T. S. Eliot was not a political philosopher, and he had no political philosophy as such: he was a philosopher who took a certain interest in politics. Much confusion and misunderstanding has been generated by those interested in his politics who have failed to observe the distinction. What it means is that his thinking about politics is not simply dependent upon its object, and is not defined by its object – what is ordinarily called the subject-matter. Rather it is the expression of the point of view from which he examines the object; and his point of view is dependent upon and only defined by theology and revelation. He is, strictly speaking, a metaphysician, one who in observing politics is always trying to see through the actuality to the ideal. Consequently, if we really want to understand his remarks about politics – as distinct from engaging in political polemic, the purpose of which is rather more practical – we will need to penetrate beyond their relations to actual events and to rival political ideas, and to elicit their governing point of view, their metaphysic. The purpose of this note is simply to direct attention towards the philosophy of Eliot's politics.