This way of thinking also contrasts with the naive counting of the civilian dead. In this tradition, war can be a necessary evil, but that judgement requires attention to its practical consequences.
Voters want the government to focus on reducing the cost of living, keeping a lid on the wage-price spiral, and, because of the war, national security.
That was the norm of the past ten years, in the form of Farage’s parties. There’s no reason to assume that a new challenger won’t emerge.
The move back to two party politics of 2017 seems to be repeating itself this time round.
One historical study has found that, on average, authoritarian parties surge by around 30 per cent as the economic consequences play out.
It is not so much like a parent or a nanny as a brother. Not Big Brother, to be sure, but Little Brother – to be treated both with sibling rivalry and understated love.
If people vote for the pork, that’s what we’re all getting, even those of us who preferred beef or vegetables.
Its insistence on austerity measures in Southern Europe means that a Grexit and Greek debt repudiation remain likely.
I have before expressed concern that excessively loose monetary policy and more debt will eventually spark another crisis on a potentially more devastating scale.