June 10, 2025

The trouble with the Conservative Party is that it has not turned back the clock a single second.

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English novelist, attributed, Jay p.381

To you as well, is that a disappointment? Or something to be proud of? Do you understand the point?

Waugh was not just a political Tory but a Roman Catholic one as well. Indeed, it was said that the heart attack that killed him—on Easter Sunday—was brought on by changes to that church’s Easter liturgy, consequent on the Second Vatican Council.