Operation Raise the Colours has swelled the nation with pride as motorists flash under bridges and pedestrians doff their flat caps to England’s red cross and the union flag. By jingo it’s been fun. For those who see the world through Commando Comics and the redcoat glory of Michael Caine’s heroics in Zulu.
Strange then, that the nostalgists of Britain’s right wing are not queuing outside recruitment centres clamouring to join a real army as their country is already in a hybrid war that could turn outright within months.
