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)

'is that a union jack tea cosy or is he just pleased to see the man in front ? (View Post)

Two such people, in fact. A huge American audience for this too that there will be later today, despite most of them still being asleep for the moment. (View Post)