As Dennis the peasant tells John Cleese, the King: ‘Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government… You can’t expect to wield supreme power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!’ (Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
What sort of person would repudiate the Once and Future King, Arthur and Guinevere of Camelot, who will return to save England at the hour of her greatest need?
Australia too has its critics like Dennis the peasant.
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