Monarchy

[Mathewbet1]

She’s been a robot for years died years ago

[johnsusername]

I reckon half these anecdotes people are telling are completely made up.

 

"It was the year 19 and 59, I was 15 years old and was working in a factory that made fertilizer. Unannounced, Her Majesty came on a trip around the workplace and after trying to clean ourselves as best we could we all lined up and she greeted us one by one. I told her she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. She laughed. It was a wonderful moment. I've never heard anyone laugh like that. She had a special way about her, you know. Not like people today. These snowflakes. Don't know they're born. Never fought for queen and country. She single handedly saved us from the Nazis. I'd just like to say, thank you Ma'am - we'll keep fighting for your country. Against the blacks, Irish and Scousers."  

 

[Duff Man]

"..and the black elves."

[Gnasher]

She's hit the sherry again,

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

1 hour ago, Harry Squatter said:

He should have whipped his cock out.

[Gnasher]

Getting really weird now,

 

 

 

 

 

[Champ]

1 hour ago, Funkasy said:

Not sure if your serious.

Totally 

[House of Dirk]

 

I just find this sense of ownership and attachment just plain bizarre along with this feeling that we have to be demonstrating signs of mourning.  I am sad in the sense that someones mother and grandmother has died. Normal human empathy, which most are capable of is acceptable. But these anecdotes like she was peoples best mate and hanging around the gates at all hours just to have a camera thrown at your face is just odd.

[Mudface]

9 minutes ago, Champ said:

Totally 

Cath, despite repeated requests, you haven't responded in the Edinburgh WTF group. If you do get the last transmission, or any of other our increasingly desperate messages, ignore the safe house-

 

RUN.

[nimrod]

15 hours ago, redinblack said:

How is this different to what we have now?

Wow? are you serious, you think it can't get worse?

 

[Red Shift]

36 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

He should have whipped his cock out.

You’re confusing The King with Andrew, presumably.

[nimrod]

15 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Nope.

 

The replacement for our monarchy isn't a Murdoch-imposed dictator: it's nothing. There is literally nothing the Royal Family do that needs to be anybody's job. There's the ceremonial stuff, cutting ribbons and handing out awards like any old Lord Mayor; we could get Ant & Dec to do that shit. Then there's the secretive meddling in politics; it's best that nobody does that.

Well that's got me convinced, we can all sleep in our beds in the secure knowledge that a Murdoch approved president will be all sweetness and enlightened? I think you need to look at the recent behaviour of the right wing establishment, and they feel restricted now!
'You ain't seen nothing yet'

[Alan Sex]

18 hours ago, Section_31 said:

I'm always amused by the low bar people set for royal anecdotes.

 

"I was hiking near Balmoral and the heavens opened. I walked past the queen who was out hunting with her entourage and she said 'you're very wet aren't you?'. But that's the kind of woman she was. She was all of us."

Worst porn film ever. 
 

Still managed to make it work. 

[Oh Buoy]

 

McGrief. 

[Red Shift]

16 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

This "years of service" thing is ridiculous. Even last night after the news they had a tribute on and apart from being in some form of girl guides around the second world war her life basically consisted of going on several long holidays to Malta, Kenya, Australia and the USA.

 

Meeting lots of famous people, shaking hands with them and attending ceremonies where people served her the best food and drink. Travelling on private jets and her own train to attending social events. She basically got to go on all expenses paid jollies all her life and "Loved spending time the most at Balmoral" amongst her 6 or 7 very expensive castles. 

 

She was just a figurehead of the country that foreign people associate with. I can't recall any benefit to the actual people of the country that she "ruled" over. Sitting on gold thrones with diamonds that cost £4m telling everyone we need to tighten our belts whilst trying to access fuel poverty funds to heat her Palace as well as taking £300m off the public to redecorate her Palace despite having billions in the bank and hiding it in offshore accounts to avoid paying tax that could have helped fund schools and hospitals.

 

Yes Ma'am thanks for your service. 

Sounds like your average President. Which is what we get w/o a Monarchy.

 

Meet the new boss etc etc

[Red Shift]

18 hours ago, Tj hooker said:

I wished no Ill on the woman when she was alive and I hope she had as much a peaceful death as its possible to have  and I feel for the family she has left behind but this wall to wall coverage and general hand wringing is just ridiculous and needs to stop , were not all devastated as the sycophants would have you believe either .

Rituals around Death have been with us since the dawn of man. Very cathartic too. Surely choice is everything? Let the People be I say.

[Anubis]

New entry into the Grief Olympics from Frank Bruno. Reading this thread it’s a verifiable shopping list of people who need to be culled. Disturbed sleep? Fucking hell.

 

 

[redheart]

9 hours ago, Champ said:

Talking at work about this, we’re all convinced those pictures with Truss were prerecorded and that she’s deteriorated over a period of weeks before finally dying yesterday. Old people don’t go from healthy like that to dead in 2 days, especially one so closely monitored 

 

Actually they can and often do. Anyone who has lost an elderly relative will tell you that they can deteriorate and go very quickly. 

[Leyton388]

I see that bellend Frank Sinclair has been suspended from talksport. 

 

[Gnasher]

I believe the Queen will not pay a single penny in inheritance tax.

[Kepler-186]

Within a minute of logging on to Twitter I saw Clarkson call socialists horrible people then found this gem featuring Doug Stanhope. 
 

 

[tokyojoe]

4 minutes ago, Kepler-186 said:

Within a minute of logging on to Twitter I saw Clarkson call socialists horrible people then found this gem featuring Doug Stanhope. 
 

 

That should be broadcast on the BBC on the hour, every hour.

 

I suspect it won't though. 

[Kepler-186]

[AngryOfTuebrook]

6 hours ago, nimrod said:

Well that's got me convinced, we can all sleep in our beds in the secure knowledge that a Murdoch approved president will be all sweetness and enlightened? I think you need to look at the recent behaviour of the right wing establishment, and they feel restricted now!
'You ain't seen nothing yet'

Do you read posts before you reply to them?

 

I'll repeat: there wouldn't be any president, Murdoch approved or otherwise. Nothing that the Royal Family does is of any value whatsoever, so we wouldn't create a new role (of president, or whatever) to do it.

 

Unless you know differently. 

You seem to be under the illusion that a hereditary monarch is somehow an indispensable protector of our democracy. Please explain how that works.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

4 hours ago, Red Shift said:

Sounds like your average President. Which is what we get w/o a Monarchy.

 

Meet the new boss etc etc

No it isn't.