It wasn’t just booing. It was booing from some of a highly selected demographic. For Carrie Johnson’s return to public duties for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service last week, it was almost as if she were back in her role as director of communications at the Conservative Party and had commissioned a focus group.
“Please gather the type of person who waits for hours on cold London pavements to ensure they are front row for a staged set piece of royal pomp: traditional, loyal, and obsessed sometimes to the point of fanaticism with the patriotic and righteous order of things.”
