Slowly and irreversibly this ancien regime is weakening and hollowing out, and politicians, government and media need to stop peddling the same threadbare excuses about who we are. That cataclysmic moment and wake-up call is coming sooner than many think, and will be an uncomfortable shock to those who gain from the current state of undemocracy.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23508375.gerry-hassan-britains-fossilised-monarchy-losing-touch/