Peter Mitchell

The European liberal establishment assumes that when the levers of state (the bureaucracy, the media, the courts, etc) in their hands, it is the embodiment of the rule of law and neutrality. But when they are in the hands of anybody else, it is 'politicisation'. Therefore, they believe, using tactics that are more common in authoritarian, tin pot third world countries is entirely justified to restore the previous 'neutrality' (i.e. the political control of the establishment). This is exactly what we saw in the early days of the Tusk regime, and what we have seen in Hungary. It is also what we should expect in Britain if ever a populist party takes the reins of state and dares to staff it with likeminded people, just as the liberal establishment had their people in key positions.