The monarchy, and its central function as a symbolic unifying force, have been given a new lease of life by citizenship ceremonies

"The contemporary super-rich have little in the way of roots or connection, and therefore little sense of obligation"

"Wasn’t the death of Lee Rigby—carried out by barbaric extremists who singled him out purely for what he objectively was, a soldier—the very definition of a hate crime?"

‘It is assumed that the capital is a standing rebuke to all those who voice concern about unfettered migration. But surely Londoners leaving London is a cause for concern’