Atavistic

[poliphilo]

I think I've made it plain that I'm not a monarchist but watching footage of Prince Charles striding round the flooded Levels with his stout walking stick,  offering sympathy and good humour to the victims and muttering angrily about the failings of those in power, putting Ministers (who have stayed in London) to shame simply by being there, I felt a wave of emotion that caught my inner censor off guard.   "If you're going to have kings and princes," I thought to myself. "Then this is what they're for." The Telegraph (which has just this moment come through the door) has a full length, full frontal portrait of him splashing through the water and looking as much like Henry V at Agincourt as anyone not wearing a suit of armour possibly can. 

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I loathe the man, but at least he's a farmer and a landowner of sorts, and has a feeling for heritage. So he is likely to be most enraged about what's happening on the Levels.

Allegedly, the Environment guys stopped dredging in 1999 to protect the lovely little watervoles etc. I expect that most of the voles have drowned long since, along with the farmland.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm all for protecting wildlife, but not at the expense of people.