Queen Elizabeth II

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Don't think I've ever felt less British than these last 10 days - not since brexit (although back then I felt more disgusted, whereas this time it's feelings of frustration and fascination).

Seeing the majority of the country genuinely mourn a person they've never met and who didn't know them, with some happy to queue for 14 hours just to pay their respects.
The insistence that she led a hard life when in fact she's had it easier than 99.9% of anyone who ever lived.
The attacking of anyone who doesn't show the same deference or 'respect'.
All of this with the need to pat ourselves on the back for 'doing pomp and ceremony better than anyone in the world' , at a time of financial crisis, as if it's something envied by every other country.

I genuinely can't understand the mentality behind it all. She was no better or worse than any of us, so why are so many happy to elevate her and her family above them? Is the idea of being a peasant so drilled into our national identity? It blows my tiny little mind

I hope you have thick skin. You’re probably going to need it.

 

[Vic]

The Commonwealth would be a major one, I'd list.

Both communities in Northern Ireland seem to think that a couple of small actions had a significant effect - literally crossing the street to meet both sides of the religious divide according to reporting (Newry or Omagh?)

Now this was the crowning moment of her reign. Perhaps because it was the most political.

But let's not rewrite history to give her credit that belongs to real politicians (Blair, Mowlam in particular, but Major, and others across the Irish Sea - even Paisley Snr.)

 

[BlueHammer85]

The coronation economics will dwarf yesterday’s.

Whilst there were loads of people there, it wasn’t a time to buy a tea towel or a mug.

Florists and mobile food trailers will have made a killing, but not much else.

Maybe airlines flying Americans in too.

Trains.

 

[Gobshiight]

I hope you have thick skin. You’re probably going to need it.

Surely people won't take it as a personal attack

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

If it isn’t known, you can’t possibly argue that to be a fact.

The fact I’m very well rewarded to argue for a living suggest otherwise.

 

[Vic]

The money that yesterday will have brought in and will bring in, plus the recruitment to the services that will be boosted as a result- are hard to quantify. Robin Hood economics, whilst sounding lovely - is very short sighted.

Recruitment? We're sacking people.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The fact I’m very well rewarded to argue for a living suggest otherwise.

You may well be. You still can’t definitively say what the costings nor the takings were, so all you can argue is your belief.

 

[Shirley]

Don't think I've ever felt less British than these last 10 days - not since brexit (although back then I felt more disgusted, whereas this time it's feelings of frustration and fascination).

Seeing the majority of the country genuinely mourn a person they've never met and who didn't know them, with some happy to queue for 14 hours just to pay their respects.
The insistence that she led a hard life when in fact she's had it easier than 99.9% of anyone who ever lived.
The attacking of anyone who doesn't show the same deference or 'respect'.
All of this with the need to pat ourselves on the back for 'doing pomp and ceremony better than anyone in the world' , at a time of financial crisis, as if it's something envied by every other country.

I genuinely can't understand the mentality behind it all. She was no better or worse than any of us, so why are so many happy to elevate her and her family above them? Is the idea of being a peasant so drilled into our national identity? It blows my tiny little mind

You’re last sentence sums you up.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You’re last sentence sums you up.

And your grammar does you.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Recruitment? We're sacking people.

Role dependent, but take the point.