Friend or foe
If you want to see some good writing, read the tribute to Queen Elizabeth by President Macron, he or someone at the Eylsee can really write and in their second language.
Heartfelt and genuine writing like that only serves to show how petty, shoddy and cheap the PM’s answer to the question was, when asked whether President Macron was a “friend or foe” during the hustings for Tory leader.
Liz Truss is going to have to learn on the job what class is and why it matters, why words count and why they matter and what it means when people say the microphone is always on.
You might have thought that you couldn’t make it to the top of the greasy pole without knowing all of that, but these days it seems you can.
You might think it doesn’t matter that much but it does, people listen and pay attention to what leaders say. It is a very large part of how they lead.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.