By BAGEHOT
THE seriousness with which Britain’s Brexiteer elite has actually rushed to cosy as much as Donald Trump in the weeks developing to today’s inauguration has actually been something to see. Blazing a trail was Nigel Farage, the previous UKIP leader, flashing a mile-wide smile as he presented for keepsake snaps with the president-elect. Recently Michael Gove made the very same trip. The previous justice secretary, now composing for the Timesmight hardly hide how satisfied he was by America’s macho brand-new helmsman: beaming for a goofy, thumbs-up image and writing the encounter in agonizing terms: “Mr Trump’s discussion streams like a river in wave, frustrating disruptions and objections, showing the force of nature that is the guy.”
