We have seen the lords and ladies and in a few moments we will see the cavalry and the human of the guard assembled and ready to welcome the royal party to westminster. What heart of modern what kind of modern message might all of this convey . I spoke to the reverent samples in reverend samuels trafalgar square. Parliament demonstrates how we understand power. The people boat and parliament is elected. Parliament proposes to make laws in the Government Party does not impose its will on the population. It doesnt in discussion and it asks the queen to deliver to parliament a description of what it proposes to do that it can be made accountable for. Not would say that is naive, but a rose tinted version of democracy. An aspirational version of democracy but that is how it works in practice. When a party wins an election it does not ride roughshod over the rest of the population. The queen presided over her first state opening in letting 52 and has attended all but two ceremonies since an