Britain has joined its brethren in the 'civilised West' to legitimise civil partnerships, which to us simply means same-sex marriages. They are also putting a ban on preaching because it offends Muslim minorities. Britain has, of course, made Sunday a working day.
While people are celebrating on Sunday we shouldn't forget the people who fought for lifting this ban are in jail.
They can't ban or burn Larkin's books. What they can embark on is the more genteel process of literary demotion.
No I didn't ban the press. The press banned me. In later years in the blossom of my career, some editors got across to me and said they wanted me in their mags because the readers wanted me. But I refused because it wasn't me who started the war.
