“The ear of jealousy heareth all things: That ghosts eat guts and pigs have wings Visions that fantasy conjures Truth and reality fade into blurs. The colour of jealousy is said to be green But that’s nature’s colour, everywhere seen. Its conclusions, conjectures are half-cooked, raw Jealousy is red in tooth and claw…” From Substandard Fantasies, by BachchooOur world is more than a cruel place -- yes, ‘twas ever thus -- but the contemporary catalogue of hatreds gives rise to new, shameful antagonisms. Anne Widdicombe, a politician who used to be a Tory minister in past governments and subsequently defected...