So I’ve been thinking a little bit about this leadership race in the Tory party. When they started talking about it, the language all seemed very familiar. Uniting behind one [white, male, middle/upper-class] figure (whether they like him or not), talking about the need for unity and thereby sidestepping an open election.

And then I realised what it reminded me of.

University Christian Unions. Or at least those affiliated to UCCF. Perhaps the Tories have been reading this article? Or perhaps it happened the other way around, some years ago?

It certainly seemed uncanny to me.

What’s the worst way to bluff, and pretend you have something? Could it be insisting you don’t?

That appears to be what Saddam Hussein is being accused of, at least according to this BBC report:

“Saddam Hussein may have been pretending to possess weapons of mass destruction, the US Congress is expected to be told by the man in charge of the US-led hunt for Iraqi weapons.”

Please remind me, how exactly is that meant to work? Surely we’re not meant to believe he’s quite that stupid. Just because one head of state is, doesn’t mean they all are, surely?