http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/21/when-sentiment-replaces-judgment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-sentiment-replaces-judgment n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/21/when-sentiment-replaces-judgment/comment-page-1/#comment-32943 Matt Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:44:10 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9747#comment-32943 I haven't followed British politics closely for a long time but it is not clear to me that "insufferable Blairite moralizing" is actually unpopular with the British electorate. What did for Blair was his proven deceptions over Iraq and the perception that he was too subservient to Bush (along with a host of domestic issues). But when I lived in England, I always got the sense that there was a constituency for Blair's grandstanding as a peacemaker, that it fed into a sort of post-colonial, middle class English sense of global responsibility. Cameron's position could be wrong on the substance but right on the politics. I haven’t followed British politics closely for a long time but it is not clear to me that “insufferable Blairite moralizing” is actually unpopular with the British electorate. What did for Blair was his proven deceptions over Iraq and the perception that he was too subservient to Bush (along with a host of domestic issues). But when I lived in England, I always got the sense that there was a constituency for Blair’s grandstanding as a peacemaker, that it fed into a sort of post-colonial, middle class English sense of global responsibility. Cameron’s position could be wrong on the substance but right on the politics.

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