Current Affairs Her majesty the Queen

[Papa Shango]

The monarchy are not in control of the UK, mate.

They are for the next 2 weeks!

 

[LinekersLegs]

I suppose that she may not fully understand that the Queen was not in charge and may have been confused by the title her majesty's gov but would say that as someone holding an academic position she should take an evidenced based approach as opposed to one of emotive personal bias - well in public at least.

I can imagine that if I had grown up in Nigeria I’d find it very difficult to not have emotive personal bias about the genocide and also probably feel, rightly or wrongly, that the Queen could have done more behind the scenes to stop the atrocities.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[Drico]

I’m pondlife

Get back to work, Larry, and don't forget to doff your cap like a good lad.

Now, your boss is off to watch the cricket...

 

[Khalekan]

This is just the start.

Two weeks of this type of thing to come.

 

[Axlswhk]

The embarrassing bootlicker ones won't

Different continent, different geopolitics and different reasons mate. They do have a lot of respect for UK, not only the royal family.

 

[Yarrgh]

Having a King is gonna be confusing

I mean, they will keep saying 'The King this' 'The King that' and all I will be thinking it's about Elvis

We have spent our whole lives being told Elvis is King and now this fraud shows up.

You wait until Charles sings the line I'm all shook up in his broadcast and you tell me he ain't the king.

 

[Yarrgh]

He has been deported back to Peru.

Via Rwanda

 

[Papa Shango]

I guess its not THAT weird if you think about it.

Isn't the whole schtick stuff like The Queen is dead, long live the King" etc?

 

[Eggs]

 

[kev]

You wait until Charles sings the line I'm all shook up in his broadcast and you tell me he ain't the king.

Everything went so well for Charles I and Charles II

 

[Papa Shango]

Different continent, different geopolitics and different reasons mate. They do have a lot of respect for UK, not only the royal family.

There is a big difference between respect and actually being bothered about it though.

Again I am sure there are a lot of people who think "Oh that's a shame, I quite liked her". but it will not change the rest of their day in any real quantifiable way.

 

[roydo]

I guess its not THAT weird if you think about it.

Isn't the whole schtick stuff like The Queen is dead, long live the King" etc?

I always thought that was the convention. But like all of us, based on never ever heard it before.

 

[Papa Shango]

I always thought that was the convention. But like all of us, based on never ever heard it before.

Yeah it's a bit weird because hardly anyone has lived through such a thing. Will probably get used to a bit more in the coming years.

 

[Martin Alvito]

I was pointing to the quality that you enjoy in the place that you live - if you are in the west.

I live in America. "Quality" over here is a very dubious statement for the majority these days, though it certainly beats out the alternatives in a lot of places worldwide.

I would also argue that what broad-based prosperity remains has a lot more to do with our government's possession of a very large number of assorted high-tech weaponry, and the resulting organization of the post-WWII international order.