Over at Quadrant, the good doctor breaks down his views on delusion, dishonesty, and modern corruption as he thinks back to ol’ Tony Blair.

It is now normal for everyone to proclaim his honesty despite patent acts of dishonesty, even when caught in the act. Thus, genuinely to believe that you are honest while you are nakedly pursuing your own self-interest under the guise of some elevated general principle has become almost the normal state of mankind, at least that part of it that enters the politico-administrative class.