Commentary
If politicians were held to the same standards of honesty as businessmen, all those in Britain would long ago have been imprisoned for such gross misrepresentation that it amounted to deliberate fraud.
Politicians, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, visit residents in the Westport Care Home for the elderly in Stepney Green, in London, England, on Sept. 7, 2021. Paul Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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Theodore Dalrymple
Author
Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
