Queen Elizabeth II

[Nellies left peg]

Edward worked in the theatre. Might have held on to a costume or two.

It’s from his It’s a knockout appearance

 

[west didsblue]

You're right mate, I won't see a republic in my lifetime. But it'll happen, eventually. And maybe it'll be my great-great grandchild voting for, in modern democratic process, a president; and not being forced to bow down to a morally bankrupt, freeloading, unelected leader.

This is about the Queen not Truss.

 

[mccity]

I've had to remove a couple of particularly unsavoury posts. I also had to remove the conversation that followed, even though most of those posts were fine, so apologies if anybody's posts were caught up in that.


Anyway, try to avoid making personal attacks on one another.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The country isn’t mourning your opinion.

You don’t have to be crying. You can morn or be sad with quiet reflection. Of course people emotions change after so many days following the news. I don’t understand what your expecting?
It’s clear that you don’t like/ aren’t bothered about the queen and are trying to make out barely anyone else is. You care that little you seem to be constantly posting on here about it. If you don’t care why feel the need to tell everyone?

Probably for the same reason that you’re on here telling people that they do.

Its an opinion. It can be deemed wrong or right.

Why do you feel the need to tell us how much the country is mourning?

 

[Keeper!]

One thing i disagree with about the royals is that unless they served they shouldnt wear a uniform and medals they havent earned, pet hate of mine

One thing the last few days has shown is that some of the traditional costumes have to be binned, I personally found some cringy and embarrassing.

The privy council on Saturday looked like some perverse fancy dress party.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Probably for the same reason that you’re on here telling people that they do.

Its an opinion. It can be deemed wrong or right.

Why do you feel the need to tell us how much the country is mourning?

I and many others disagree with his opinion. I haven’t said that everyone is sad about it - I said it’s somewhere in the middle.

For someone who doesn’t care about it why keep posting about it and talking about it?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I and many others disagree with his opinion. For someone who doesn’t care about it why keep posting about it and talking about it?

You don’t get to decide who posts what.

All you can do is rise above it and he’d stop having to defend what he’s experienced.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

“That’s all well and good, ma’am, but could you sort the fucking issue with your wonky scales out, I’ve got a Queen to mourn.”

Substitute ‘wanky’ for ‘wonky’ and you are absolutely correct.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

When the assistant came over to at Waitrose me she burst into tears, saying that HRH’s passing was the saddest day of her life, sadder than when both her parents and all her siblings died in a car accident, and that there will always be a cloud handing ever her now, so it shows what you know, which is basically fuck all.

She didn’t ‘challenge 25‘ me though, which always disappoints.

Sounds suspiciously like The Fixers sister.

 

[west didsblue]

One thing the last few days has shown is that some of the traditional costumes have to be binned, I personally found some cringy and embarrassing.

The privy council on Saturday looked like some perverse fancy dress party.

Can’t understand why the privy council weren’t meeting in an outside toilet.

 

[meeesh]

One thing i disagree with about the royals is that unless they served they shouldnt wear a uniform and medals they havent earned, pet hate of mine

He earned his medals in potato peeling

 

[Keeper!]

Can’t understand why the privy council weren’t meeting in an outside toilet.

It was the same today with the Parliamentary proceedings, it's time to move on, tradition is all well and good, but the Speaker dressed as some sort of Dickens character is not a good look for the country.

 

[Nellies left peg]

If the queen had died at Windsor would we have to hear how much she loved Scotland every 5 minutes?

 

[kaz7]

If the queen had died at Windsor would we have to hear how much she loved Scotland every 5 minutes?

I am glad she died in her happy place

 

[west didsblue]

It was the same today with the Parliamentary proceedings, it's time to move on, tradition is all well and good, but the Speaker dressed as some sort of Dickens character is not a good look for the country.

Could be worse. We could have a Prime Minister who looks and acts like an animated Chucky doll.
Erm wait a minute…..

 

[Keeper!]

Could be worse. We could have a Prime Minister who looks and acts like an animated Chucky doll.
Erm wait a minute…..

And Tiffany has taken his place....

 

[frothy]

To do what? Needlessly shoot at someone?

Have you even seen it ?

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

You don’t get to decide who posts what.

All you can do is rise above it and he’d stop having to defend what he’s experienced.

Never said I did.

Im also allowed to reply. If he didn’t keep posting I wouldn’t reply. It’s hard to rise above it when I completely disagree with a lot of what he’s posted. Posts about a queen/ situation he apparently doesn’t care about.

Suppose that’s the benefit of a good forum. Not trying to argue, just fundamentally disagree. Hence why I’m replying as many others are

 

[Blue and true]

Liz Truss?

The party of Liz Truss was voted to govern by the people of the country; if we decide she isn't fit for purpose, we can bin her off in a year or two.

Although I suspect you're intelligent enough to know that, and were being deliberately facetious.

 

[metalblue]

My point always was that the country just isn't in mourning. It isn't. It's a false narrative. A small percentage maybe are, but I absolutely categorically do not believe that anything more than a tiny percentage of this country has had their mood or day to day life affected or shifted for more than ten minutes. I've got no doubt some of you are still glued to the coverage, welling up over montages, but I genuinely believe they're few and far between. The fact that the vast majority were pissed that football was cancelled is a pretty good indicator to me, plus once again, absolutely loads of (admittedly anecdotal) social interactions where the queen could have come up in conversation loads, but didn't. I can't prove it, like you can't the other way, but I believe it.

Ultimately, a very old lady died. No one is shocked by this, so what more is there to say for most people after the initial 'that's sad' stuff on Thursday/Friday? Nothing. Hence why the topic of conversation is no longer an interesting one and why maybe it isn't being brought up...as there is just not really much else to say other than these type of 'the monarchy is good/bad' convos.

Notwithstanding the historical aspect there is a difference between being respectful and mourning. The vast majority of people are being respectful rather than sobbing uncontrollably at the loss which is what I presume you expect someone in mourning to be doing.

Not everyone is respectful at the loss of our queen (they don’t give two shits) and that is their choice.

I suppose I liken it to how I slow down if I see a hearse, wont go past it if it’s heading the same way as me - I see it as respectful to them and their family and also an opportunity to take a few moments to slow down and think about things in my life - some people don’t give a fuck and go past like they would any other car. Again the vast majority do what I do and don’t overtake etc.