Native Talent

Patriotism is not always a straightforward matter, and it appears that a sometime luminary of the Farage Falange has fallen prey to one of its more inconvenient paradoxes. The Falange's former leader in Wales has been found guilty of taking bribes from Tsar Vladimir in return for spouting pro-Russian rah-rah in the European parliament: a particularly heinous crime given that freebie-takers of a more moderate and sensible diposition often find themselves forced to rah-rah the Trumpster and the Righteous State for no immediate reward at all. Still, there are some consolations: the scent of Russian money will doubtless provide a useful salve for patriots who need to believe that the great British public would never vote racist except under some insidious foreign influence.