Matt Prior

摘要

Is it me, or has 2019 arrived sounding a reconciliatory tone? I don't think it's unfair to say that 2018 was 'a bit fighty', but the new year's newspaper opinion columns, at least, seem to me to have a more sympathetic, understanding lilt to them; as if we are all, whether we like it or not, bloodied pugilists who, tired and broken, look across from our prone positions on the mat and think: 'Didn't we used to like each other? Didn't we used to have more dignity in our discussions? Honestly, what's the point of all this?'