Less Than Mirthless

Clive Davis at the (UK) Spectator:

Alex Massie notes anoter outbreak of bad behaviour among the travelling lager louts, and tries not to be irritated by the asinine response of James Poulos, who suspects Britons behave like this because we inhabit "the most mirthless of all pink police states". Oh dear. If Poulos can't get the UK right, why listen to his opinions about any other country?

How foolish I was to imagine that the collapse of British culture and the calcification of its bureaucracy have conspired to produce generations of young Britons, boys and girls alike, who learn fast that they must hold the hand of Guvmint at all times unless getting wasted, getting laid, or getting sick in the streets. My foreign policy bona fides have been ruined indeed.

What have I ever done to Mr Davis, who, I'm certain (seriously), holds his drink like a gentleman and bemoans the fall of Western civilization? That makes two of us! He looks friendly enough. Ah, well. What was that about mirthless again?

I blame Stephen Pollard. I'm on your team, gents...really.

Comments

[Clive Davis]

James,

I owe you an apology. Not so much a question of being mirthless as guilty of reading too hastily. Will post a correction asap.

Best wishes,
CD

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