The Great Nand Theory of History
From our UK edition
Our governing class has a problem with history. It perhaps goes without saying that we are led by an interrelated subset of the myopic, the self-indulgent and the self-interested, all lacking hinterland. Imagine the Junkers if they did Parkrun. But it bears repeating that history poses a particular challenge to them, exposing the insanity of much of their worldview. Nothing illustrates this more than Lisa Nandy’s recent blundering attempt to use Remembrance Sunday to champion Labour’s EU reset – specifically, the decision to rejoin the Erasmus scheme. In a press release, the Culture Secretary announced ‘as we mark Remembrance Sunday, Erasmus+ will give a new generation the chance to build connections across Europe’ which, she added, ‘veterans’ service helped to secure’.
