BY PAUL T HORGAN Hannah Arendt was wrong when she used Adolf Eichmann as an example of the concept of the banality of evil. This was perhaps a method of denigrating and trivialising an object of dislike or disgust. We see this all the time when socialists mock and insult the institutions that they despise from the monarchy downwards. Eichmann, Nazi Germany’s top bureaucrat charged … Continue reading The Banality of Evil
CSM EDITORIAL Let’s face it, Keir Starmer and his haircut would just about pass muster as transport secretary in Thatcher’s 1987 government. But he’s the only half-competent (whilst dreadfully slippery) player in a side that should have been permanently relegated in 2019. You’ll find more competent characters in the cheap offices in a Slough business park. When Wes ‘Dead-End’ Streeting is Labour’s go-to rescuer, you … Continue reading The Generally Lacklustre Election, 2024
