The Panshangar Declaration

I took it upon myself today to create for myself the title of “Viscount Welwyn” in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

I do not do this, of course, with any sense of self-seeking or delusional grandeur. I do it entirely for this nation's security. You see, I have realized two salient facts about the United Kingdom's modern system of governance: 1) it is as untrustworthy and undemocratic as ever; 2) it is a great deal more boring. On the other hand, the Queen, apparently in the least democratic of our institutions, is more trustworthy, more beloved and apparently more interested in her people than her government – all this, and she is the pinnacle of the bizarre, colourful, system which is the British and Irish nobility.

Hereditary titles ceased, as matter of course, to be granted in the UK from the point of Harold Wilson's government coming into power in 1965; since then, four hereditary peerages (two now extinct) have been granted, and one hereditary knighthood (properly speaking, a baronetcy; a baronet is not really a knight, but is addressed as such). Macmillan could say, just a few years before 1965, that “you've never had it so good”; since then the gap between rich and poor had increased significantly in the UK, racial and class tensions have increased, and any sense of public morality or responsibility have disappeared.

I am fairly sure the cessation of regularly granting hereditary peerages is the direct cause of the collapse of our once great nation. Nor is this issue restricted to Queen Elizabeth II's home realm; others of her realms have actively discouraged the granting of such honours to their citizens. I am thinking particularly of Canada's “Nickles Resolution” of 1919, which eventually passed their lower house but was not made law; nonetheless, Prime Minister Chrétien (suspiciously close in spelling to cretin) used it as precedent in a court case to disbar Conrad Black's proposed peerage. I can only describe that as open and un-Parliamentary rebellion.

Lord Black's peerage was, in any case, a life peerage – a plastic sort of finery, if you ask me. Hereditary peerages are living history – they remind us of where they began, even if the current incumbent is a dribbling loon. They create a rich tapestry of titles and precedence and legacy. Because of this, and the undoubted link between hereditary peerages being granted and our nation's wealth and security, I have done what I know the Queen would do if she were permitted to do by the band of villains about her.

I hereby declare a revolution in effect with this, the Panshangar Declaration:

“We, the Government-in-Anonymity of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, declare our intention to rescue Her Majesty's person out of the hands of those desperate person who are about her; for the defence of both Houses of Parliament (from themselves), and for the preservation of the true religion, the laws, liberties and peace of the kingdom.

Signed this day of 16^th August 2011 by my hand in the Queen's name,

Owen, 1^st Viscount Welwyn

Garden House, Welwyn Garden City”

Note 1: This blog shall be chiefly used to declare the movements and actions of the Government-in-Anonymity, and particularly the spread of the revolution.

Note 2: Insomuch as, two hours after my title was created, I have not yet been contacted by any person in authority to deny its authenticity, I think we may safely legally assume it is valid; frankly, low readership of this blog can only be of advantage to the cause of the revolution, so I will not find it disappointing if such turns out to be the case.