Tenacious Sloth
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Media coverage of Prince Phillips passing.
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mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
And it's not its.
As regards the colour, the government guidelines for national mourning suggest companies and organisations might like to mark the death by putting a black border on their websites.
So happily that's yet another thing for which everyone can blame the Tory government, although on this occasion blaming Brexit as well might be a stretch.
Is it not?
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captain nemo1701
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It was discussed on Andrew Marr yesterday that the BBC thought that annoying some viewers is better than right wing royalist Tory backbenchers who'd view it as 'upatriotic'.
Don't forget, the billionaire owned Tory press, who make oceans of cash out of the royals, are currently attacking the BBC. Lord 'I supported Brexit' Botham, a peer only due to his friendship with the fat blond controller, has had a swing too. The right view the BBC as 'full of lefties' and so have been moaning and whining about this for some time now.
The monarchy in this country is presented to the public as some kind of 'necessary(?)' thing vital for our functioning. Given there are other countries without royalty who do very nicely, I'd say its only 'vital' to line the pockets of the press. They make money out of royal births, marriages and of course, deaths. I find it odd that the Mail had a 16 page 'souvenir' the other day. Births and weddings are happy occasions, who wants a 'souvenir' of an elderly mans passing?. Pay your respects by all means, but it's all OTT if you ask me.
It'll be even worse when Liz goes, which given her age & recent trauma, may not be too far off. I expect Mogg may have a coronary.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
The English language is flexible and easily changeable with time which is why it's such a popular language for international communication . Contrast this with Quebec French with is walled in by the past and used by very few outside Quebec.
Celebrate the evolution instead of walking backwards into the future .
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
It's a mistake.
"Phil the Greek" is his official title.
"Big Phil" is an acceptable informal alternative.
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Does all this really tick people off as much as it appears to do?
I get the impression most posters on here are intelligent 40 plus adults who have probably achieved a fairly comfortable standard of living, apologies if I'm wrong, so why the hatred and resentment to wealth the Royals have?
It's like watching 'The young one's' and no not Cliff's film, I generally didn't realise the scale of people's dislike of both the Tory Party and the Royal Family.
I've always thought that people who moan and whinge about what others have are somehow resentful and feel hard done by, if not and they're whinging for something to do then it's all false because it doesn't matter when you're financially sound, it's a bit of an act.
I get the impression most posters on here are intelligent 40 plus adults who have probably achieved a fairly comfortable standard of living, apologies if I'm wrong, so why the hatred and resentment to wealth the Royals have?
It's like watching 'The young one's' and no not Cliff's film, I generally didn't realise the scale of people's dislike of both the Tory Party and the Royal Family.
I've always thought that people who moan and whinge about what others have are somehow resentful and feel hard done by, if not and they're whinging for something to do then it's all false because it doesn't matter when you're financially sound, it's a bit of an act.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
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Their wealth is largely irrelevant to me - plenty of other very wealthy people around. Its more the feigning, fawning, 'tug forelock, doff cap' worship of people who, to me, aren't special at all. We live in a supposedly wealthy country with foodbanks to feed our poor and there are those who put these people on pedestals and deify them simply due to who their ancestors happened to be (the people who invented the whole idea of aristocracy anyway, mainly to perpetuate it). Royalty is a just a fantasy soap opera about the privileged. And even soaps end one day......
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Only the terminally dense could moan about that when we've had a queen for nearly 70 years.
Further, the last prominent long serving monarch was also a queen.
Bloody Royals, it's a matriarchy I tell you.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Don't tempt me Paley.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Usual non-answer, but perhaps someone else could tell us how moaning about patriarchy sits with having female monarchs for about 130 years out of the last 180.
Have you been living under a rock?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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I'm drawing a thick black line around my envelopes emails now.
And keeping my curtains shut for a week.
And keeping my curtains shut for a week.
