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As Britain readies for a coronation

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the coronation was a "unique moment" for the country. As the first coronation ceremony in 70 years, it's a critical moment in modern British history. While most other world monarchies have discontinued this pompous event, Britain still continues.

Britain must shed its elitist past

Many a story has come to light of individuals being obliged to maintain a distance from a dying parent around the same time that Johnson’s staff were busy socialising. Particularly cringeworthy, perhaps, was No.10’s abject apology to Buckingham Palace for a well-attended farewell do last April on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral — where Queen Elizabeth notably sat alone in a pew. (Mind you, the farewell wasn’t for Philip.)

Covid strikes Boris

Remarkably though, he has pledged to lead the government's response to the accelerating outbreak, and from the sick bed as it were.