Old Aaron’s Fourth Rule of Politics is to beware of people urging periods of reflection. Because while you obediently gaze into the distance thinking hard, they’re busy compiling their mailing lists and prepping their candidates. By the time you emerge from the prescribed cogitation, your wallet, your lover and your party will all be gone. In fact the Corbynites’ own period of reflection lasted just over three minutes. By the very next day the funeral baked meats were coldly furnishing the…

Source: The Times December 18, 2019 17:03 UTC