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steeplejack said:
Not forgetting that he was too pished to get off his plane to meet the Irish Taoiseach in 1994, en route back from America.
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Let’s not forget the Irish PM hightailed it back from Australia specifically so he could be ignored by Yeltsin. Stereotypes need to be upheld.
 
If the proceedings are meant to be opened by an extremely elderly Windsor resident, maybe they shouldn't be holding them in an extremely outdated building in a congested area of London with serious accessibility issues - with a bit of effort I'm sure they could find a site in Slough to build a more suitable new building.
 
my remaining grannie get called mrs my surname by her granchildren

even thought she had plenty of kids and buried most of them


her generation are hard minded people

my gran is still alive 89 and still the most determind and decisive in her choices


cannot argue with that women
 
T & P said:
Obviously I’ve no insight whatsoever on her state of health, but it is also perfectly possible she has become wheelchair bound due to her advancing age and still be perfectly lucid, mentally competent and have a number of years in her, as countless millions of people go through around the world all the time.

It goes without saying that in an ideal world being wheelchair bound but otherwise reasonably healthy, comfortable and willing should never be an impediment to carry on with your life, even if you’re the bloody head of state. In fact it would be a wonderful advertisement for further acceptance in everyday life of disabled people if she were to show up and open Parliament tomorrow on a wheelchair. But I get the feeling either Brenda herself or whoever is in charge of ‘The Firm’ might think it undignified or something to be embarrassed about.

Then again she might be unwell enough to at least prevent her from attending the event. But I certainly wouldn’t put it past that lot to consider the sight of Her Maj being wheeled in to an official duty unacceptable.
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Totally get you, but it's possible to need a wheelchair without being "wheelchair bound." Some people need a wheelchair but not all the time and there's still a lot of misunderstanding and stigma about that; people get abuse for using a chair or walking aids if they don't use them 100% of the time, as though it "proves" they aren't disabled enough. (I've experienced this.) There was a meme doing the rounds a few years ago that showed a woman standing next to her wheelchair reaching to grab a bottle of alcohol in a shop, the tagline was "It's a Christmas miracle!" Even George Takei shared it. It feeds into that "See, she's not really ill/disabled" and it's really toxic. Not at all saying that that's what you're doing, just wanted to point out that wheelchair users do get that kind of crap if we're seen to do anything without the chair. It's been especially hard with the whole Daily Mail/DWP BS about who "deserves" sickness benefits. A lot of people with blue badges walking from their car have had aggro. So the term"wheelchair bound" is in itself problematic.
 
Dystopiary said:
Totally get you, but it's possible to need a wheelchair without being "wheelchair bound." Some people need a wheelchair but not all the time and there's still a lot of misunderstanding and stigma about that; people get abuse for using a chair or walking aids if they don't use them 100% of the time, as though it "proves" they aren't disabled enough. (I've experienced this.) There was a meme doing the rounds a few years ago that showed a woman standing next to her wheelchair reaching to grab a bottle of alcohol in a shop, the tagline was "It's a Christmas miracle!" Even George Takei shared it. It feeds into that "See, she's not really ill/disabled" and it's really toxic. Not at all saying that that's what you're doing, just wanted to point out that wheelchair users do get that kind of crap if we're seen to do anything without the chair. It's been especially hard with the whole Daily Mail/DWP BS about who "deserves" sickness benefits. A lot of people with blue badges walking from their car have had aggro. So the term"wheelchair bound" is in itself problematic.
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Found an old piece about it. The woman in the picture was actually standing on her wheelchair, not next to it. Good for her that it doubled up as a reaching aid!

Too many celebrities, but especially George Takei, are using social media to mock people with disabilities
 
Yossarian said:
If the proceedings are meant to be opened by an extremely elderly Windsor resident, maybe they shouldn't be holding them in an extremely outdated building in a congested area of London with serious accessibility issues - with a bit of effort I'm sure they could find a site in Slough to build a more suitable new building.
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ska invita said:
blatantly this though its pretty hilarious how much she doenst want charles to take over, to the point that she still wont stand down even though she can barely stand up
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As much as I hate the monarchy, as a person with mobility issues myself, I don't feel that being unable to stand up should mean you have to stand down and I don't find that a particularly helpful way to look at things.

(Obvs as I am in favour of a republic I don't think she should be opening parliament whatever her state of mobility, but in general I support the point that mobility issues shouldn't in themselves be an impediment viewed as making someone unsuitable for a job, and I don't think a monarch should have anything to do with parliament even if they can run a marathon).
 
She doesn’t want to be seen in a wheelchair because of that famous Princess Margaret photograph, when a servant took it upon himself to push Margaret out for a photo opportunity, despite the family having agreed that would be a bad idea.
 
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As always, this shows up the absurdity of the institution. Her sense of 'duty'/thinking her son is useless, leaves her doing a role which she physically can't do. It's beginning to feel like the John Paul II staying put even when he was in the latter stages of Parkinson's.

Needless to say, I'm not suggesting disabled people should be hoyed out of their jobs (if that was the case I'd be out of mine). It's the idiocy of a role that you get because of who you are and you do for life. Added to which, funded by us and those funds then being funneled off to pay her son's nonce fines.
 
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