I don’t really think that Trump’s exemption of Britain and Ireland from his ban on flights from Europe is due to his having golf courses there. Or that Boris’s reluctance to take stronger action against the coronavirus pandemic has anything to do with the fact that, as it mainly seems to target oldies, it will save money on pensions and the NHS. Of course not! The trouble with Anglo-American politics today, however, is that you wouldn’t entirely put it past them. Have we ever had such untrustworthy leaders?