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Loyal Opposition.

Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.

Parliamentary tradition · public domain

Loyal Opposition., Quorum

Two words that belong together.

"Loyal opposition" is a parliamentary idea: you can oppose the government of the day and remain entirely loyal to the country and its system. The two words are not in tension. They depend on each other.

Why it is a Show Up message.

The Show Up lens is about the disposition Quorum is asking for, engaged, durable, civil. "Loyal opposition" names that disposition exactly: in it for the long run, opposed sometimes, loyal throughout.

How we set it.

Fraunces, "Opposition" in the wonky italic, Honest Gold ground. A literate, editorial setting for a literate, editorial idea.