I watched some of it. Holy shit. People playing dressups and appealing to their invisible friend in the sky. Why doesnt he do something useful like have the Tories put in the tower of london then beheaded?Originally Posted by F5 Dave
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I watched some of it. Holy shit. People playing dressups and appealing to their invisible friend in the sky. Why doesnt he do something useful like have the Tories put in the tower of london then beheaded?
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Well, this is awkward...
Watched most of it (except for a couple of snoozes) and I think it's good that it was captured as a historical record, but not so good for the long term survival of the monarchy, due to everybody looking a bit uncomfortable and embarrassed (to me, anyway, including Charles). Some rituals are better kept mysterious I think, otherwise people will realise that it's all just a bit silly.
All the horses and marching in the rain was impressive though.
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Both this and the Queens funeral - they sure put on a good show, particularly the military elements.
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Well I'm surprised. We watched the start while we got prepared to watch a movie later in the evening but finished up just watching it until they left the abbey. It was not rivetting but was watchable for me as the commentators talked a lot about the history of such things and gave some interesting detail of the day ... rather than what designer everyone was wearing.
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Well I guess the joke is on me. We tried to watch, and did watch a considerable amount of One flew over the cuckoo's nest. I know it's supposed to be a classic and I do recall having seen the end years ago. But it was just too boring. I'd rather rewatch Cocoon, but not really. So we watched an episode of Archer and I laughed, so it was ok in the end. All the news this morning seems to be Charles getting married to God, or whatever the point of this all was. It'll blow over when whoever comes after the millenials votes to eliminate them off the next series in favour of strictly come twerking.
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The Colonation. Bah humbug.
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It's warm out with minimal traffic in the 'rapa. Draconian speed reductions in SH2 from Featherston , but I avoid those pretty much.
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Dog save the kingy.
Actually if he had any power he'd use his influence to try remove that section of UK governance that has sidestepped Democracy for generations. The house of Good Lord. S.
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It was to be gotten rid of it as a reslt of a review GOVT overruled it in 2012. i wonder if they were.....
3 September 2012: Deputy prime minister makes a statement announcing the withdrawal of the House of Lords Reform Bill.
6 August 2012: Deputy prime minister announces that legislation to reform the House of Lords has been dropped.
July 2012: Lords library publishes note on public attitudes on Lords reform on 3 July. House of Commons debates Lords Reform Bill on 10 July and the bill is given a second reading by 462 to 124 votes. Catch up on the Commons debate on the bill.
2012: The Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill publishes its report on 23 April recommending an electoral mandate and that 80 per of members should be elected and 20 per cent nominated. Members follow the report with a debate on 30 April. The House of Lords Reform Bill is introduced in the Commons on Wednesday 27 June.
2011: Deputy Prime Minister presents Parliament with the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill in May. Read report from May 2011.
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Boris (not the Johnson twat) and his take on it https://borismihailovic.com/oh-fking-huzzah/
he's right y'know
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was the other Borris invited...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-...tches-28112581
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Me too. I wasn't overly interested in watching it but once started I was hooked to the end. Mind you the big titted sword wielding woman made it more viewable. Don't they always.
Way too much of the religious clap trap and choir music though. Those Bishops hijacked the event and should have been on a time-out switch.
After living in Britain long ago I am a fan of the monarchy, mainly because I see it as living history. History is good, it's important and shouldn't be brushed under the carpet just because some people no longer consider it right for their version of our oh so perfect society. It's still history, with the good and bad, and deserves to be preserved. The idea that we should pick and choose which parts of mankind's history and evolution should be preserved and which hidden or forgotten is a foolish path. The British Monarchy has evolved into the right balance. We try to preserve historical artifacts, buildings and sites like Stonehenge so why not a living link over 2,000 years in the making. With all the depressing bad news we face every day; wars, storms, pandemics, floods, global warming, mass shootings, the demise of petrol engines, what's so bad about 20m people enjoying one day of celebration. Don't be a kill joy, I enjoyed something to smile about for a change.
Hey if you want let's try a constitutional system of Government like Russia, or Sundan or Somalia or Iran or North Korea or Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia. Yeah, they've been well run, safe, stable nations with lots of civil freedoms for centuries.
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Interesting examples there. Russia, Iran and Saudi were until recently oppressive monarchies, actually Saudi still. Swap Tsar and Shah interchangeable with King. The concept is the same. Mandate from Dog to rule over subjects. Birthright.
Yes Britain Evolved, but the history of how, shows that it was necessary to strip power from the King and also try remove the religious dogma controlling politics.
. The regarded us so lowly that we got Australia's flag with the stars a bit more red and the big one removed. Actually there are about 20 countries that still have the union Jack on them to remind us that we are thier bitches.
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Thanks Dave. That's my point. Unlike those you mentioned the British monarchy has evolved for the better and that's worth celebrating. We are no longer oppressed by a King or Tsar or Shah or churches. Although it felt like those Bishops did try to oppress me with their preachings.
After suffering Tamaki's rent-a-church mob dickheads screaming 'I want my freedom' last year let's all scream 'I want my culture and heritage'.
And can a Mod please correct the thread title spelling for this auspicious occasion.
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To be honest, for me, it's more - I'd like my culture and heritage not to be actively shat on by ungrateful academics funded with taxpayer money.
Not a very high bar I know - but gosh wasn't it nice for one day, that there was law and order, the professional protestors with their trucks full of professionally printed placards were arrested, The union jack was flying and for a moment we remembered that actually there is such a thing as being British and Britishness and (for all it's flaws) it is a rich culture.
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Australia got OUR flag. We had the Southern Cross first
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