The End of Appeasement in Britain?
by Richard Kemp • October 14, 2020 at 5:00 am
For many decades, British society has been subjected to an almost continuous assault on our history, our way of life and our national institutions by the hard left.... the very policy Churchill warned against so frequently.
Forced to confront the so-far largely unopposed aggression against the West by the Chinese Communist Party and Vladimir Putin's Russia, we are on the brink of not just one but two cold wars.
Standing up to their hostility will have to become the linchpin of a new grand strategy, comparable to the successful struggle against global communist encroachment over several decades.... If that is to succeed, we must see no more appeasement.
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Winston Churchill's words following the British victory over Germany in the Battle of Egypt in November 1942 might also describe recent political developments in Britain's modern-day culture wars. For many decades, British society has been subjected to an almost continuous assault on our history, our way of life and our national institutions by the hard left.
The centre and right became so demoralised by this highly successful campaign that for years their response was appeasement, the very policy Churchill warned against so frequently when the fascist mirror image of this ideology threatened us in the 1930s. Now there are the glimmering signs of a fightback against the progressive liberal consensus that resulted, engulfing many mainstream politicians, the judiciary, civil service, much of the media, big business and education.
