Liz Truss was born penniless, on a farm. Fighting against rickets, the orphan was kindly taken in by a well-meaning family, but the thugs at Roundhay almost threw her back. She was never one to be be… (View Post)

Where the British model works best is in figures like Charles representing religious tolerance and pluralism. A number of even more successful European countries have had problems trying to enforce a… (View Post)

It strikes me that the riots in Birmingham and Leicester are an above-politics situation where the new king could immediately get involved to plead for unity and calm, and also set the tone of his re… (View Post)

But as Sunder Katwala pointed out yesterday, that may only have been possible because of the continuity of constitutional monarchy. He correctly quoted various researchers as saying one of the best d… (View Post)

So sorry to hear, squareroot ; my genuine condolences. (View Post)