The key problem that gives rise to populism in the first place is elite decay.
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The key problem that gives rise to populism in the first place is elite decay.
Someone on Substack called John Carter

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CS Lewis
Great architecture has a constant quality that overrides all considerations of 'period'.
John Betjeman
The meaning of life is, for me, the refinement of the human conscience.
Tim Stanley
First Light with Tim Stanley
War is a form of human social adaptation to circumstances.
David Betz

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It is the politics of pretending everything is ok when it very much isn't. It is the politics of denialism, of praying and delaying, of stealing from Peter to pay Paul, of buying people off with their own money and importing voters.
Someone on Twitter commenting on Andy Burnham
It is of no avail to weep for the loss of a loved one, which is why we weep.
Solon, quoted by Diogenes Laertous in Lives & Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
One must either be good or imitate someone who is good.
Democritus of Abdera
The publishing industry doesn’t prioritise things that are interesting. Instead, they prioritise agitprop for kindergarten students.
Lebensraum for the Literary Man!
We are all animals, though hubris tries to make us forget it.
Kathleen Stock, Introduction to The Case against the Sexual Revolution

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I am an "all can, some do, none must"... I want the Novus Ordo, Latin Mass, Byzantine etal for whoever wants them - I want them all to flourish as they are all legit forms of worship.
Someone on Twitter, commenting on the banning of altar rails in some Catholic churches
We wanted social services to allow Preston to stay with foster parents until I was better but they wouldn’t allow it. It would have only been for a few extra months. If they had kept Preston in foster care, he could have been with his sister when I recovered. If they’d agreed, he would be here with me today.
The grandmother of a child called Preston who social services in Britain insisted on giving to two men as their adopted child, despite Preston's family's objections. While with the adoptive male couple, the child was sexually abused, eventually dying at the hands of one of the men.
The most potent force in Western politics is no longer an ideology; it is a feeling: that no one in power sees you, hears you, or is acting on your behalf.
Noreena Hertz, writing about the Makerfield by-election in Britain
Leftwing people find it very hard to get on with rightwing people, because they believe that they are evil. Whereas I have no problem getting on with leftwing people, because I simply believe that they are mistaken.
Sir Roger Scruton
There are few places worse in Europe than the urban sprawl of Italy, and there is a reason for this: most of the buildings are abusivi, that is, built without planning permission, or given retroactive planning permission, when they should not have been.
Places where government writ does not run

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:6
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. (Proverbs 12:25)
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:23
Many around us are discouraged, almost on the verge of giving up. Our words will either build them up or break them.
There is incredible power in speech. You and I are called to encourage one another! Let's encourage others with words of life and words of kindness. Words have power that is why we still preach the word of God. The gospel of Jesus gives hope to a hopeless world. Instead of being apathetic to other's sufferings, let's be kind hearted and encourage those who feel hopeless by saying “All is well. God is in control of your situation. God is still on the throne. Jesus is still the victor, and we are still more than conquerors.”
It's what I think hotels would be like under Communism.
Tim Stanley on his night at a Premier Inn, (revealing his naivety about Communism, I reckon, speaking as a veteran of Communist hotels)