The British Monarchy

[Bill Walker]

The press don’t half fool people.

If you were due to have a life saving triple heart bypass operation on Monday, you’ll still be having it! They just use photos of surgeons in the middle of an operation next to that headline to get people overexcited.

It’ll be people like Dave from Withington who was going to have a check-up because he’s got crabs and the crab consultant has got the day off, that’ll be cancelled.

That's simply not true mate.
Hospitals will function on a public holiday like they do on a Sunday.
To open up operating theatres and operate on elective surgery requires a fully staffed section of the hospital, they would need a fully staffed intensive care unit, a fully staffed recovery unit, cleaners, specialised theatre nurses, technicians etc etc. Anesthetists and a full compliment of surgeons.
Theatres will be closed except for extreme emergencies at some hospitals.

Same thing is happening here in Oz, patients who were booked in that day for elective surgery have been cancelled, some have been waiting weeks/months.

 

[Bill Walker]

Just got up and was a bit surprised at the poll. I always think BM has more socialistic tendencies but then I remember @Mad Eyed Screamer has quite a few votes and recalling his picture with Charles I deduced the reason for this turn around in opinion.
They don't call me Sherlock for nothing.

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Spotted on Twitter:

‘How long before the Queen’s funeral is cancelled as a mark of respect to the Queen?’

 

[Eccles Blue]

I think it was better without Sunday trading to be honest - people had a rest, families spent more time together.

Is there anything bought on a Sunday that couldn’t be bought on a Saturday?

I soooo agree with you. :-)

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I would classify that one as similar to a birthday or Christmas present.

An item becomes a birthday or Christmas present because it relates to or is consumed on a specific day.

But that item could and often is purchased days prior to that event.

Fresh bread.

 

[Blue and true]

Just got up and was a bit surprised at the poll. I always think BM has more socialistic tendencies but then I remember @Mad Eyed Screamer has quite a few votes and recalling his picture with Charles I deduced the reason for this turn around in opinion.
They don't call me Sherlock for nothing.

Why do people keep conflating socialism with republicanism? Have I missed something?

 

[bluwes]

Spotted on Twitter:

‘How long before the Queen’s funeral is cancelled as a mark of respect to the Queen?’

Am I missing something

 

[Brewster's millions]

Fresh bread.

You can buy fresh bread on a Saturday.

 

[shemnel]

Just got up and was a bit surprised at the poll. I always think BM has more socialistic tendencies but then I remember @Mad Eyed Screamer has quite a few votes and recalling his picture with Charles I deduced the reason for this turn around in opinion.
They don't call me Sherlock for nothing.

Or maybe the poll is broadly representative of most recent polls re the monarchy, and the shock is that actually BMs views might not be as left or weird (compared to wider society) as some posters desperately want it to be....

 

[WestGorton]

No