No precedent there, so I'm inclined to dispute this. And Bank Holiday-wise, it would all be about careful timing anyway
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No precedent there, so I'm inclined to dispute this. And Bank Holiday-wise, it would all be about careful timing anyway
Different discussion, for elsewhere !
And in any case, I did originally say up there
so it's not like I'm not well aware of your point .......William of Walworth said:If we have to wait until 2022, we'd deal
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Lots of things will get cancelled when Brenda pegs to show respect, I can remember the fuss about some big football match that was the same weekend as Peoples Princess funeral. If her Maj pops her clogs in summer post-Covid that would OK with me. The Q's will have a respectful family barbecue on the day. Maybe find a picture of Brenda to pin on the side of the shed so she can be there in spirit.No precedent there, so I'm inclined to dispute this. And Bank Holiday-wise, it would all be about careful timing anyway
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
The furore was Scotland insisting on playing a home World Cup qualifier against Belarus, later on the day of her funeral. We didn’t see why we should have to postpone the game, despite then manager Craig Brown being wheeled out to offer platitudes on “the tragic departed Princess Di”.
Briefly Scottish FA chairman Jim Farry was on a collision course with Westminster as he refused to postpone the match. Eventually-as always- the Scottish authorities intransigence was undermined by Rangers-affiliated Unionists in the squad, with Ally McCoist and Gordon Durie declaring themselves too upset to play.
The obliging Belarusians agreed to spend an extra day trying desperately to find something worthwhile to do in Aberdeen, postponing kick off by 24 hours. They failed, and did also at the football, with Scotland winning 4-1 IIRC.
Looking back, an early skirmish in the devolutionary debate (Diana’s abrupt departure having poured lachrymose oil all over finely honed campaign grids for referenda on Scots & Welsh devolution).
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
The way he's been treated by the BBC with their helicopter spying and refusal to play his Christmas singles it wouldn't surprise me if he went postal at Broadcasting House.
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Thanks for that I was fuzzy on remembering the details
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Repatriate her to where?
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
I assume he means to Germany and Greece although France would be a better choice as they know how to deal with Royals.
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
Can't they have a perch in the South Atlantic? St Helena without the inevitable arsenic poisoning?
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Starry Wisdom
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
Thoroughly thought through as usual. As you were
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Starry Wisdom
Yes. We've heard a lot about the penguins but here the queen and duke of edinburgh can do their bit for albatrosses. And ternsThoroughly thought through as usual. As you were
Without meaning to get anyone overly excited, any comment on the Guardian's allegations that she's put her fingers into policy over many decades? If true, it's surely a resigning issue.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
You’ve misspelt reigning.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Sorry, no...but this might be some small compensation?
Fucking crying
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Starry Wisdom
Sorry, no...but this might be some small compensation?
tweet of the year
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
I'm certainly resigned to this sort of thing happening.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Argonia
Happy go licky
Then you'd remember charlie takes over
I was kind of imagining her resignation would be a collective resignation of the monarchy as a whole. Maybe too much to ask I suppose.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
not-bono-ever
meh
She didn’t ask for this job you know. It’s fiorthe good of the kingdom that she remains. Imagine if Corbyn was king.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Of course "Corbyn" can be replaced by "Thatcher", "Blair", "Trump", "Johnson" or any other bogeyman (of the left or right) that the royalist wants to use.
Usually followed by she brings in the tourists etc.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Then you'd remember charlie takes over
No revolution, where we drag ourselves as a country into the twentieth century, is going happen quickly. Very rarely do you get any kind of mainstream media even passing gentle satire of her, such that she's got this quasi-deity status to some. Brian doesn't have that, so we might hope that his taking of the throne might finally make the electorate at large consider why we have this strange anachronism.
However, I would say the chances of that happening are quite low.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Had they never investigated the lack of arms, legs or the unnaturally long neck?
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