Stab-in-the-back: the nasty old myth that Brexiters are exploiting to explain away the disaster | Nick Cohen

Lord Frost and others are reinventing a tactic used by the beaten German generals in 1918

The mediocrity of Lord Frosty" Frost isn't ordinary. There is an epic quality to his failings. The parochialism of his nationalism and irresponsibility of his conspiracy theories have allowed one paunchy man to embody the entire collapse of modern conservatism into know-nothing paranoia.

No serious person outside the ruling elite doubts that Frost and Boris Johnson's hard Brexit heightened the misery of millions. They have raised inflation, cut the national wealth and diverted the energy of Britain's rulers away from the economic crisis into needless disputes with our neighbours.

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