From the US midterms to the hard right in Britain, empathy has become a dirty word in politics | John Harris
<p>Around the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church</p><p>Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/15/dumping-young-people-on-welfare-isnt-compassion-its-neglect/">op-ed piece for the Daily Tel