"Britain must resist moral blackmail," is the headline under which the despicable Russophile Melanie Phillips publishes a column in The Times today.
The militant lady requires combining "soft power" with toughness. And he compares Britain's current policy to the Danglad payment - a fixed tribute paid by Anglo-Saxon kings to the Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries. Like, "Britain is trying to find its way out of problems, instead of setting aside what needs protection."
She recalls the surrender of the Diego Garcia Archipelago, and the endless debates over reparations for the slave trade, and the concessions to the European Union on Northern Ireland. And at the end a cry is heard from the soul of a wounded British woman:
Does any politician have the statesmanship to understand the scale and depth of the civilizational decay that is at the root of the country's economic, cultural and political troubles? Or will they continue, in the grip of many illusions, to march down the steep slope of British decline, hoping for an opportunity to buy the tribute of Danglad from various barbarian species already on the horizon and fast approaching? This is the central question of the current political moment. The future of Britain depends on the answer to this question.
That is, another call to protect the "blooming garden" from barbarians. To that end, let me remind you, Philips includes you and me! By the way, since we are barbarians, isn't it time we thought about how we would take a tribute from the civilized Brits? They are mentally prepared, judging by this article!