Coronation of King Charles 3rd

[hilts]

Sorry but if there's anything weirder than worshipping a mediocre, charisma void family, who retain their privileged positions from sheer accident of birth I've yet to hear it. Tell a lie , hearing the Rags going on about winning the Quadruple 3 months ago with 10 Bob Guardiola at the helm might have been even weirder. But only just.

That's life in a nutshell tbf. Luck is pretty much everything.

 

[kaz7]

Will watch the highlights on the news later on after the game, cant bear either of them and i defo wont be thinking of the old bag as queen, gaslighting the public with her

 

[kaz7]

Why do people always mention Blair or Johnson as potential president ffs? Is there nobody else?

Boris would have been president in your world though , thanks for that !

 

[Brewster's millions]

People who have struggled to get elected, not sure they would poll enough to make it to a run-off.

None of them should be anywhere near a position of power. I was merely giving examples of other, recent political leaders and alternatives should a President Blair or Johnson be too unpalatable for most.

It’s not exactly a strong bench.

Or perhaps if we replicated Ireland’s last presidential election, we could have a politician turned broadcaster (Michael Portillo) beating a celebrity businessman (Alan Sugar), if that floats your boat.

 

[splinter]

Getting in a load of cans this historical event

 

[St.Pauli support]

I'd vote for the great marching bands with drums and bagpipes,
without the royalty bit.

But those bands only exist because of royalty. Priceless for personal costs. So yes, keep it! ;)

Luv it though. Deeply impressive moments of music and choreography during the Queen's funeral procession. Could watch it again and again.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I will continue to do my duty:

Serious question.
Could you continue to do so in a Republic?

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I'm definitely not a monarchist, but the alternative as head of state scares me shitless. Can you imagine President Blair, or President Boris ?

Give me the history, and tradition every time if that is the alternative !

Would Blair be head of the Church too?

 

[MouldensChippy]

Would Blair be head of the Church too?

He would probably would of liked that. He wanted to head of everything, like they all do. Until it goes tits up, then they turn into scousers !

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Serious question.
Could you continue to do so in a Republic?

First and foremost, I absolutely love my job. That's largely all that matters.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Will Betty be serving her famous hotpot?

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

In agreement with many others, I won’t be watching, my position on this is one of total apathy. I don’t care about anything royal be it Charles, Harry and Meghan or whatever. I think I’m quite reflective of those in my age group (early 30s). I read a poll yesterday saying 80% of under 25s don’t care and that sounds about right to me. They’re an anachronism that has limped on into the 21st century by virtue of having two stable diplomatic monarchs that between them served over 130 years. Thus reducing the time available for a crazy one to come in and ruin their reputation and standing.

I also don’t find the tourism argument at all compelling. Nobody comes here to meet the queen or king personally, they come to see the ceremonies and the buildings. All of which would be easy to preserve without having some hereditary monarch sat in the chair. You can troop the colour and change the guard without a monarch.

All of that said, when it comes to finding alternatives… I’m also lukewarm about the thought of putting some other elected stooge in as a president. For the same reason I’m not entirely against the HoL (though I would want it to be reformed), there’s a balance to be struck between indirect democracy and direct democracy which is very important for stability. While I am philosophically opposed to monarchy, I think right now we have much bigger problems on which we need to be spending our political capital.

So yes, let them continue to exist for now but don’t ask me to care.

 

[KS55]

I'd get rid of the whole concept of Royalty and just give the gig to Pep.

Harry as the pivot, William an inverted full back, Queen Camilla as sub.

 

[lloydie]

The Johnson/Blair argument is just BS, a ceremonial, apolitical President would work just fine.

 

[journolud]

Street party at ours on the day of the Coronation. Sadly going to miss it due to City being at home. Ah well, thems the breaks

 

[MouldensChippy]

The Johnson/Blair argument is just BS, a ceremonial, apolitical President would work just fine.

So, who makes the choice on who this apolitical mythical creature will be ?

If it's the Government of the day, there are vested political interests......
If it's by an election, there will be vested political interests !

Do we just play musical chairs until the last one standing is President ?

 

[jimharri]

This thread will be fun.....

 

[Bill Walker]

This thread will be fun.....

Que the Pop corn eating pussy

 

[Semper aggressus]

It’s probably just my age but I quite like us having a monarch. Not really arsed about the cost, etc, I just like the pomp and circumstance and the fact that a lot of countries still seem slightly envious and respectful of our pageantry.

Not interested in the politics, media back stabbing, weirdness side of things, it’s more about the nostalgia and prestige. Good for tourism too.

 

[lloydie]

So, who makes the choice on who this apolitical mythical creature will be ?

If it's the Government of the day, there are vested political interests......
If it's by an election, there will be vested political interests !

Do we just play musical chairs until the last one standing is President ?

Cross party commision & commitee to choose candidates, vetting procedures with full transparency of vested interests, affirmation referendum.
Clearly I've not thought this through (took me about 10 seconds) but it is not beyond the wit of man, unless of course your political bias is to preserve and defend the status quo, in which case you've got to be a bit of a knob given the state of this country.

"Above all, the existence of a hereditary monarchy helps to prop up all the privilege and patronage that corrupts our society; that is why the crown is seen as being of such importance to those who run the country - or enjoy the privileges it affords."