Alex Massie Alex Massie

The Politics of Snow

With admirable opportunism Sunder Katwala argues that the current frosty conditions make the case for more, not less government. As he says, everyone plenty of people like to rail against government in the absract only to find themselves asking the state to do more as soon as something – such as a heavy snowfall – makes life just that little bit more inconvenient.

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