King Charles III's time is up

[Mr.Bishie]

Wheel out that shiny sharp thing that the French invented.

 

[tim]

Wheel out that shiny sharp thing that the French invented.

The escargot fork?

 

[maomao]

Spaniards putting us to shame:

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

King Felipe heckled in Paiporta, one of the municipalities worst affected by last week’s floods

www.theguardian.com

 

[DJWrongspeed]

I assumed that when Brian became king he's take a scalpel to the monarchy and slash everything. Perhaps because of his health issues he hasn't time or was never going to do it?

 

[LakieLady]

I assumed that when Brian became king he's take a scalpel to the monarchy and slash everything. Perhaps because of his health issues he hasn't time or was never going to do it?

Nah, now he's in the top job, he's enjoying it all.

 

[teqniq]

A bit of unwelcome publicity:

Revealed: the property empires that make Charles and William millions

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[VivaE]

Charles is a patron of the two cancer charities mentioned below.

King Charles and Prince William’s property empires are taking millions of pounds from cash-strapped charities and public services including the NHS, state schools and prisons, according to a new investigation.

William’s Duchy of Cornwall, the hereditary estate of the heir to the throne, has signed a £37m deal to lease Dartmoor prison for 25 years to the Ministry of Justice, which is liable for all repairs despite paying £1.5m a head for a jail empty of prisoners because of high levels of radon gas.

His estate also owns Camelford House, a 1960s tower block on the banks of the Thames, which has brought in at least £22m since 2005 from rents paid by charities and other tenants. Two cancer charities, Marie Curie and Macmillan – of which the king is a longstanding patron – have both recently moved out to smaller premises.

King and Prince William’s estates ‘making millions from charities and public services’

Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster likely to make at least £50m from leasing land to services such as NHS and schools, according to investigation

www.theguardian.com

The greed of it all. The unashamed amorality. Charles the caring 'environmental saviour' and William the caring 'homelessness saviour' revealed to be the very worst offenders on both counts.

 

[LakieLady]

The greed of it all. The unashamed amorality. Charles the caring 'environmental saviour' and William the caring 'homelessness saviour' revealed to be the very worst offenders on both counts.

The "helping" homeless people by people with more homes than they know what to do with has always got right up my nose. If they were serious, they'd chuck Uncle Handsy and his teddies out of that big house and turn it into supported accommodation for rough sleepers. The degree of hypocrisy on environmental matters took me by surprise though.

Definitely time to wheel out the shiny choppy thing imo. Pass me my sabots... (I draw the line at going sans-culottes).

 

[Agrippa57]

This should end the monarchy. But this won't end the monarchy. Because there's just no fucking justice. The country should be incandescent. But, as usual, it'll just be its usual, complacent self.

 

[mx wcfc]

This should end the monarchy. But this won't end the monarchy. Because there's just no fucking justice. The country should be incandescent. But, as usual, it'll just be its usual, complacent self.

It's not just the Royal Family - the CofE, and round here the local public school, own vast tracts of land. I dare say the likes of Eton and Harrow are the same. And the landed gentry.

The house I live in is on land which was once owned by the Church Commissioners, who are busy trying to sell off a lump of land down the road for development.

(eta typo corrected)

 

[PTK]

The "helping" homeless people by people with more homes than they know what to do with has always got right up my nose. If they were serious, they'd chuck Uncle Handsy and his teddies out of that big house and turn it into supported accommodation for rough sleepers. The degree of hypocrisy on environmental matters took me by surprise though.

Definitely time to wheel out the shiny choppy thing imo. Pass me my sabots... (I draw the line at going sans-culottes).

The last Emperor of China was not executed.

 

[Agrippa57]

It's not just the Royal Family - the CofE, and round here the local public school, own vast tracts of land. I dare say the likes of Eton and Harrow are the same. And the landed gentry.

The house I live in is on land which was once owned by the Church Commissioners, who are busy trying to sell off a lump of lad down the road for development.

You'll get no argument from me there...

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

The escargot fork?

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I've got some of those.

 

[Pickman's model]

I've got some of those.

Your snails are famous

 

[brogdale]

Coming hard on the heels of Windsor's £45m income boost...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[Boo Radley75]

A Canadian town is now non functional because it's council are all refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles III. Apparently they are all taking this stand in solidarity with a First Nation council member who has concerns about the RF's history with First Nation people.
I do think it's pretty archaic that in this day and age, a meaningless token like that can stop government working. Need to get priorities straight.

Canada town council at standstill over oath to King Charles

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Rompipalle]

Pretty disgusting when there are elderly, vulnerable and impoverished people who cannot heat their homes or who are unable to feed themselves adequately.

I cannot fathom how anyone can justify pandering to the vanity of one spoiled individual in this manner - not least because there is no constitutional requirement for a coronation and the UK appears to be an outlier in this regard, in doing so.

‘Obscene’: Anger after cost of King Charles’s coronation revealed

Official figures put price of event at £72m but anti-monarchy group Republic says real cost is likely much more

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sue]

A Canadian town is now non function because it's council are all refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles III. Apparently they are all taking this stand in solidarity with a First Nation council member who has concerns about the RF's history with First Nation people.
I do think it's pretty archaic that in this day and age, a meaningless token like that can stop government working. Need to get priorities straight.

Canada town council at standstill over oath to King Charles

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good luck to them I say. If anything's archaic, it's swearing an oath to a king.

 

[andysays]

A Canadian town is now non function because it's council are all refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles III. Apparently they are all taking this stand in solidarity with a First Nation council member who has concerns about the RF's history with First Nation people.
I do think it's pretty archaic that in this day and age, a meaningless token like that can stop government working. Need to get priorities straight.

Canada town council at standstill over oath to King Charles

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

www.bbc.co.uk

I'm amazed that town councillors in Canada are (still) required to take this oath. Apparently not all of them are

This is not the first time that elected officials in Canada have refused to take an oath to the King. In 2022, the French-speaking province of Quebec passed legislation that ended the requirement to have elected officials take an oath to the monarchy. One lawmaker called it “a relic from the past”. Earlier this year, a member of Canada’s national parliament introduced a similar bill, though it was defeated by a vote of 197-113.

Out of interest, does anyone know if this still applies to councillors in the UK?

 

[gosub]

I'm amazed that town councillors in Canada are (still) required to take this oath. Apparently not all of them are


Out of interest, does anyone know if this still applies to councillors in the UK?

Hope so ...The recycling scheme round here is complicated enough without any papists nonsense

 

[moochedit]

I'm amazed that town councillors in Canada are (still) required to take this oath. Apparently not all of them are


Out of interest, does anyone know if this still applies to councillors in the UK?

Don't know but i know MPs do as that is why SF in NI refuse to take their seats. Seems likely the same rule would apply to councillors though?

 

[VivaE]

I'm amazed that town councillors in Canada are (still) required to take this oath. Apparently not all of them are

Out of interest, does anyone know if this still applies to councillors in the UK?

Don't think so, from a wiki read. Although a surprising number of other professions do still have to take it - MPs, Armed Forces, Clergy, Police, Judges, Magistrates, Guides & Scouts...

Ridiculous and particularly so in 2024. Imagine having to pledge, as part of your employment requirement, to serve someone so singularly and so egregiously self serving.

Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[moochedit]

Don't think so, from a wiki read. Although a surprising number of other professions do still have to take it - MPs, Armed Forces, Clergy, Police, Judges, Magistrates, Guides & Scouts...

Ridiculous and particularly so in 2024. Imagine having to pledge, as part of your employment requirement, to serve someone so singularly and so egregiously self serving.

Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I guess only CofE clergy though.