The Fourth, Seen from London

Roger Kimball, writing for the Spectator USA, takes as his topic “The joys of Independence Day in London.” Kimball draws some of the same parallels between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump that I did a couple of days ago. For example:

Boris, despite his foibles, is a younger, better-educated, and more playful version of the American dynamo Donald Trump. Both men are benign nationalists — what we used to call patriots — and both exhibit the flexible idealism of the settled pragmatist. In the case of Donald Trump, the results of that pragmatism—what he himself has denominated ‘principled realism’ — is a vibrant economy of historic dynamism, a new spirit of national self-confidence, and a widespread if grudging respect for American power on the world scene.

If Johnson can accomplish for the U.K. what Trump has accomplished for the U.S., the U.K. well be very well served indeed. And Kimball speaks of  “the beneficent potency of the Anglosphere.” Long-time readers know I’m a sucker for that line. You’ll enjoy this article.