From time to time I have been called up by one friend or another wrestling with a political dilemma. What should they say in a forthcoming parliamentary debate? Let’s start with what you think is true and right. Sure, sometimes what you profoundly believe will turn out to be a political dead end, but you will find that’s rarely the case. Because if you do that and the immediate politics goes wrong, you will always have the feeling that you

Source: The Times April 23, 2025 12:11 UTC