If there's an Anglo-Disease, it's not cause by an excess of seriousness, but by an excess of English-speaking knobbery which sometimes pretends to appear serious and respectable as it gets older.
Boris wasn't elected mayor because he's a nice person who's kind to kittens, but because he's a yob that other yobs can look up to.
Too true. A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
