‘Respect!’ cried my husband, drop-kicking a cushion with a picture of the Queen Mother holding a pint of beer on it (a present from Veronica) across the drawing-room. I might as well be married to Russell Brand and be done with it.
His little satire was set off by Ed Miliband’s remarks about Emily Thornberry’s notorious Cross of St George tweet.

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