Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation

I wonder if the people living under the rule of the Taliban can see a relevance. It was precisely that fear that won Trump the Presidency.
I think maybe what old England has come to is a need to feel comfortable with folksong - like an old jumper.

To be honest, why not? Most of us are old, battered by life and seen better days.
The days when the nightingale singing a love song down in the valley below was a gynaecological description are long gone.