Anna has written to the lot of famous people, asking them to support the establishment of Mother's Day, to promote filial piety, initially lukewarm, but she was not discouraged, to continue to appeal to all walks of life.
But the delayed reaction - from expressing disappointment, to going on television 48 hours later to denounce the outcome as "bad for Britain"' - was not simply because he was irritated by the Eurosceptics, or was under pressure from some in his party for his initiallylukewarm response.