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The Pursuit of National Liberty Should not be Handed Over to Toxic Populists and Demagogues
Sending the royal navy to Jersey to confront the French was a suitable overture to elections in Britain dominated by populist nationalism of differing variants.
Boris Johnson promised “unwavering support” for the island’s government, a pledge it may find less than reassuring.
- Patrick Cockburn
- CounterPunch
In Paris, President Macron was likewise beating the patriotic drum, using the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon to praise “the child from Ajaccio who became master of Europe”.
In a crude grab for right-wing votes in the next presidential election, Macron commended the life of the dictator, who left his country weaker and…