A job for the elite, not the incompetent

A job for the elite, not the incompetent

A man who took modesty to pathological extremes, the late Willie Donaldson used to explain why, for several years, he was employed to write a column in this newspaper. Every paper needs a column which no one actually reads, he said. It serves a useful double purpose, making other writers look good and providing readers… Continue reading A job for the elite, not the incompetent

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The new tribalism of the left

In the jolly rough-and-tumble of column-writing, getting few hard kicks from readers is part of the game, but I am beginning to wonder whether something rather odd has been happening in the scrum since the election. My columns in the Independent often earn me bit of heckling – usually online, invariably anonymous  –  from readers.… Continue reading The new tribalism of the left

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