Yes. The Tory government needs to act immediately on benefits, for instance. The generally quiet respect shown for the Queen should not in any way delude that the social bonds are very, very frayed a… (View Post)

That's a very small something, but what millions of people so desperately need, as so many even Tory thinktanks now agree - is a boost to the *amount* of Universal Credit - and they need it now. (View Post)

Talking of scoffing snobbery from metropolitan remainers such as myself, this is clearly what her majesty would have wanted. Just as she would have wanted people to remain in their lodges at Center P… (View Post)

It's not really a question of whether we should care, HYUFD. it's more like something to do with the realities of power and culture. Whether we like it or not, we are very highly integrated… (View Post)

It's not enough. To overcome the culture war in our modern age - as well as all the historical narratives stacked against in places like the Caribbean and US media - the monarchy has to appeal d… (View Post)