Quote of the day

Dan, over at Jackalope pursuivant points us to an article by Thomas Strathclyde in the Telegraph which contains today’s quote of the day:

This is one of the unremarked fault lines in modern politics. Conservatives, old Labour and many traditional Liberals have an instinctive affinity for our ancient liberties, and the practices and conventions that balance our constitution.

The neo-rationalists - New Labour and the Roundhead tendency among Liberal Democrats - lack any such affinity. They think offices such as the Lord Chancellorship are bad because they are old. They fail to appreciate they have become old because they are good.