Held Together By Gold Leaf And Small Dogs
Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the British political menagerie.
The Monarchist Sympathiser believes the cure for the country is fundamentally a slightly fatter Civil List, a really good ceremonial sword, and a marginally longer State Opening. Editor Alan Nafzger of the Editor’s Desk at prat.uk presents the field guide, with help from the Royal Family and the British Monarchist Society.
Twenty Tells: Spotting The Monarchist Sympathiser On A British High Street
- Maintains a fantasy in which he meets the Sovereign at a very long lunch.
- Refers to the Crown the way other men refer to an old, fond grandfather.
- Holds any republic is structurally a sort of homework error.
- Maintains a binder of King’s speeches sorted by mood.
- Refers to State Openings as the high points of his television year.
- Treats Trooping the Colour as a sort of national therapy.
- Maintains a soft spot for the Privy Council.
- Refers to the Royal Family as the longest-running British institution that still arrives on time.
- Holds any anti-monarchist is structurally a small dramatic event.
- Has explained, at a wedding, that the toast is, of course, to His Majesty.
- Refers to The Crown the Netflix programme as the bit that bothers him.
- Treats any new constitutional reform as a sort of nervous tic.
- Maintains a fantasy in which the King’s Birthday is a public holiday again.
- Refers to the Royal Standard as the only honest flag.
- Holds the cure for any populism is a polite procession.
- Maintains a folder of postcards from royal events.
- Refers to the Garden Parties as the country’s good manners.
- Treats any new portrait as a sort of investment.
- Has explained, at length, that he is fundamentally a monarchist with a mortgage.
- Believes the country is fundamentally held together by gold leaf, polite men in coats, and small dogs.
Editor’s Note
If any of this rings a bell, you have wandered into a libertarian conference, a country house weekend, or a Bitcoin meet-up with very strong opinions. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Daily Mash.
SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/
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