In politics, it’s best to beware of foreigners

Liberal parties are all alike; every conservative party is conservative in its own way

Foreigners are strange. And we are strange to them. It’s partly why, as any teenager from Britain learns, it’s easier to get served a drink abroad; your face might suggest a certain age, but it’s somewhat harder to tell from your mannerisms. Similarly, it’s been observed that expat communities feature a higher proportion of slightly odd men whose strang…