‘If only’ is in itself a powerful application of language. It suggests that if the past was different or if change had occurred in preference to that which we empirically experience. For example ‘if only the Tories cared’ or ‘If only pompous self aggrandising people were prohibited from humanity’. Now we come to a very … Continue reading If only clueless and ignorant Dominic Raab hadn’t suggested that ‘taking the knee’ originated in Game of Thrones