Monarchy
The Royal Wedding by numbers
I know, I know, it’s deeply unromantic to anticipate tomorrow’s Royal Wedding through the prism of opinion polling. But as no one ever said that a political blog has to… Continue reading
29 CommentsThe Wedding Dog That Barked
That, Watson, was the remarkable thing about the Royal Wedding: the dog barked and still no-one heard it. You can scarcely open a paper this week without encountering yet another… Continue reading
12 CommentsFrom the archives: the Queen’s Birthday
It was, I’m sure CoffeeHousers noticed, the Queen’s 85th Birthday yesterday. So here, as a belated commemoration, is an item from the archives that is a even more archival than… Continue reading
0 CommentsCameron takes it to the councils
Ignore what your council is telling you. So says no less a personage than the Prime Minister of our country, speaking at one of his freewheelin’ roadshow events this afternoon.… Continue reading
26 CommentsA princely problem
Tonight’s Six o’clock news had a long package on Prince Andrew that ended with Laura Kuenssberg reporting from Downing Street on the government’s attitude to the prince. The fact that… Continue reading
24 CommentsThe politics of Prince Andrew
Uh-oh, the Prime Minster has "full confidence" in Prince Andrew as a UK trade envoy – the sort of endorsement that often means the direct opposite. In this case, though,… Continue reading
23 CommentsDavid Cameron arranged Prince William’s Wedding to Distract Attention from his Plan to RAPE Britain
Oh dear. That is to say, three cheers for this comedy post by the New Statesman’s Laurie Penny. It turns out there is scarcely any limit to David Cameron’s deviousness.… Continue reading
11 CommentsPrinces and politics don’t mix
Max Hasting’s essay in the Daily Mail about the dangers for the monarchy of Prince Charles becoming king is an important moment. Hastings, who is very much part of the… Continue reading
109 CommentsFrom the archives: The Royal Marriage Question
Like father, like son. Prince William took his time to propose to Kate Middleton, almost as long as his father took to take the plunge in 1981. The press brayed… Continue reading
5 CommentsHow to pay for the Royal wedding? Simple: public subscription
Now that we have a date in the diary, we can begin the traditional rites and customs on the path to the Royal Wedding. These traditions stretch back to Queen… Continue reading
13 CommentsWho will benefit from the Royal wedding?
David Cameron is playing down the effect the Royal Wedding will have on the 5th May elections, especially the AV referendum. Fleet Street’s having none of it however. On the… Continue reading
14 CommentsA Royal Holiday
Kate Middleton and Prince William will marry on Friday 29th April at Westminster Abbey. I can scarcely contain my indifference, even at this early stage; but congratulations to them all… Continue reading
38 CommentsMonarchy is Better Than Republicanism, Part CXVI
Meanwhile, elsewhere in whimsy the nice folks at Foreign Policy asked me to write a piece about Prince William’s engagement. Somehow this ended up with another modest proposal: the United… Continue reading
6 CommentsCameron, Villa and the succession
The Prime Minister is, as we know an Aston Villa fan. So we can expect him to be disappointed at Martin O’Neill’s departure. On his trip to Birmingham the other… Continue reading
21 CommentsBarring Griffin was an error, Your Majesty
I sympathise with the Palace, who were put in a tight position by Nick Griffin’s attendance at a Garden Party in his capacity as an MEP. But he should not… Continue reading
40 CommentsRoyal Family Update
I’m a monarchist- and much more keenly so than I was as a young chap – but the way this Daily Mail story is written is so ghastly and gawd-help-us… Continue reading
12 CommentsLetting his opinions be known
Today’s Evening Standard features an interview with Bernice McCabe, co-director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute. McCabe tells the paper that: “He [the Prince of Wales] is very passionate about the… Continue reading
55 CommentsMonarchy is Better than a Republic, Part XIX
At a town hall meeting in New Orleans yesterday, ABC News reports that: President Obama, like any other President, has his fair share of critics. Even fourth-graders have noticed. Why… Continue reading
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