Current Affairs Phil the Greek

[Blueclouds]

I see your point here.

I am a republican, so this man's death means nothing to me.

His family, and a significant proportion of the country will obviously mourn his passing.

I don't hate any of the Royals personally.

Just see them as an anachronistic institution in our modern world.

Some of the responses on social media and on here are disgusting. It's the same [Poor language removed] all the time.

Understand that some don't like the Royal family and that understandable but why do they resort to hate. This word is screwed. Megan last week, Who the hate figure next week? I can't keep up.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The Royals are box office who draw millions to this country dying to get a glimpse. I think it's called mystique. Worth a bit of money too to shop-owners, hotels, tourist operators and that. What are you going to replace that with? Simon Cowell?

People still visit Versailles, you know?

 

[Mr. White]

1. Let's have a referendum on the abolition of the monarchy. I will respect the result.

2. I have plenty of options and am not watching any of this pathetic charade (my ma in law is fuming that they have cancelled Corrie).

3. These pop up messages were emergency style on the normal TV and could not be disabled. It's as if we all needed to take some sort of action to avoid radiation poisoning.

1 - I think we all now know that referendum results aren't accepted or respected. PS, support for The Monarchy would win ;-)
2 - I hate the BBC with a passion. We shouldn't be forced to pay for their 'service' in this day and age.
3 - This sounds like the film 'Greenland'. Where only the elites get the message and the invite to escape, and everyone else is left to fend for themselves...

 

[toffee82]

I agree that the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme is great.
I will also state that the volunteers that run it (teachers etc.) are the ones that actually make it work.

 

[jinkyali]

Why do so many scousers hate Prince Phillip? I don't get it.

Is there something I'm missing?

 

[toffee82]

1 - I think we all now know that referendum results aren't accepted or respected. PS, support for The Monarchy would win ;-)
2 - I hate the BBC with a passion. We shouldn't be forced to pay for their 'service' in this day and age.
3 - This sounds like the film 'Greenland'. Where only the elites get the message and the invite to escape, and everyone else is left to fend for themselves.

1. I don't think anyone who voted in the last referendum has got what they wanted.

2. Corrie is on ITV.

3. It's not like a 99 year old dying was worthy of emergency style announcements.

It's sad for the family, as is any death. I think the media have gone into overdrive because their covid stories are drying up.

 

[toffee82]

Why do so many scousers hate Prince Phillip? I don't get it.

Is there something I'm missing?

He's not Prince Oumar.

 

[peteblue]

People still visit Versailles, you know?

Is that a chippy ?.....

 

[peteblue]

Why do so many scousers hate Prince Phillip? I don't get it.

Is there something I'm missing?

They don’t, just a few on here.....

 

[davek]

The utter BS from the BBC. This rancid old racist being repackaged as an environmentalist and a scourge of the nazis.

 

[davek]

Bbc4 isn't showing Phillip but is isnt showing the women's football either(its scheduled programme) but a screen showing you can see it on I player lol what is going on lol lol

DIGNITY

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The utter BS from the BBC. This rancid old racist being repackaged as an environmentalist and a scourge of the nazis.

Him, Mark Francois' grandad and Renee from Allo Allo. They were fighting them on their own.

 

[summerisle]

The utter BS from the BBC. This rancid old racist being repackaged as an environmentalist and a scourge of the nazis.

He was the sixth man.

 

[Kurt.]

He was the sixth man.

Soon to be Putin the ground

 

[sbbefc]

People still visit Versailles, you know?

Given the economic self harm leavers (the majority of whom are royalists) have caused this country, abolishing the monarchy, in economic terms, would pale into comparison. Tbf I don't think they add much to the economy anyway. As you allude to, we could open up all their land and property for all to enjoy (at a small fee).