Virtually everyone I've encountered who banged on about British democracy - how precious it is why it must be preserved - also chose, when challenged, to somehow defend the anti-democratic office of the British head of state so absurdly hypocritical were they. The real hardcore drones retreated to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" as a last-ditch Maginot line defence. David Icke maintains that many people, perhaps the majority, merely repeat propaganda without bothering to rationalise the arrant bullshit they spout, and it's easy to agree with him.

I've viewed two dozen or more images of 'stop the coup' protests that took place yesterday at various UK towns and cities and didn't spot a non-white face amongst any of them. An identical demographic appear at Extinction Rebellion demos.