[RobbyS]

Diana's funeral showed that the England that weathered WWII and the post-war socialist government is a thing of the past.

[NZerFromHK]

I agree, despite what many British-based commentators or posters may contest, I think Britain has changed irreversibly since even the Thachter years. The mindset is a lot more Euro than even a decade or 15 years ago - sort of like West Germany in the early Helmut Kohl (Blair does make me think of Kohl again reagrding EU) years. Looking at Germany today I have an uneasy feeling for where British attitudes will be going on these life-and-death national issues.

[tjwmason]

Diana's funeral showed that the England that weathered WWII and the post-war socialist government is a thing of the past.

It showed no such thing. It showed that the country is now split, during the weeks following the Princess of Wales' death (especially her funeral) half of the country hid, whilst the other half wailed loudly in a demonstration of mass 'ersatz emotionalism'.

The country's response to the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother showed the other half. We stood in line (in my case from about half past nine a.m. until nearly six p.m.) to file past her coffin which was laid in State.

The media-urban elite loved the Diana funeral, it epitomises everything for which they stand (i.e., nothing other than rank vapidity); but everybody has forgotten it now.

England will always rise again.