The Arlene factor: her abrasive personality is part of a tradition that has had its day
Anger is a factor often overlooked in politics. Les Enragés were the militants who spoke up vituperatively for the poor in the French Revolution. Jihad is the product of demented rage. Dispossession or the threat of it is often the justification for anger. Fear and insecurity are close relatives. Arrogance thinly concealing both is its bedfellow. Anger has been fundamental in our politics and remains an expression of our contested differences from the streets to the pulpit and the debating …