“NO monarch has ever served the country so long and more importantly no monarch has ever served it so well.” Those words, from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, exemplify the blind fervour with which politicians across the UK are hailing the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Any which don’t toe the line – like the Scottish Greens who stood by their republican policy and declined to take part in the litany of repetitive praise termed a “debate” on the Jubilee in Holyrood – are roundly condemned.
