A bracing discussion of British politics in particular and politics in general--e.g., the degree to which a candidate, once elected, can or cannot carry out the platform on which he campaigned. PW: "And I think where I would disagree with Mr. Buckley, primarily, is that he is a great doctrinaire, a great dogmatist--passionately believes in certain things, passionately disbelieves in certain things, and thinks it's very important to send out anathemas against certain kinds of politicians and be very enthusiastic in favor of others. I don't see it like that; ... the essence of my kind of conservatism really is that it is rather pragmatic and judges by results.... It's rather an 18th-century attitude; yours is essentially a modern one."