Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
The second paragraph shows that it was a dig at the neo-colonialism of Blair. It was framed in deliberately provocative language first to mock the reductive sneering of right-on lefty anti-monarchists and then to turn it back on them in relation their chum Tone.
I don't give a fück about the 2nd paragraph. The sentence it was used in explicitly references the Commonwealth groupies and politicians that meet the queen. You brought up context. Let's speak about the sentence it was used in.

He may or may not be a racist, but he is prepared to use casually racist terms for humour.

Fair play, I do the same in the privacy of my home, but it is not something I would do in public because it's offensive, and certainly not if I was in a position of power and had a potential audience (via shares, reposts etc) of millions.