The Royals - the Commonwealth

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

No, what you're seeing is people objecting to a head of state who put her disgraced son front and centre of the first major public event of the Royal Family since she spent £10m+ to get him out of a court trial for raping his best mate's sex slave. Not only that, but doing it despite everyone at the palace putting out the message to the papers and media that he'd be exiled from public life because of what he did.

This wasn't a private memorial for Phillip, the 95 year old woman has had her son around for a year to comfort her in her grief, this was a public event where she's acting as The Queen, not Andy's mum.

Even the staunchest pro-monarchist has to be able to discern a difference between the Royal family's personal life, and their offical roles when acting as head of state in public.

Thanks for telling me what I'm seeing. I'll leave you and the rest of the herd to it - I'm sure you'll have forgotten this and been guided onto your next outrage in a few days anyway.

 

[domalino]

Thanks for telling me what I'm seeing. I'll leave you and the rest of the herd to it - I'm sure you'll have forgotten this and been guided onto your next outrage in a few days anyway.

You keep raging against the machine mate, keep defending those rapist paedophiles and their enablers from all that unfair criticism that definitely only exists because it’s manufactured on social media.

Maybe one day we can get to idyllic pre-2008 days when rapist paedophiles could get away with going about their daily life with negligible public backlash

 

[Phil1]

Like shooting fish in a barrel this for @Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese
He lives for this shit!!! Haha!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

You keep raging against the machine mate, keep defending those rapist paedophiles and their enablers from all that unfair criticism that definitely only exists because it’s manufactured on social media.

Maybe one day we can get to idyllic pre-2008 days when rapist paedophiles could get away with going about their daily life with negligible public backlash

Sorry can't chat, I've got rapist paedophiles to defend ;-) good luck with your brave internet quest.

 

[domalino]

Sorry can't chat, I've got rapist paedophiles to defend ;-) good luck with your brave internet quest.

Good luck with yours!

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Good luck with yours!

Cheers, all this plus misogyny, the oppression of black people and mild animal cruelty to fit in today - sometimes I wish the peados and rapists would defend and enable each other to save me the job.

 

[oldius]

Fundamentally, the monarchy is seen as an anachronism by most young people and the colonies as the remnants of a past steeped in slavery to build a powerful nation at the expense of others. That is why there is a backlash, in addition to the allegations against Andrew and Charles (peerages for donations). As the older generation leaves this mortal coil, there will be more and more questioning of why the monarchy exists.

 

[KS55]

My feelings about the referendum on Europe is that the public should never have been asked to vote yeah or nay, it was simply too big a question and most people do not know enough about the ramifications of these things, I know I certainly don't.
The referendum was a mistake it should never have happened, too much at stake.
Apart from the above I feel some nations will cut ties with Britain as it seems obvious the Queen is getting towards the end and I don't think Charles and Camilla represent a desirable pair.
I know that the Republican movement here in Australia are. sharpening their knives in preparation for the end of Queen Elizabeth. I've heard rumblings from New Zealand also.

Referenda are not a good way to decide important questions. The real purpose of the Brexit referendum was to bridge a huge divide in the conservative party. Did it succeed?

 

[KS55]

All great empires eventually crumble, and through internal strife, not external pressure.

Bexit. The Scots voted to remain part of the UK in their independence referendum because we were in the EU. England voted leave, we couldn't care less what happens to Northern Ireland, and the Scots feel betrayed.

Australians received their kick in the teeth in 1975 which woke them up and they realised the Pacific nations were where it's at, and kinda thought a non political monarchy as head of state was better for them than an elected president in their referendum.

My own view is they are so appalled at the state of politics in the UK at the moment, I'm not surprised they want to cut their ties with us. I want to cut myself off from Westminster as well so of course I'm going to say something like that.

It's a fallacy we are a power on the world stage militarily. That belongs to the USA and China, but soft power was a strength we had which is now hugely diminished.

'Bring back control' was a misunderstood message during the rerendum. It failed to recognise our influence in the EU, especially our help to the eastern European members, and we were the gateway for the USA and other nations we had close ties with having a friendly voice for them in the most prosperous economic bloc in the world.

That influence we had has now been lost, and those countries we helped are now looking elsewhere because we are out of the club and out on our own.

Australia did not propose a President popularly elected, but one chosen by MPs. It is thought that was a key factor in the defeat in the referendum.