King Charles III's time is up

[Puddy_Tat]

Sound up.

one of the replies

 

[danny la rouge]

I’m sorry, what are we supposed to be listening for? “Dear oh dear, anyway”. Is that it? Utterly meaningless. That’s just posh mumbly silence filling.

It’s the fucking King. Not a revolutionary.

 

[killer b]

I’m sorry, what are we supposed to be listening for? “Dear oh dear, anyway”. Is that it? Utterly meaningless. That’s just posh mumbly silence filling.

It’s the fucking King. Not a revolutionary.

what about the time the queen wore that EU flag hat for the opening of parliament though???

 

[agricola]

I’m sorry, what are we supposed to be listening for? “Dear oh dear, anyway”. Is that it? Utterly meaningless. That’s just posh mumbly silence filling.

It’s the fucking King. Not a revolutionary.

I disagree - technically, she serves as PM at his pleasure. Saying that and then allowing that clip to be released, strongly suggests she is not held in high regard by him.

If that is the public message they are sending out then I can only imagine what is being sent out to those Tory grandees and back-benchers who would still listen to what the Palace says.

I am also struggling to think of a time when he's ever been caught saying that to anyone else.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I disagree - technically, she serves as PM at his pleasure.

Hmmm. You could argue that it's effectively the other way around. The monarch serves as monarch at parliament's pleasure, and does well to remember it.

She's clearly foolish to have allowed that to be filmed. But so is he.

 

[danny la rouge]

I disagree - technically, she serves as PM at his pleasure. Saying that and then allowing that clip to be released, strongly suggests she is not held in high regard by him.

If that is the public message they are sending out then I can only imagine what is being sent out to those Tory grandees and back-benchers who would still listen to what the Palace says.

I am also struggling to think of a time when he's ever been caught saying that to anyone else.

It’s how posh people speak. It’s absolutely nothing. Less than nothing. So much so, I was trying to work out what he said directly before it, because I thought that’s what the fuss must be about.

Christ, people need to calm down. And probably get off Twitter.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I watched it three times trying to pick up anything noteworthy and failed.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

What worried me the most was Liz Truss's attempt at a curtsy.

 

[Yossarian]

If Charles drops dead in the next 24 hours people are going to start asking questions. Not including last month's apparently deadly encounter, Truss is the first prime minister since Clement Attlee to never have had a weekly audience with QEII.

 

[agricola]

It’s how posh people speak. It’s absolutely nothing. Less than nothing. So much so, I was trying to work out what he said directly before it, because I thought that’s what the fuss must be about.

Christ, people need to calm down. And probably get off Twitter.

I am not sure how you can say "its how posh people speak" when its not clear that he has ever said that in such a context (as filler in a conversation).

 

[souljacker]

What's he supposed to have said? Because I can't hear anything controversial

 

[danny la rouge]

I am not sure how you can say "its how posh people speak" when its not clear that he has ever said that in such a context (as filler in a conversation).

It’s a Rorschach test for liberals. It’s exactly as significant as something that doesn’t look like the dear dead queen in a cloud or a piece of toast or a pizza topping.

He’s the king. He’s not your friend. He won’t be paying your gas bill.

Christ almighty.

 

[agricola]

It’s a Rorschach test for liberals. It’s exactly as significant as something that doesn’t look like the dear dead queen in a cloud or a piece of toast or a pizza topping.

He’s the king. He’s not your friend. He won’t be paying your gas bill.

Christ almighty.

Who was saying that he would be?

 

[Raheem]

What's he supposed to have said? Because I can't hear anything controversial

"Dear oh dear".

 

[Yossarian]

He probably says that all the time, maybe he'd just realised that a fountain pen had exploded in his pocket.

 

[clicker]

He's going to be absolute carnage. He's only had the job a couple of weeks and he just bumbles along. Like a storybook 'silly, old king'. But he's real and we're going to watch him bumble ever deeper , until he keels over. He might not make the coronation.

 

[Yossarian]

"Dear, oh dear, so that's the guillotine? Funny old contraptions, aren't they?"

 

[Combustible]

I actually think being a bit bumbling and cantankerous is going to be his 'thing', which will be used to endear him to the public. A bit like what his father did with dry humour and racism. A lot of people want to find a reason to like the monarch and him being a grumpy old man will probably be quite appealing to the them.

 

[brogdale]

It’s how posh people speak. It’s absolutely nothing. Less than nothing. So much so, I was trying to work out what he said directly before it, because I thought that’s what the fuss must be about.

Christ, people need to calm down. And probably get off Twitter.

You’re probably right about paying too much attention to twitter, but I posted up the Chris Ship tweet with the clip because I thought it was really quite funny and reflected poorly on both monarch and “Prime Minister”.

I know it doesn’t herald his demise, so probably should have posted in another thread on reflection...but it still makes me giggle.

 

[Tanya1982]

eh? his politics have been quite clear for 50 years

I think all of their politics have always been clear...

QEII and Charles - Lib Dems crossed with 'One Nation' Tory patrician, shot through with elements of the Greens.
Queen Mother - High Imperial Toryism.
Diana - New Labour, the better parts of it, human rights act etc, would've turned her back on Blair over Iraq.
The Middletons - Home Counties Thatcherite Tories.
William - Green Tory in the Zac Goldsmith mould.
Meghan and Harry - California Democrats.
Fergie and Andrew - up the arse of any dictator with crumbs to spare.
Princess Michael of Kunt - let's not go there.

 

[ska invita]

It’s absolutely nothing.

Too late, Its going to be the new epitaph meme for the rest of her time #dearohdear

I had no idea the PM meets the monarch once a week! Thats insane. So much for 'no political influence'

 

[Pickman's model]

Too late, Its going to be the new epitaph meme for the rest of her time #dearohdear

I had no idea the PM meets the monarch once a week! Thats insane. So much for 'no political influence'

Thought everyone knew the monarch meets the pm frequently, it's been mentioned loads of times over the years.

 

[ska invita]

Thought everyone knew the monarch meets the pm frequently, it's been mentioned loads of times over the years.

No not everyone knows

 

[Pickman's model]

No not everyone knows

And as reported in the guardian over the last year or more, the royal family have had loads of laws changed so their interests are protected. Not to mention all the people who swear loyalty not to the country but to the monarch and their heirs and successors. The weekly meeting with the pm is the least of their political influences. It is after all his majesty's government

 

[Artaxerxes]

I think all of their politics have always been clear...

Yes, rich bastards

 

[danny la rouge]

No not everyone knows

It’s general knowledge to people who follow politics, though.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

 

[ska invita]

It’s general knowledge to people who follow politics, though.

i follow politics and i didnt know

 

[Orang Utan]

IIRC the PM and monarch have weekly meetings?

In any case, this king having a low opinion of Truss shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Even a houseplant would have a low opinion of the PM

 

[Raheem]

In any case, this king having a low opinion of Truss shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Even a houseplant would have a low opinion of the PM

That's probably where he got his opinion from.