Unknown Soldier? Who He?

In an access of good taste worthy of the most rah-rah reaches of the Bullingdon Club, the Royal Mint is to commemorate the First World War with a two-pound coin depicting the image of Lord Kitchener pointing out meat for the butcher's block. A further four monuments to the glorious victory are scheduled for the next few years, doubtless including such iconic slogans as Order of the White Feather, Hang the Kaiser, Squeeze Germany Till the Pips Squeak and A Home Fit for Heroes to Live In. There will also be a special five-pound coin to commemorate the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of Queen Anne, a pious mediocrity whose sole significant achievement was to let in those Germans whose vacant descendants remain, to this day, at the head of our hollowed-out state. It is as yet unclear whether a coin will be issued to commemorate that family's tactful changing of its name, on 17 July 1917, in order to disguise its immigrant status.