We are ruled by modern Mughals who today, with swaying grandeur, will transport themselves, their appurtenances and appendages to Liverpool for the Labour Party conference.
Last week it was central Manchester for the Conservatives’ conference. The week before that, though you may not have noticed, Sir Edward Davey and his Lib Dems paraded their shortcomings in Bournemouth.
In the Mughal empire that governed India until 1761, the ruling court would move from city to city with similar palaver. According to the Grand Vizier Abul Fazl, each encampment involved hundreds of elephants, camels and mules.