# XIII: Concerning Politics explained — News from Nowhere

> Chapter companion for News from Nowhere by William Morris.

## What happens

The Guest asks Old Hammond how society manages politics in the new world. Hammond replies with a smile that they are well off because they have no politics, and suggests the Guest should put that answer in a chapter by itself, like Horrebow's 'Snakes in Iceland.'

## Themes in this chapter

### Politics and Governance

The chapter directly addresses the question of politics in the new society, concluding that politics as known in the 19th century no longer exists.

## Character check-ins

### Guest

The Guest asks about politics in the new society.

### Old Hammond

Old Hammond answers the Guest's question about politics, stating that they have none.

## Key lines

> How do you manage with politics?

The Guest asks how society handles political matters.

_The Guest's opening question sets the topic of the chapter._

> we are very well off as to politics—because we have none.

We are doing very well regarding politics because we have no politics at all.

_Old Hammond's key statement that politics is absent in the new world._

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