I much enjoyed the column by Catherine De Vries and her lamentation on the rise of political entrepreneurship as evidenced by Donald Trump and, presumably, Nigel Farage (“We are moving from democracy to ‘emocracy’”, Opinion, October 11).
It nicely balanced the more standard FT opinion page fare on that day — “How to rescue spinouts from the ‘valley of death’” and “Animal spirits of British business need to be lifted” — both of which argued that increased entrepreneurship is the key to salvaging the UK’s faltering economy.
However, it seems a little ironic that De Vries should hark back to a golden age when politicians supposedly focused on “facts and evidence” and not “rhetorical style” or “emotions and feelings”. The return to a better past is precisely the defining narrative of these very “political entrepreneurs”.
Make America Great Again, indeed.
Tim Gordon
Partner, Best Practice AI
CEO, Liberal Democrats 2011-17
London N1, UK
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