Can we stop with the VE Day moral relativism?

Fantastic news that the 75^th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Europe will be a more sombre, sober affair this year due to our current mortal foe, coronavirus. Three days of celebrations had been planned, including processions, street parties and church services, almost all of which have had to be postponed. A good thing, too, according to the Guardian – because celebrating the end of war has become ‘toxic’ and ‘divisive’. Whether seeing a bunch of old soldiers meeting up for what will probably be the last time is as toxic and divisive as world war two is, of course, open to question.

It’s mind-numbingly predictable to find such self-loathing in the Guardian, for whom anything which smacks of national pride is automatically condemned. For the ultra-woke, flying the national flag, cheering on the national team or taking pride in anything British – with the exception of the NHS – marks you down as a closet racist and probably a Brexiteer or, worse, a Tory.