Margaret Hodge wants to get rid of the Last Night of the Proms. But she doesn't believe in the universal Welfare State and in the strong statutory and other (including trade union) protection of workers, consumers, communities and the environment, the former paid for by progressive taxation, the whole underwritten by full employment, and all these good things delivered by the partnership between a strong Parliament and strong local government.
Time was when a political movement which did believe in these things was also so loyal to the Crown, the Commonwealth and the churches that it provided much of the backbone of the Police, the Armed Forces and the prison service (in much better days for all of them), and helped to bring millions out onto the streets to celebrate such events as the Coronation and the Silver Jubilee.
Is there still a party for people like that? Yes, there is.
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