I am purring loyally.
But change either the party or the class, and he would have been out on his ear for this.
He probably thinks that the Queen is a bit common.
As readers American and otherwise may not necessarily appreciate, that blue chip attitude to new money families of Central European origin is exactly the British upper class's view of the present Royal Family.
That was the root of the problems with Diana. No "People's Princess", she.
As for Cameron, his error was on-camera. His apology ought therefore also to have been so.
As a virulent anti-Keyneseian (Maurice Glasman's denunciation of his amoral consumerist "Viagra economics" sums it up for me) I prefer old money to new money every time. Shrift over spendthrift, savers over spenders, is the conservative attitude. Particularly as inheritance is the basis of monarchy but also of private property and liberty.
ReplyDeleteBut you hardly need to be upper class to be dismissive of the Monarchy- there isn't a single leftist newspaper that doesn't take a republican editorial line.
Owen Jones is hardly "upper class"...
I dare you to tell him that to his face.
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