Desperately Seeking a Tartan Sarko?

One of the most kenspeckled British political anecdotes of the last half century recounts the occasion when it was said of Herbert Morrison that he was “his own worst enemy”, his great rival Ernie Bevin was quick to interject: “Not while I’m alive, he ain’t!”.

So when, courtesy of Art Goldhammer, I read that Pierre Lellouche, a conservative member of the UMP from Paris, had condemned the French right in these terms:

“La droite française, malgré la magie sarkozyenne à l’UMP, serait-elle redevenue, Sarkozy parti à l’Elysée, la plus bête et la plus lâche du monde”, se demande le député de Paris.

my immediate thought was, no, that ain’t possible. Not while the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party continues to draw whatever wheezy breath is left to it, it ain’t.