It may appear to be a metaphorical leap to equate the alleged actions of Peter Mandelson with many of Britain’s water companies poisoning rivers with excrement. But it isn’t. They are both on the edge of treason in an age when impunity is the nation’s greatest vulnerability.
Liberal democracies, like the UK, have become complacent in defending the norms that underpin what separates them from what’s emerging in America and already has a grip on Russia. Among liberals and progressives, a contempt for patriotism helps our enemies and threatens us.
