Swearing

The nationalist wing of the British Labour Party are at it again. Lord Goldsmith, the warlord who provided Tony Blair with legal arguments for the illegal war in Iraq, is now proposing that all British school leavers should swear allegiance to the Queen. The ridiculousness of this idea should be obvious. Passively accepting the historical fact of monarchy is one thing, but how can a person in a democracy swear allegiance to a hereditary ruler? Brits, are you mice or are you men?

There is also a Facebook group opposing it. And moreover, Diane, my wife – who once was a Brit for a day — thinks it’s a totally daft idea.