This festering ghost ship only offers up comforting visions of the future as an antidote to the misrule of the present
My favourite Benjamin Disraeli story – in a crowded if largely apocryphal field – comes from a dinner party the then-prime minister attended in the late 1870s. War is raging in the Balkans, and with public opinion overwhelmingly in favour of a British intervention, the mood at the table is understandably tense. Eventually one guest, unable to bear the awkward silence any longer, bursts out: “Mr Disraeli, what are you waiting for?”
“At this moment, madam,” Disraeli replies, “the potatoes”.
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Author : Jonathan Liew at Villa Park
Publish date : 2024-10-06 17:19:12
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