But the respected traditional culture has been increasingly, progessively trashed by the invidious thugs of mindless Left progressivism, and also by Islamofascist thugs these days. It appears the two work hand-in-hand, on the theory "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." The apparent result is the firm foundation for a just rule of law is being corrupted, eroded, destroyed....
We have the same problem over on our side of the Pond. In recent times, the Constitution itself has been placed under grievous stress by people who choose to read their own novel meanings into the text, eschewing totally the Framers' original intent and meaning, which has been the foundation of our settled law for some two centuries.
Plus like us, you have an immigration problem -- e.g., lots of poor, low-skilled people of different ethnicity who come into the country, and then refuse to acculturate -- that is getting totally out of control. Your unassimilables want Englishmen tried in sharia courts. Our unassimilables recently translated our national anthem into Spanish, rewriting it and changing its meaning in the process. The French and Dutch and Danes can report similar miseries.
Sigh, we do live in interesting times....
Thank you so much for your report from the British Isles, Thatcherite! Very much appreciated.
I am optimistic for both the United States and England. Both countries seem to have a political pendulum that swings left and right - when it hits a certain limit in one direction, it swings back.
Right now the conservatives in the U.S. are eating their own (no doubt spurred on by the Democrats and liberals). When they see the baby has been thrown out with the bathwater, they'll panic and the pendulum will swing back. Of course we might have to endure 8 years of Hillary to get there, but I'm sure we will...