a royal salute to the commonwealth
A royal salute to the Commonwealth
Sometimes we forget about our own history, our country’s history. What we come from and who we are, deep down. In short: our identity.
In my view, this article, “A royal salute to the Commonwealth”, 2011 by the British journalist and political commentator Peter Oborne, is about the dilemma between modern ways and the old days. Peter Oborne describes his concerns about our modern political culture, in comparison with the old culture, when Great Britain was an Empire and the Queen was Empress.
He believes it is time to reinvent the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the UK and most of the countries that used to be a part of the British Empire, when Great Britain was a Colonial power.
Peter Oborne gives a lot of arguments. He writes, “Over the past few decades Britain has been unlucky in its leaders …they have been hostile or blind to the British history”. The Commonwealth has not been a priority he says. All the way back when Edward Heath was a Conservative Prime Minister, 1970-1974. He led us into the European Union and turned his back on the Commonwealth and in the reign of the New Labour Leader Tony Blair, the commonwealth was nonexistent. In that period the Commonwealth was not at all taken seriously. Peter Oborne says: “… the Commonwealth has only really been sustained thanks to the immense personal charisma of the monarch.” That’s a big mistake he says. We should prioritize the Commonwealth.
That’s why he salutes the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge for going to Canada because Canada is one of the commonwealth members. Not only that, he calls Canada family, because the Canadians and the Brits fought side by side, in the two Great World Wars of the 20’th century.
Commonwealth is also cheap it cost Britain 20p per head to be a part of the membership and it cost 50 pounds to be a part of the European Union, Peter Oborn claims.
Because of the history the Commonwealth countries have
Sometimes we forget about our own history, our country’s history. What we come from and who we are, deep down. In short: our identity.
In my view, this article, “A royal salute to the Commonwealth”, 2011 by the British journalist and political commentator Peter Oborne, is about the dilemma between modern ways and the old days. Peter Oborne describes his concerns about our modern political culture, in comparison with the old culture, when Great Britain was an Empire and the Queen was Empress.
He believes it is time to reinvent the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the UK and most of the countries that used to be a part of the British Empire, when Great Britain was a Colonial power.
Peter Oborne gives a lot of arguments. He writes, “Over the past few decades Britain has been unlucky in its leaders …they have been hostile or blind to the British history”. The Commonwealth has not been a priority he says. All the way back when Edward Heath was a Conservative Prime Minister, 1970-1974. He led us into the European Union and turned his back on the Commonwealth and in the reign of the New Labour Leader Tony Blair, the commonwealth was nonexistent. In that period the Commonwealth was not at all taken seriously. Peter Oborne says: “… the Commonwealth has only really been sustained thanks to the immense personal charisma of the monarch.” That’s a big mistake he says. We should prioritize the Commonwealth.
That’s why he salutes the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge for going to Canada because Canada is one of the commonwealth members. Not only that, he calls Canada family, because the Canadians and the Brits fought side by side, in the two Great World Wars of the 20’th century.
Commonwealth is also cheap it cost Britain 20p per head to be a part of the membership and it cost 50 pounds to be a part of the European Union, Peter Oborn claims.
Because of the history the Commonwealth countries have