Royalty

@JaRyder

Oh shut up idiotic troll.

The British public would have shown you where they stood regarding your minority views.

I thought that the essence of our democracy was that the minority were allowed to express their view. Indeed was it not Jennings, the great constitutional lawyer, who said the "one can tell the strength of a democracy by the status of the equivalent of Her Majestey's opposition"?

The House of Lords used to be a hereditary base for the power of a very small minority. That was clearly wrong. It gradually transformed into an appointed chamber. This is also wrong but curiously less wrong. Now, all parties agree that it ought to be a democratically elected chamber and, within a few years it will be. This is progress and good. Why shouldn't the Head of State also be elected? If the Queen or her son think that they are good enough to do the job, stand for election and let's see who wins. As a British president would have minor and primarily ceremonial powers (unlike the US or France and more like Ireland or Italy) there is ample scope with proportional representation for the country to choose the best person. Rules could be imposed to bar anyone who had held elected office, thus debarring MPs and members of the new upper chamber. Not so far fetched but a better representation of a modern democratic progressive country than an ancient hereditary monarchy with all its attendant lackeys and hangers-on.

This was correct when I wrote it on the first page of this thread two years ago and is still correct today.

Via a Twitter chum: "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." - Thomas Paine

This was correct when I wrote it on the first page of this thread two years ago and is still correct today.

How dare you disagree with gaggles?

You should have been placed in the stocks on the stage outside Buckingham Palace this evening.

GA2G, don't let these brutus discourage you, there is still a lot to say about it, and fight for it, The Empire needs you!!

Hhahahahahahaaa!

Nice Queen... lol.

Can you name anyone who has worked nearly 360 days a year for 60 years? I cannot.

Doctor Who.

That was easy for him though, he was born in a police box.

Police box/Silver spoon? Same difference.

Judging by the queues at Madame Two-Swords, he does more for the massive red herring that is 'tourism' as well.

The hopeless charade of this weekend has not boosted the economy.

1) My company made no more money this weekend than it did last year. In fact last years royal extravaganza netted us close to fuck all.
2) The little independent coffee shop where I buy a coffee was actually closed this morning based on the lack of success this weekend. I had a chat with the owner who said she'd be closed if she saw no upward trend.
3) The cab driver who stopped to buy his coffee as well also commented that the only reason he was out today was to escape the "wife and bleedin' kids".

Will we waste quite so much on funeral arrangements when Phil the bubble finally tumbles from this mortal coil?

Yes but think how much LFGSS has profited from it. 22 pages dedicated to the subject.

And all the pleasure we got from reading ironic and sarcastic comments.

As a community we should be proud of the quantitive and qualitive comments generated.

what a fuck up that whole boat parade was on sunday, my sisters family had to blag their way into a building right on london bridge just to see any of the boats pass by

free sandwiches burgers pizza's and beers made up for it though for them

i watched anti-monarchy propoganda video's at home all sunday

no wonder the scots don't really feel for the queen when one of the verses in the national anthem goes like this

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid, Victory bring.
May he sedition hush, and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush, God save the King.

The street party aftermath:

poor poor muffin

draws quite close comparison to the british people after the jubilee celebrations
the queen just throws them away once she's had her fill of love and adoration ( muffins )

^ haha!

The hopeless charade of this weekend has not boosted the economy.

1) My company made no more money this weekend than it did last year. In fact last years royal extravaganza netted us close to fuck all.
2) The little independent coffee shop where I buy a coffee was actually closed this morning based on the lack of success this weekend. I had a chat with the owner who said she'd be closed if she saw no upward trend.
3) The cab driver who stopped to buy his coffee as well also commented that the only reason he was out today was to escape the "wife and bleedin' kids".

Will we waste quite so much on funeral arrangements when Phil the bubble finally tumbles from this mortal coil?

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**BBC - Retailers expect economic boost from Jubilee weekend

ITV - Diamond Jubilee brings boost for East Midlands Economy

i feel so sad for those of you, that dislike monarchy, and live in britain, where overall, its well loved. Oh dear. Too sad.

odfo.

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**BBC - Retailers expect economic boost from Jubilee weekend

ITV - Diamond Jubilee brings boost for East Midlands Economy

Early reports in West London suggest that "expect" was a little optimistic and the only company that made any money in the east midlands was the train company as several curtain-twitching, bored "considerably richer than yo" housewives came down for the weekend.

Fuuuuuuuuu. Putting this thread on ignore...

there's work and there work
i don't recall the queen down a mine chipping away at a coal face
i don't recall the queen working in front of a blast furnace
i don't recall the queen welding ships hulls together

i do recalll the queen eating free food every day of her life and quoffing gallons of champoo at the nations expense ... i've seen her £10mn quid hat that she stole from the colonies
i recall her dining with mugabe
i recall her 5 houses paid for at the nations expense

he'll i could pass small talk with sycophants and shake a few hands every day as long as there was a stella in the back of the rolls once it was all over
it's barely a job

Lords of all they behold...

Update from my earlier post:
(with added worshippers)