Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images Election year has become like a thick glass we must all squint through, a mutually agreed distortion turning everything weird and wonky. Through the glass, the Budget appears only about the size of an election bribe. And Britain’s response to the Gaza disaster becomes a “wedge issue” as excitable Conservatives talk of rising militancy, a new “enemy within”, and the possibility of a snap spring poll. This distorting prism takes genuine disagreements and exaggerates them until they become barely recognisable. It suggests that, regardless of who wins the general election, Britain is doomed by the...