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I sincerley beleive that the monarchy are one of the best defenders against the rise of nationalism in Britain, not just in recent times but going back to the s
by alibarber 5y ago
I sincerley beleive that the monarchy are one of the best defenders against the rise of nationalism in Britain, not just in recent times but going back to the start of Elizabeth's reign.
There are plenty of examples throughout history of movements coming to power by adopting marches, uniforms, ralies, ceremonies, symbols etc and co-opting them to their cause and calling themselves 'true patriots'. But in Britain, that's almost exclusively the relm of the Royal Family, so it's effectively impossible for any political movement to offer any of that in any meaningful way, because it's not really possible to be 'more patriotic' than the actual royal family. So yeah, if you want to feel patriotic you wave a flag an watch the queen do something quite harmless, as opposed to march with a, potentially quite nasty, group of politicians.
- ajdlinux 5y ago> in Britain In Great Britain, as opposed to Northern Ireland...
- mastax 5y agoThe British Union of Fascists was quite happy to have uniformed marches, rallies, etc. until the Public Order Act 1936 banned political uniforms. Could you tie that to the royal family?
- alibarber 5y agoNothing in history is absolute - and the fact that the UK went to war against fascists shortly after that time probably also contributed to their demise, but actually yes I would consider their failure to gain a major foothold an example of this. I’m not saying their are no marches and uniforms at all, even nowadays - but that they’re just going to have a bloody great struggle to try and upstage the ceremony and popularity of a Royal event - particularly if one of their claims is patriotism.