Burke on protests

Love this line from Daniel Hannan: If ever you find yourself confusing social media with public opinion, look at what Edmund Burke had to say about Twitter back in 1791: Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst…

These days, far too many MPs seem to believe that they are a walking opinion poll. Their constituents think this, and they must be right. We need more MPs who are happy to say: “Although a majority of my constituents appear to think this, they…

Love this line from Daniel Hannan: If ever you find yourself confusing social media with public opinion, look at what Edmund Burke had to say about Twitter back in 1791: Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst…