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Post by prestwichpotter on May 11, 2022 8:10:58 GMT
A jewel laden hat, getting a lift to a ceremony (which basically told poor people to fuck off) in a £3M custom made Rolls Royce. This madness cannot and should not carry on. nice words from Charles in his speech about "levelling up" though. Laughable...........
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 9:09:27 GMT
For Queen and Country, hopefully the royal family will carry on for a thousand years it makes you so proud Not for me. The whole thing needs abolishing.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on May 11, 2022 9:12:28 GMT
For Queen and Country, hopefully the royal family will carry on for a thousand years it makes you so proud Didn't think you were a fan of immigrants, generally?
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Post by flea79 on May 11, 2022 9:19:50 GMT
god save the queen
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Post by cheadlepotter on May 11, 2022 10:13:42 GMT
I usually don’t mind the royal family. Jubilee celebrations, royal weddings etc seem quite fun for those who choose to get involved. A garden party with some sandwiches and a bit of flag waving won’t cause anybody any harm. If you don’t want to get involved in those very rare occasions then you have that choice not to.
The more important stuff though like yesterday was a load of embarrassing bollocks. Shouting, banging on doors, a hat having its own car, grown men dressed in silly costume stood on some stairs marching on the spot, it was all a complete farce.
They should be self funded and have nothing to do with the serious stuff about running a country.
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on May 11, 2022 10:23:16 GMT
For Queen and Country, hopefully the royal family will carry on for a thousand years it makes you so proud Not for me it doesn't. Get them gone for good.
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Post by partickpotter on May 11, 2022 10:24:24 GMT
I usually don’t mind the royal family. Jubilee celebrations, royal weddings etc seem quite fun for those who choose to get involved. A garden party with some sandwiches and a bit of flag waving won’t cause anybody any harm. If you don’t want to get involved in those very rare occasions then you have that choice not to. The more important stuff though like yesterday was a load of embarrassing bollocks. Shouting, banging on doors, a hat having its own car, grown men dressed in silly costume stood on some stairs marching on the spot, it was all a complete farce. They should be self funded and have nothing to do with the serious stuff about running a country. My understanding is the Royal Family are a net contributor to the UK economy. They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!). I find it hard to get worked up about them. They are there. They do some stuff. Some is good, some bad; most irrelevant to me. Some folk love it, some hate it. But, as it doesn’t affect me in any meaningful way I have no strong opinion. Same goes for all the ceremonial stuff. I can’t get worked up about Black Rod knocking (or not knocking) on the door.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 11:42:51 GMT
A jewel laden hat, getting a lift to a ceremony (which basically told poor people to fuck off) in a £3M custom made Rolls Royce. This madness cannot and should not carry on. nice words from Charles in his speech about "levelling up" though. Laughable........... What a load of old shite. They could have got Hermes to chuck it over the fence for 3 quid
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Post by prestwichpotter on May 11, 2022 12:00:59 GMT
Makes you cringe, doesn't it. Other countries must look at us and think we're stuck in some infantilised version of a country. He's got some medals there as well, the active service he must have seen between 1971-1977 must have been off the scale. I'd love to read up on it one day........
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Post by heworksardtho on May 11, 2022 12:38:27 GMT
For Queen and Country, hopefully the royal family will carry on for a thousand years it makes you so proud Didn't think you were a fan of immigrants, generally? Oooh your fishing 🎣 now, I’m just proud of my country and it’s history
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Post by heworksardtho on May 11, 2022 12:40:02 GMT
For Queen and Country, hopefully the royal family will carry on for a thousand years it makes you so proud Not for me it doesn't. Get them gone for good. And replace them with a Dictator or a Corbyn type racist
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Post by tommycarlsberg on May 11, 2022 13:07:08 GMT
Fuck the lot of them.
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Post by prestwichpotter on May 11, 2022 13:22:06 GMT
Not for me it doesn't. Get them gone for good. And replace them with a Dictator or a Corbyn type racist That Prince Phillip racist was a far better man for the job.........
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on May 11, 2022 13:51:44 GMT
Not for me it doesn't. Get them gone for good. And replace them with a Dictator or a Corbyn type racist Fair few of the royal family are racist mate and funnily enough were friends with a rather famous dictator.
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Post by lordb on May 11, 2022 15:07:50 GMT
I usually don’t mind the royal family. Jubilee celebrations, royal weddings etc seem quite fun for those who choose to get involved. A garden party with some sandwiches and a bit of flag waving won’t cause anybody any harm. If you don’t want to get involved in those very rare occasions then you have that choice not to. The more important stuff though like yesterday was a load of embarrassing bollocks. Shouting, banging on doors, a hat having its own car, grown men dressed in silly costume stood on some stairs marching on the spot, it was all a complete farce. They should be self funded and have nothing to do with the serious stuff about running a country. My understanding is the Royal Family are a net contributor to the UK economy. They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!). I find it hard to get worked up about them. They are there. They do some stuff. Some is good, some bad; most irrelevant to me. Some folk love it, some hate it. But, as it doesn’t affect me in any meaningful way I have no strong opinion. Same goes for all the ceremonial stuff. I can’t get worked up about Black Rod knocking (or not knocking) on the door. 'They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!).' wait till Charles is King
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Post by lordb on May 11, 2022 15:09:25 GMT
Not for me it doesn't. Get them gone for good. And replace them with a Dictator or a Corbyn type racist Neither replaced them with an elected head of state who is separate from the political system If they are that amazing they could stand & surely they would win by a landslide
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Post by partickpotter on May 11, 2022 15:12:23 GMT
My understanding is the Royal Family are a net contributor to the UK economy. They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!). I find it hard to get worked up about them. They are there. They do some stuff. Some is good, some bad; most irrelevant to me. Some folk love it, some hate it. But, as it doesn’t affect me in any meaningful way I have no strong opinion. Same goes for all the ceremonial stuff. I can’t get worked up about Black Rod knocking (or not knocking) on the door. 'They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!).' wait till Charles is King He’d be well advised to see what happened to his namesake.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on May 11, 2022 16:37:34 GMT
Didn't think you were a fan of immigrants, generally? Oooh your fishing 🎣 now, I’m just proud of my country and it’s history Which one? Denmark, France, Scotland, Netherlands, Germany? Think we've imported immigrants from all of those countries during our proud royal history
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 11, 2022 16:43:54 GMT
All seems a bit pointless to me.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on May 11, 2022 16:47:55 GMT
I usually don’t mind the royal family. Jubilee celebrations, royal weddings etc seem quite fun for those who choose to get involved. A garden party with some sandwiches and a bit of flag waving won’t cause anybody any harm. If you don’t want to get involved in those very rare occasions then you have that choice not to. The more important stuff though like yesterday was a load of embarrassing bollocks. Shouting, banging on doors, a hat having its own car, grown men dressed in silly costume stood on some stairs marching on the spot, it was all a complete farce. They should be self funded and have nothing to do with the serious stuff about running a country. My understanding is the Royal Family are a net contributor to the UK economy. They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!). I find it hard to get worked up about them. They are there. They do some stuff. Some is good, some bad; most irrelevant to me. Some folk love it, some hate it. But, as it doesn’t affect me in any meaningful way I have no strong opinion. Same goes for all the ceremonial stuff. I can’t get worked up about Black Rod knocking (or not knocking) on the door. I believe they're a net contributor also. I also think it needs scaling back, yesterday seemed even more OTT than usual. I think most enjoy a bit of pageantry, but the the key words are 'a bit'. More pressing is the urgent need for the overhaul of our National Anthem.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 11, 2022 16:57:44 GMT
My understanding is the Royal Family are a net contributor to the UK economy. They certainly have no involvement in running the country (well, no direct role!). I find it hard to get worked up about them. They are there. They do some stuff. Some is good, some bad; most irrelevant to me. Some folk love it, some hate it. But, as it doesn’t affect me in any meaningful way I have no strong opinion. Same goes for all the ceremonial stuff. I can’t get worked up about Black Rod knocking (or not knocking) on the door. I believe they're a net contributor also. I also think it needs scaling back, yesterday seemed even more OTT than usual. I think most enjoy a bit of pageantry, but the the key words are 'a bit'. More pressing is the urgent need for the overhaul of our National Anthem. Indeed it’ll need changing to God Save The King soon
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Post by heworksardtho on May 11, 2022 17:09:41 GMT
I believe they're a net contributor also. I also think it needs scaling back, yesterday seemed even more OTT than usual. I think most enjoy a bit of pageantry, but the the key words are 'a bit'. More pressing is the urgent need for the overhaul of our National Anthem. Indeed it’ll need changing to God Save The King soon Charles then William what a fantastic era we will be moving into , the Great is certainly back into Great Britain and long may it continue
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Post by RedandWhite90 on May 11, 2022 18:23:26 GMT
I believe they're a net contributor also. I also think it needs scaling back, yesterday seemed even more OTT than usual. I think most enjoy a bit of pageantry, but the the key words are 'a bit'. More pressing is the urgent need for the overhaul of our National Anthem. Indeed it’ll need changing to God Save The King soon Haw-haw. Jerusalem for me 👌, and I'd get Buffon to sing it.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 11, 2022 18:38:49 GMT
Indeed it’ll need changing to God Save The King soon Haw-haw. Jerusalem for me 👌, and I'd get Buffon to sing it. I’m surprised Joe Denly isn’t in the running😉
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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 11, 2022 18:40:24 GMT
All seems a bit pointless to me. Who? Rednwhitenblue? Agreed😉
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Post by RedandWhite90 on May 11, 2022 18:43:56 GMT
Haw-haw. Jerusalem for me 👌, and I'd get Buffon to sing it. I’m surprised Joe Denly isn’t in the running😉 Busy at No.3
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Post by thevoid on May 12, 2022 6:35:38 GMT
All seems a bit pointless to me. Who? Rednwhitenblue? Agreed😉 Now now Badge. Bluers performs an important function on the board, he's like The Oatcake's answer to Google (Bluegle?) Want a post about Subject A written by Poster X on Thread Y from 2010? Just ask Bluegle! 😀
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Post by partickpotter on May 12, 2022 6:46:30 GMT
All seems a bit pointless to me. Who? Rednwhitenblue? Agreed😉 As Blackadder once said (albeit in a different context)… like a broken pencil.
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Post by metalhead on May 12, 2022 6:52:58 GMT
The Queen is 95 and the Windsors are all in full blown chaos mode again, there’s never been a better time to say goodbye to our outdated class system and all the pomp and ceremony bullshit that goes with it and move forward as a country. Britain’s biggest welfare swindlers need to retire to their country homes and let us get on with creating a modern society free from all this bollocks.... I dream of the day the Monarchy is fucked off for good. Why on earth it still exists when most countries binned theirs off years ago. We laugh at countries like North Korea for this: Yet, Here Ye, Here Ye, this is oh so traditional and very imPORtant. Fuck off. I keep coming back to this post I made last year. Primarily because that town crier bollocks is just another facet of this utterly ridiculous performance piece we continue to tolerate. 3 million pound Rolls Royces during a cost of living crisis? A special car for a silly hat when we are telling people to drive less due to the damage to the environment? They are giving us the middle finger and laughing while they do it. To tolerate this shambles for more than is really necessary would be obscene. If people honestly think the Royal family provide a huge economic boost, they are deluded.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on May 12, 2022 17:12:12 GMT
Who? Rednwhitenblue? Agreed😉 As Blackadder once said (albeit in a different context)… like a broken pencil. You do love your little pile-ons, you right-wing lot
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