I see this anti-empathy thing along the lines of evangelical instructions for abusive parenting—that your kid will do evil if you don’t hit them, and the worst thing a parent can do is hold back from hitting their child out of empathy for them. Evangelicals cast empathy as a temptation to allow evil

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Phew! The country can rest easy again. I can probably unpack the tweed trousers, the báínín, and the cóta mór I was about to send along.

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The last paragraph is gold.

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Never apologise, never explain. He's the Seinfeld of UK politics.

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How about they sign a release that police or fire won’t be dispatched to their home then?

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