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Official: Prince Philip is Dead, 9th April 2021

not-bono-ever said:
Can we cut the cash we give to these fuckers now that there’s less of them to feed ?
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On another forum I suggested that all UK taxpayers should have the choice to opt out of the portion of tax that supports the monarchy - the reason being so we can see how many people actually support them. The flaming from other posters (incl. a retired UK diplomat who wanted me horse whipped) was mighty indeed 😀
 
seeformiles said:
On another forum I suggested that all UK taxpayers should have the choice to opt out of the portion of tax that supports the monarchy - the reason being so we can see how many people actually support them. The flaming from other posters (incl. a retired UK diplomat who wanted me horse whipped) was mighty indeed 😀
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You're perfectly safe, the days when everyone had a horsewhip are long gone
 
seeformiles said:
On another forum I suggested that all UK taxpayers should have the choice to opt out of the portion of tax that supports the monarchy - the reason being so we can see how many people actually support them. The flaming from other posters (incl. a retired UK diplomat who wanted me horse whipped) was mighty indeed 😀
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The Royal Family apparently cost £1.24 per person per year, add an extra 1p and it would get me a 9 pack of kitkat' from Asda, On balance I personally probably get more value from the kitkats
 
MickiQ said:
The Royal Family apparently cost £1.24 per person per year, add an extra 1p and it would get me a 9 pack of kitkat' from Asda, On balance I personally probably get more value from the kitkats
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That's just the civil list. Security and transport costs shitloads more. Plus there's the cost of them occupying national heritage sites that could be making money from tourism.
 
seeformiles said:
On another forum I suggested that all UK taxpayers should have the choice to opt out of the portion of tax that supports the monarchy - the reason being so we can see how many people actually support them. The flaming from other posters (incl. a retired UK diplomat who wanted me horse whipped) was mighty indeed 😀
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i once (somewhere else) suggested that as a public sector monopoly full of restrictive practices, surely the whole thing should be privatised. i suggested a model along the lines of the railways - 'british palaces' (which would have to retain a substantial state share to stop the new owner moving palaces abroad), a horse and carriage leasing company, then 5 year franchises for the actual monarchy, so as to get more coronations.

shall we say the response was mixed...

:D
 
I can see why they would move that matches to allow people to see the funeral. But I really don't get why people who don't know him would be that interested. For many it's not going to be concern for a fellow human being as I image the Venn Diagram of Prince Philip Mourners* and selfish Right Wing views when it comes to your fellow humans are pretty much a bulleye.

To my mind it's living vicariously through some bloke they had know idea what he was like in private, or public as he wasn't in the news much, and didn't seem to do much apart from being married to the Queen and made racist / top bantz comments**, those people are really just a little sad.
Perhaps someone who does, could explain why I'm wrong?

I'm trying to think someone famous I'd be upset by their passing and I guess David Attenborough, but I'm not going to that upset more than, it's rather sad, as he actually has made a massive contribution to the nation and seems passionate and genuine. But in private he could be a complete nightmare, very few people will know.

*Not his close family and friends
** Delete as applicable
 
Storm Fox said:
I'm trying to think someone famous I'd be upset by their passing and I guess David Attenborough, but I'm not going to that upset more than, it's rather sad, as he actually has made a massive contribution to the nation and seems passionate and genuine. But in private he could be a complete nightmare, very few people will know.
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He probably has more in common with Philip than you might expect. And I hate him for it.

"What are all these famines in Ethiopia? What are they about?" he said. "They're about too many people for too little land. That's what it's about. And we are blinding ourselves. We say, get the United Nations to send them bags of flour. That's barmy."
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One area of concern, he said, was about the right to have children. "To start with, it is the individual's great privilege to have children. And who am I to say that you shan't have children? That's one thing," he said. "And the last sensitivity – and the most tricky of all – is the fact, when you talk about world population, the areas we're talking about are Africa and Asia, you know."
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www.theguardian.com

David Attenborough: trying to tackle famine with bags of flour is 'barmy'

BBC presenter links famine to overpopulation and warns if we do not curb growth the natural world will
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
Phil's grandfather assassinated, his dad condemned to death - in Greece that is.

unherd.com

He was never really 'Phil the Greek'

An aggrieved monkey caused the young Prince to be exiled from his homeland
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Once he got his feet under the table with Liz 2, he must have dug in his heels pretty hard. An amazing story of aristocratic military incompetence, utter catastrophe, and the deaths of thousands. "No way am I going back there", he must have thought.
 
Idris2002 said:
Phil's grandfather assassinated, his dad condemned to death - in Greece that is.

unherd.com

He was never really 'Phil the Greek'

An aggrieved monkey caused the young Prince to be exiled from his homeland
unherd.com unherd.com

Once he got his feet under the table with Liz 2, he must have dug in his heels pretty hard. An amazing story of aristocratic military incompetence, utter catastrophe, and the deaths of thousands. "No way am I going back there", he must have thought.
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No way are we having him back, thought the greeks
 
More signs that Attenborough was cut from the same cloth, shared many of the same attitudes:

www.itv.com

Duke was 'admirable man' in his conservation work, says David Attenborough | ITV News

Prince Philip was "an admirable man" who was "vigorous" in his conservation work, his friend Sir David Attenborough has told ITV News. | ITV National News
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“One of the reasons people liked big game hunting was because it was the wild. They are expert trackers," Sir David said.

"They understood about animal behaviour and they took a realistic view about what the natural world was like in terms of life, death and animals hunting each other. Human beings were animals and were also hunting.”
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Sir David said: “I found him an admirable man. He was a man of action of course and with a distinguished record in the Navy."
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