blood speech. enoch powell said, why are you here, send them back. the commonwealth was the explanation of why people were here. there was open migration from the commonwealth, people had the same citizenship rights in those heroes. it was important that the queen was a symbol of those links because in a way, the response from british minorities was, we are here because you were there. anyway the queen symbolises that, she was a champion of the commonwealth. she clashed with her own government over the issue of south africa. in a way she was a distant ally, certainly of the first generation of ethnic minorities and migrants themselves. i don't think that has necessarily passed on down the generations. in my generation, the one below, you say, why are you here, you won't necessarily have the same connection with the commonwealth and therefore you maybe more distant from the monarchy as well. you you maybe more distant from the monarchy as well.—