As has become traditional, my decrepit semi-comatose body roused itself for its annual appearance on the Mark Steyn Cruise only to implode immediately upon disembarkation. So I am playing catch-up here, even though there is nothing much to catch up to, only the same old same old, albeit accelerating toward the final civilisational dénouement: today, a Canadian province votes on whether to hold a binding secession referendum; an Australian MP is in critical condition after being deliberately mown down by a constituent; and a UK woman has been marked down by HM Constabulary as having “mental health issues” because she chose to vacation in Israel. Meanwhile, on the Continent, the mostly peaceful Gallic “scuffles” have spread to Italy:
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