The richest man in the world and, as of 20 January, the most powerful man in the world will be uniting to attack the UK. The outstanding question is: what will the British right do about it?
I understand why some conservatives may be tempted to go along with their country’s enemies. I can see how the demands that we must pretend that men can be women and only whites can be racist so outrage them that any enemy of the woke becomes worth supporting.
I get it. Really, I do. In my darker moments I feel that same contempt for the worst of the left myself.
But conservatives claim to be patriots who love their country. If they mean it, they need to understand that Elon Musk and Donald Trump threaten the UK.
They are not on the right side in the culture war but seem to be on the far-right side, as they make clear to anyone willing to open their eyes.
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