implicit comparison of Johnson's clique with the Bolsheviks
> makes sense. To call them Conservative is a major error. They are radicals.
> Their aim is not the restoration of an imagined glorious past, but creating
> a new 'Singapore on the Thames' - an unregulated tax haven and paradise for
> billionaires, bankers, and the wealthy elite.
> 
> Video:
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcfkkfxT1VKI&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cece26fda53464cbf0eaf08d74b18a4f6%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637060441528210308&amp;sdata=wdFY3h1Fuc1yvi4s1ggF%2F9JEEslZAg9RjkeSMWjaBH0%3D&amp;reserved=0
> 
> Mark D.