The coronation pulled a screen across a desperate, polarised nation

*The coronation [in the UK] pulled a screen across a desperate, failing nation — just as intended. Those who opposed it must be portrayed as radical, or the whole rotten system it represents might come crashing down.*

If I imagine myself as British, I do not see myself as opposing either the coronation or the monarchy. I simply see them as side issues. Queen Elizabeth II was not responsible for the Tory policy of repression and impoverishment of the poor, nor for Starmer's ruination of the Labour party. Those are what's really bad about the UK government.