After living in Paris for almost a decade, I have come to cherish the
palpable existence of a 'public', of the public thing, res publica,
that everyone belongs to and can contest the politicians' claim to
own. I knew something like it when I grew up in Manchester after the
war and I thought
Thanks, Brian. I've been sitting out this whole thing in Switzerland, having
and recovering from an
eye operation. It's a relief to get a report from you on the spot.
The debate, such at it is, has an excluded middle so large as to swallow up
rational thought. The
organized left has nothing to
Thanks for this Brian. I have a couple of questions,
addressed to you as well as anyone else who might have a
take on them but, first, a couple of remarks.
: No one will miss the historical irony: the
: emergency powers on which the curfew is
: based come from a 1955 law that was drafted for
:
