James Delingpole James Delingpole

Nine reasons to be cheerful this year

Let’s pretend the bad stuff isn’t happening and focus on the things that really matter

issue 06 January 2018

Since it’s the first week of the New Year I’m going to pretend the bad stuff isn’t happening and focus on the lovely, life–affirming things I learned (or relearned) last year. Here are some of them.
 
1. There is hope for the youth. Yes, I know we think they’re all grisly little Marxist snowflakes who are going to vote in Jeremy Corbyn, but this is largely a product of brainwashing and poor governance, rather than fundamental malignity.

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