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Opinion
Paranoid Hysteria is a Near-Constant Feature of Modern Conservatism
by David Wearing
The right’s shrill panic about an ‘invasion’ of migrants reached new heights this week over a handful of refugees in barely seaworthy dinghies. In order to understand the forces we’re dealing with, we need to examine this hysteria itself, argues David Wearing.