Enjoyed the piece. You should continue on this line. Obviously it's anachronistic, but there is perhaps something to be said for the idea that what passes for populism in Britain now (re Matt Goodwin "Values, Voice, and Virtue" and "National Populism") taps into a deeper tradition of radical toryism/jabobitism. Especially if one sees in the overbearing metropolitan establishment and professional-managerial class a new iteration of whig ascendency. Maybe this is just a game for the history needs. Maybe not.
No, I'm sure there's real value in that beyond the enjoyment of history nerds (which I'm assuming you meant). However, there are people, with more specialist resumes, who are vastly more qualified for that job than I am. My value advantage, should such exist, is as a generalist with a nose for theoretical/historical synthesis.
Enjoyed the piece. You should continue on this line. Obviously it's anachronistic, but there is perhaps something to be said for the idea that what passes for populism in Britain now (re Matt Goodwin "Values, Voice, and Virtue" and "National Populism") taps into a deeper tradition of radical toryism/jabobitism. Especially if one sees in the overbearing metropolitan establishment and professional-managerial class a new iteration of whig ascendency. Maybe this is just a game for the history needs. Maybe not.
No, I'm sure there's real value in that beyond the enjoyment of history nerds (which I'm assuming you meant). However, there are people, with more specialist resumes, who are vastly more qualified for that job than I am. My value advantage, should such exist, is as a generalist with a nose for theoretical/historical synthesis.
Thanks for contributing to the comments!
Funny. Im just reading a book with this exact picture on the cover (The Jacobites, Szechi).
Lowlands: Good at being government lickspittles.
Highlands: Whiskey.
No more Catholics
https://youtu.be/XETd9nSNAe8
That's pretty good. Thanks.