And you keep missing my point, which is that there was great confidence before that the EU would not ban anything. (View Post)

My point is that it was viewed by many that the EU would never ban exports, despite having a mechanism to do so. Look what happened. (View Post)

I think you are overstating it. The attitude towards the monarchy always follows this pattern. The young are ambivalent, that old are massively in favour. (View Post)

I remember a month or so ago where people were saying that the export control mechanism would never be used. (View Post)

Exactly. The idea the younger generations have been turned off the monarchy by one interview is for the birds. (View Post)