"I accept that it is hard to see longstanding principles and prejudices defeated for the sake of the greater good.
But conservatives of all people used to know that life isn’t fair. Once they boasted of their tough-mindedness and their willingness to make hard choices. Those of us old enough to have endured the Thatcher years will remember that they boasted of little else."
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/p/the-british-right-would-rather-back?r=1oktco&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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