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WHEN THE ROYAL ‘WE’ MEANT THE NORMAL ‘US’

WHEN THE ROYAL ‘WE’ MEANT THE NORMAL ‘US’

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Pro­nounce­ments and spec­u­la­tion about why Queen Eliz­a­beth II was beloved invari­ably include her dig­ni­ty, demeanour and ded­i­ca­tion to duty. While all those are valid, I think the sim­ple answer is that even as she con­duct­ed her­self in a man­ner to which most of us can only aspire, she was in a sub­lim­i­nal way, per­ceived as ‘just like us’.… Read the rest

The Punishment Putin Can’t Escape

The Punishment Putin Can’t Escape

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The chances of self-imaged macho man Vladimir Putin end­ing up in court for war crimes in Ukraine are slim to nil. He has, how­ev­er, already been judged impo­tent by the one thing his mas­sive fire­pow­er could not overcome…the per­verse tru­ism that the worst of human beings invari­ably bring out the best of them.… Read the rest