The danger of British eloquence

"Being able to natter well is an indispensable skill in British politics. Factual knowledge is less important. And that has catastrophic consequences for the country: from deadly Corona policies to the Brexit," argues Simon Kuper, author and Oxford contemporary of Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and David Cameron.

In his book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK and two articles in the Correspondent, he exposes the guiding mechanisms of British politics. And the ensuing consequences