he missed a trick not having a vote before he put himself forward to be coronated - flubbed the chance to future proof the monarchy for the rest of the 21st century.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
No such thing as a citizen of the UK, only a subject of Her, now His, Maj. Which is the problem.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Mountbatten-Windsor, apparently, is the preferred term.
This report contradicts a similar one that came out about 18 months ago IIRC.
"Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows"
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
My beef is with his Queen. We were promised a Consort to prevent his Edward VII exile to Paris, and bingo he makes Camilla the Queen.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
No such thing as a citizen of the UK, only a subject of Her, now His, Maj. Which is the problem.
That's not what the passport says, or nationality law.
I was 9. It was 1970 in Carnoustie and I both leafleted and canvassed (seriously) for Ted Heath in Carnoustie in the then safe Tory seat of Angus. Precocious or weird? Take your pick.
I reckon actively canvassing for the Conservatives stops being weird after 35. Below 25 is reserved for the truly odd. And less than 18 is Rees-Mogg territory.
It was a very different Tory party in those days of course. I was a one nation Tory then and have remained so almost all of my life with a detour to the SDP when the Tories went too far right. I was happy under Cameron, particularly in the Coalition. The current party...not so much.
You were a "One Nation Tory" at 9?
PB has to be the ONLY place where this raises neither giggle nor eyebrow.
Which, of course, is why i enjoy it here so much.
Economically, it feels to me, the Tory party is wetter than it has ever been.
I have huge reservations about this.
My entire 'leccy bill over Winter has been paid for by the Govt. Meanwhile I'm taxed through the nose.
Won't someone come out and defend capitalism?
As a Baggie I am surprised you are not more cynical when it comes to looking at free market capitalism. From Jeremy Peace's "loan", to Lai helping himself to whatever takes his fancy. The result? Bankrupting a business which Mark Jenkins had made self sufficient is a remarkable example of how capitalism can fail in the hands of people who don't really believe in free market economics.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Which part of the country does "fella" come from? Not being sarcastic.
I encounter it a lot from Cornish folk I know (proper 'Cornish' - not 'BBC producer on a weekend break').
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
My beef is with his Queen. We were promised a Consort to prevent his Edward VII exile to Paris, and bingo he makes Camilla the Queen.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Which part of the country does "fella" come from? Not being sarcastic.
I dunno. It's used a lot in my part of the East Mids, but so is mate, marra and a few others.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
My beef is with his Queen. We were promised a Consort to prevent his Edward VII exile to Paris, and bingo he makes Camilla the Queen.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Which part of the country does "fella" come from? Not being sarcastic.
Don't know, but well before it was ever written as "fella", Alexander Pope in his 1733 Essay On Man had these lines rhyme
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow. The rest is all but leather or prunella.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
My beef is with his Queen. We were promised a Consort to prevent his Edward VII exile to Paris, and bingo he makes Camilla the Queen.
Diana is the Queen of our hearts!
Edward VIII
Oh yeah. The other fella looked like Prince Michael of Kent didn't he? Royal disinterest from me Sunil.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
The Church of England really are a bigoted organisation.
Fair play to King Charles III for this.
King Charles has been at loggerheads with Church leaders over the role other faiths should play in his Coronation, The Mail on Sunday understands.
Church sources say the monarch has been told that his desire for a 'diverse' ceremony, including participation by non-Christians, risks clashing with centuries- old canon law, which bars Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and other faith leaders from reading out prayers during the service.
Religious affairs commentator Catherine Pepinster claims today she has been told that this wrangle has delayed the release of the Coronation's Order of Service with barely four weeks to go until the ceremony.
From the article it seems that other faiths are completely relaxed
Last night other faith leaders were relaxed about the Christian nature of the ceremony. Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the former founding Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: 'It is appropriate the formal ritualistic prayers of the Coronation ought to be Anglican as the King is from the Anglican faith.
'But the presence of other faith leaders will signify the importance that the King represents all the faith communities in the Kingdom.'
Pradip Gajjar, a Hindu leader, said: 'This is a Christian ceremony for a Christian King. I don't see a problem with that.'
The CoE, good love’em (or not) have some serious issues.
A couple of weeks ago there was a video of the Archbishop of Canterbury standing and applauding a man (a judge / KC) who I know not only bullied his son for years but then supported the same son in multiple family court cases involving the son’s abused and intimidated ex wife and her poor daughter, in the slimiest and most duplicitous way possible. As close as we get in civilised middle class British society to pure evil. A brief look at the court records would put this beyond doubt.
Fair enough the Archbishop isn’t expected to review everyone he interacts with, but someone in a litigation role for the CofE. A bit if background checking might be in order.
I don’t know the case that you refer to. But I very much doubt the Archbishop is involved in selection of CofE lawyers. Sounds like a bureaucratic cock up
Ma Pepsi has quite a lot of pepper in her porridge.
(See the writings over the years of the blogger known as Splintered Sunrise.)
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
No such thing as a citizen of the UK, only a subject of Her, now His, Maj. Which is the problem.
You are right we are almost all British citizens not UK citizens
British subject has a very limited and specific definition related to people born before 1949 and connected to Ireland or India
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
Great idea. Can we have an act of Parliament to make that his official moniker ?
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
I'm afraid he is your King, and everyone else's, until such time if and when the monarchy ceases to exist in the islands.
To say otherwise is factually incorrect, regardless of how trendy a slogan it is.
I was 9. It was 1970 in Carnoustie and I both leafleted and canvassed (seriously) for Ted Heath in Carnoustie in the then safe Tory seat of Angus. Precocious or weird? Take your pick.
I reckon actively canvassing for the Conservatives stops being weird after 35. Below 25 is reserved for the truly odd. And less than 18 is Rees-Mogg territory.
It was a very different Tory party in those days of course. I was a one nation Tory then and have remained so almost all of my life with a detour to the SDP when the Tories went too far right. I was happy under Cameron, particularly in the Coalition. The current party...not so much.
You were a "One Nation Tory" at 9?
PB has to be the ONLY place where this raises neither giggle nor eyebrow.
Which, of course, is why i enjoy it here so much.
Economically, it feels to me, the Tory party is wetter than it has ever been.
I have huge reservations about this.
My entire 'leccy bill over Winter has been paid for by the Govt. Meanwhile I'm taxed through the nose.
Won't someone come out and defend capitalism?
Free market capitalism died when the bankers were bailed out.
It then had a stake driven through its heart when politicians went from being government ministers straight to being the hirelings of shysters and hostile countries.
Its now only about which demographics get which place at the trough.
Not sure that's entirely true?
There have been multiple bank crashes and bailouts over the past 200 years.
We all expect a Ukrainian counter offensive to take place in the near future but when exactly? Although the weather is probably still a bit boggy I'm sure the Ukrainians would like an element of surprise so it might be sooner rather than later. With all the tanks and IFVs I'm sure the west will be expecting results but I still worry about the lack of long range artillery and air cover. The west ought to kick itself if all that kit is lost for relatively little gain because they weren't prepared to go the extra mile.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
My beef is with his Queen. We were promised a Consort to prevent his Edward VII exile to Paris, and bingo he makes Camilla the Queen.
Diana is the Queen of our hearts!
So, shouldn't your slogan be "Camilla is not my Queen", then?
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
You are the guy at the end of Braveheart, and I claim my 5 groats
I was 9. It was 1970 in Carnoustie and I both leafleted and canvassed (seriously) for Ted Heath in Carnoustie in the then safe Tory seat of Angus. Precocious or weird? Take your pick.
I reckon actively canvassing for the Conservatives stops being weird after 35. Below 25 is reserved for the truly odd. And less than 18 is Rees-Mogg territory.
It was a very different Tory party in those days of course. I was a one nation Tory then and have remained so almost all of my life with a detour to the SDP when the Tories went too far right. I was happy under Cameron, particularly in the Coalition. The current party...not so much.
You were a "One Nation Tory" at 9?
PB has to be the ONLY place where this raises neither giggle nor eyebrow.
Which, of course, is why i enjoy it here so much.
Economically, it feels to me, the Tory party is wetter than it has ever been.
I have huge reservations about this.
My entire 'leccy bill over Winter has been paid for by the Govt. Meanwhile I'm taxed through the nose.
Won't someone come out and defend capitalism?
Free market capitalism died when the bankers were bailed out.
It then had a stake driven through its heart when politicians went from being government ministers straight to being the hirelings of shysters and hostile countries.
Its now only about which demographics get which place at the trough.
Not sure that's entirely true?
There have been multiple bank crashes and bailouts over the past 200 years.
It has been a death of multiple causes since Lloyd George's reforms before the First World War. After that, you had two world wars, the embryonic Conservative welfare state reforms of the 1920s (cottage hospitals, etc.), the Attlee welfare state and nationalisations, Brown's innovations like the minimum wage, the 2008 financial crisis and aftermath, the current socialist consensus. Only the Thatcher/Lawson reforms of the 1980s were a significant movement in the other direction. Other than that's it's been a one-way street.
Our country is more equal and much less dynamic as a result.
Nerdy fact about the BBC's 1992 election coverage.
The only 2 seats that don't flash up along the bottom of the screen, or feature as a declaration, are Elmet and Birmingham Hodge Hill. There was some sort of computer error which stopped them from appearing.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
He’s also the Duke of Normandy to me which is good. “The King, our Duke.”
Nerdy fact about the BBC's 1992 election coverage.
The only 2 seats that don't flash up along the bottom of the screen, or feature as a declaration, are Elmet and Birmingham Hodge Hill. There was some sort of computer error which stopped them from appearing.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Don't the BBC collect their own money from the public, rather than getting it from government?
I think that you’d have an interesting time in international definitions of “tax” trying to claim the License Fee is not a government controlled collection of money.
I’ll bet this has come up in connection with diplomats (see parking charges etc)
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
He’s also the Duke of Normandy to me which is good. “The King, our Duke.”
That it's accorded the same status as NPR (which receives 1% of its funding directly from government), along with Russian state media, is illustrative of the problem.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Just have respect for a decent man who has done lots for the UK and will continue to do so.
We all expect a Ukrainian counter offensive to take place in the near future but when exactly? Although the weather is probably still a bit boggy I'm sure the Ukrainians would like an element of surprise so it might be sooner rather than later. With all the tanks and IFVs I'm sure the west will be expecting results but I still worry about the lack of long range artillery and air cover. The west ought to kick itself if all that kit is lost for relatively little gain because they weren't prepared to go the extra mile.
U.K. supplied AS-90s have been spotted in Ukraine.
Think they are still in the mud season in various parts of the front. But then again….
This report contradicts a similar one that came out about 18 months ago IIRC.
"Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows"
It is sad that anyone has to suffer racist verbal or physical attacks.
However, I do not see that it is possible for people to self-report *discrimination* at the hands of insitutions versus a hypothetical idea of how a white person might have been treated under the same circumstances. All that such reporting can show is that people believe that they have been discriminated against, not that they have been.
The various representation of the people acts just said “we will use the old system but allow more people to vote”.
That is totally fine. It’s why the boundary changes are also fine as is ID.
A fundamental change in the system - to PR - especially where so many people gleefully claim it will screw one side - without authority doesn’t create a stable political system because it introduces the suspicion of partisan bias in setting the fundamental rules of the game
I think there are two different questions here:
Would it be possible for a political party to change the electoral system without a referendum?
Yes.
Would it be wise?
No, it would not.
Now, there are nuances here. If the Conservative Party won a General Election with the manifesto promise to introduce PR (and then did so), then that would be very different to a situation where it was a prize offered up in coalition negotiations.
Two more nuances would be that there is a recent precedent for changing the voting system, which was rejected in a referendum, and that those most in favour of changing the system are smaller parties who use arguments that thinly disguise the electoral benefit to themselves personally.
It's unlikely that either the SNP or LDs would personally benefit from PR in Westminster elections. The former would be down to 15-30 MPs for the foreseeable future. The latter would immediately split into pro-Tory and pro-Labour factions. They would benefit in the sense that no PR system would deliver a Tory majority on 37%, but this is hardly personal.
Most European countries with PR don't have multiple "liberal" parties, so I'm not convinced that the LDs would split.
Not a split into two parties I mean, but splitting toward viable and more dynamic alternatives like the Greens, for example. After PR it is hard to see the point of the LDs.
Most European countries with PR have a party that's a bit like the liberals and which gets 5-15%: there's D66 in the Netherlands, the FDP (who I grant you are Orange book) in Germany, and you could probably include Citizens in Spain.
While I agree with your general point, the Netherlands is the counter example as they have two liberal parties, D66 (who are more like the UK LibDems) and VVD (who are more like One Nation Tories, but then lots of European liberal parties and members of the ALDE are like that).
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Just have respect for a decent man who has done lots for the UK and will continue to do so.
Why? What about the hundreds of thousands of decent people who do lots for the country and will continue to do so, but for a lot less benefit. The ones who struggle to pay their bills despite working damn hard, while old Chaz Windsor drags half the armed forces around London with his gold coach. No ta.
The various representation of the people acts just said “we will use the old system but allow more people to vote”.
That is totally fine. It’s why the boundary changes are also fine as is ID.
A fundamental change in the system - to PR - especially where so many people gleefully claim it will screw one side - without authority doesn’t create a stable political system because it introduces the suspicion of partisan bias in setting the fundamental rules of the game
I think there are two different questions here:
Would it be possible for a political party to change the electoral system without a referendum?
Yes.
Would it be wise?
No, it would not.
Now, there are nuances here. If the Conservative Party won a General Election with the manifesto promise to introduce PR (and then did so), then that would be very different to a situation where it was a prize offered up in coalition negotiations.
Two more nuances would be that there is a recent precedent for changing the voting system, which was rejected in a referendum, and that those most in favour of changing the system are smaller parties who use arguments that thinly disguise the electoral benefit to themselves personally.
It's unlikely that either the SNP or LDs would personally benefit from PR in Westminster elections. The former would be down to 15-30 MPs for the foreseeable future. The latter would immediately split into pro-Tory and pro-Labour factions. They would benefit in the sense that no PR system would deliver a Tory majority on 37%, but this is hardly personal.
Most European countries with PR don't have multiple "liberal" parties, so I'm not convinced that the LDs would split.
Not a split into two parties I mean, but splitting toward viable and more dynamic alternatives like the Greens, for example. After PR it is hard to see the point of the LDs.
Most European countries with PR have a party that's a bit like the liberals and which gets 5-15%: there's D66 in the Netherlands, the FDP (who I grant you are Orange book) in Germany, and you could probably include Citizens in Spain.
While I agree with your general point, the Netherlands is the counter example as they have two liberal parties, D66 (who are more like the UK LibDems) and VVD (who are more like One Nation Tories, but then lots of European liberal parties and members of the ALDE are like that).
This report contradicts a similar one that came out about 18 months ago IIRC.
"Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows"
It is sad that anyone has to suffer racist verbal or physical attacks.
However, I do not see that it is possible for people to self-report *discrimination* at the hands of insitutions versus a hypothetical idea of how a white person might have been treated under the same circumstances. All that such reporting can show is that people believe that they have been discriminated against, not that they have been.
Furthermore, as black historian Thomas Sowell has pointed out, the prosperity of ethnic minority groups is not really correlated with racisim or lack of racism against them. Historically, Jews have been one of the most descriminated-against immigrant populations, sometimes banned from almost all professions, and yet they have become the most prosperous and outperformed the native populations in case after case. People of Indian heritage are another example.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Just have respect for a decent man who has done lots for the UK and will continue to do so.
Why? What about the hundreds of thousands of decent people who do lots for the country and will continue to do so, but for a lot less benefit. The ones who struggle to pay their bills despite working damn hard, while old Chaz Windsor drags half the armed forces around London with his gold coach. No ta.
We were not talking about them, we were talking about our King.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Just have respect for a decent man who has done lots for the UK and will continue to do so.
Why? What about the hundreds of thousands of decent people who do lots for the country and will continue to do so, but for a lot less benefit. The ones who struggle to pay their bills despite working damn hard, while old Chaz Windsor drags half the armed forces around London with his gold coach. No ta.
We were not talking about them, we were talking about our King.
Sod the king. Fill your boots. Forelock tug away. You do you. I'll do me.
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
We all expect a Ukrainian counter offensive to take place in the near future but when exactly? Although the weather is probably still a bit boggy I'm sure the Ukrainians would like an element of surprise so it might be sooner rather than later. With all the tanks and IFVs I'm sure the west will be expecting results but I still worry about the lack of long range artillery and air cover. The west ought to kick itself if all that kit is lost for relatively little gain because they weren't prepared to go the extra mile.
Also, whilst the Russians cannot defend everywhere, they know an attack is coming so presumably are pretty dug in. I wonder how hard headed and realistic western military assessments truly are, and whether the Ukrainians can surprise on the upside - so far the Russians have been annoyingly difficult to shift.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Someone better be on guard before HYUFD tugs twistedfirestopper's forelock for him.
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
This report contradicts a similar one that came out about 18 months ago IIRC.
"Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows"
It is sad that anyone has to suffer racist verbal or physical attacks.
However, I do not see that it is possible for people to self-report *discrimination* at the hands of insitutions versus a hypothetical idea of how a white person might have been treated under the same circumstances. All that such reporting can show is that people believe that they have been discriminated against, not that they have been.
We should be clear, yes, what is self-reported data versus other sorts of data. That said, many people’s experiences are, sadly, of very explicit discrimination. This isn’t about comparison with a “hypothetical idea of how a white person might have been treated”; it’s about experiences of very explicitly racist language and behaviour. I have a PhD student looking at experiences among medical students and some of the examples they’ve given us are horrendous. (We’ll submit for publication in due course, but might be a while.)
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
What does it say about me, that that image makes me think of this?
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
We all expect a Ukrainian counter offensive to take place in the near future but when exactly? Although the weather is probably still a bit boggy I'm sure the Ukrainians would like an element of surprise so it might be sooner rather than later. With all the tanks and IFVs I'm sure the west will be expecting results but I still worry about the lack of long range artillery and air cover. The west ought to kick itself if all that kit is lost for relatively little gain because they weren't prepared to go the extra mile.
Also, whilst the Russians cannot defend everywhere, they know an attack is coming so presumably are pretty dug in. I wonder how hard headed and realistic western military assessments truly are, and whether the Ukrainians can surprise on the upside - so far the Russians have been annoyingly difficult to shift.
Looking at the map of where Russia has been building new defensive lines, I wonder whether the best place to take them by surprise would be Donetsk itself.
A group of Florida neo-Nazis who recently projected a swastika onto a downtown Jacksonville building say the national hysteria drummed up over drag queens is helping them recruit new members, according to NPR.
The neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Florida, told NPR that conversations about recent legislation pushed by Republicans targeting drag shows have helped them recruit new members.
"What we have seen is certain types of activism definitely gets interest and recruitment up," Josh Nunes, the leader of the group, told NPR. "And that's where like the drag queen shit — like everybody wants to be a part of the team shutting that down."
How sad that people are so fragile that they feel threatened by a bloke in a dress.
some people are so fragile they feel threatened by rainbow flags
I'm not threatened by rainbow flags, though I find their ubiquity a tad irritating. I'm annoyed by trans flags because - given the status quo is that trans people do have rights, my inference is that the flyers of these flags support the wilder madness of the trans lobby, of which there is plenty. Much of which genuinely threatening.
It's submit or be killed apparently.
It's good to identify where the absolute lunatic end of the spectrum is so handily.
You’d never know just by appearances..
It is, of course, generally wrong to judge by appearances.
But sometimes life gives off useful warning signals that should be paid attention to.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
You could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen of the UK.
No such thing as a citizen of the UK, only a subject of Her, now His, Maj. Which is the problem.
My passport must be wrong then, as it says. “British Citizen”
Ha ha. Just saw Leicestershire made 389 to beat minor league Yorkshire after their arrogant declaration. About their third win this century. Happy Easter everyone!
Ha ha. Just saw Leicestershire made 389 to beat minor league Yorkshire after their arrogant declaration. About their third win this century. Happy Easter everyone!
In tactics you go Stokes or go broke. Sometimes both.
The West is facing a growing split between the Anglosphere (US/UK) and the EU (Franco-German bloc) when it comes to dealing with #DragonBear (China & Russia). Little did I know that Macron‘s visit to China will quickly manifest this geopolitical trend.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Someone better be on guard before HYUFD tugs twistedfirestopper's forelock for him.
I love the way in a democracy that certain royalist tell us what we should do and think re our royals. Not the first time here. I'm ambivalent regarding our royals. Don't feel strongly in favour or against, but it gets my back up when people tell me what to do and think regarding them. None of their business. In the unlikely event I ever met them I would certainly address them like I would anyone else i.e. as an equal.
Does having the two volume biography by Kershaw count?
If I recall people flipping out over the contents of Michael Gove's bookcase correctly, then yes, probably.
Hmmm. A book whose subtitle is for volume I - "Hubris" and for volume 2 "Nemesis". Did they not realise that it might not be entirely in favour of it's subject?
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Someone better be on guard before HYUFD tugs twistedfirestopper's forelock for him.
I love the way in a democracy that certain royalist tell us what we should do and think re our royals. Not the first time here. I'm ambivalent regarding our royals. Don't feel strongly in favour or against, but it gets my back up when people tell me what to do and think regarding them. None of their business. In the unlikely event I ever met them I would certainly address them like I would anyone else i.e. as an equal.
I'd kowtow. Not enough people kowtow these days. The His Majesty would reach out his majestic cumberland style fingers and pull me to my feet, like an equal.
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Someone better be on guard before HYUFD tugs twistedfirestopper's forelock for him.
I love the way in a democracy that certain royalist tell us what we should do and think re our royals. Not the first time here. I'm ambivalent regarding our royals. Don't feel strongly in favour or against, but it gets my back up when people tell me what to do and think regarding them. None of their business. In the unlikely event I ever met them I would certainly address them like I would anyone else i.e. as an equal.
I'd kowtow. Not enough people kowtow these days. The His Majesty would reach out his majestic cumberland style fingers and pull me to my feet, like an equal.
I'm saying I'd go "Alright, Chaz, how's it hanging?" But in reality, I'd probably get flustered, try and curtsey and call him your Honour or something!
This should have been my first comment today: Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating it, today.
The last nine words are unnecessary.
Politeness, rather than workery I’d say.
It's like saying Happy Coronation day, to those who are celebrating.
It's not a unifying national event or message if you caveat it - so don't.
Since when did you become World King?
You enjoy your Coronation, and I hope you have a great day along with everyone else who wants to have a great day, but don't expect me to participate in your "unifying national event". We had one of those last year, celebrating the life of HMQ and I paid my respects fully.
I can caveat the Coronation for you though, Charles isn't my king.
He is, whether you like it or not.
He can call himself what he wants. We don't have to call him by the title he grants himself. A straight forward Mr Windsor should suffice.
Nah. Whether you like or not his Coronation means he is the King of the realm... and he didn’t award himself the title. It came by legal right of sucession..
Look, mate, he's got about as much chance of me calling him Sir or King as any other Lord, Sir, Duke or whatever. That's a zero chance. If I met him, which I'm almost certain I never will, he'll get an upward nod and an "Alright, fella?" He's not going to send me to the Tower, is he? And I'm also certain that me calling him "fella" wouldn't bother him one little bit.
Yu could call him Bollocks Fishcakes if you like. It doesn’t alter the fact that he is head of state and therefore your King while you are a citizen to the UK.
He's The King, he's not my king. Absolutely he's the head of state, but I personally don't have to recognise him as anything. The fact we keep him and his kids in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed means he should be calling me Sir. Or he could call me Bollocks Fishcakes if he wanted, that's a title with panache.
He is your King.
Nope. You can tug yer forelock to old Chaz, I choose not to.
Someone better be on guard before HYUFD tugs twistedfirestopper's forelock for him.
I love the way in a democracy that certain royalist tell us what we should do and think re our royals. Not the first time here. I'm ambivalent regarding our royals. Don't feel strongly in favour or against, but it gets my back up when people tell me what to do and think regarding them. None of their business. In the unlikely event I ever met them I would certainly address them like I would anyone else i.e. as an equal.
I'd kowtow. Not enough people kowtow these days. The His Majesty would reach out his majestic cumberland style fingers and pull me to my feet, like an equal.
I'm saying I'd go "Alright, Chaz, how's it hanging?" But in reality, I'd probably get flustered, try and curtsey and call him your Honour or something!
The West is facing a growing split between the Anglosphere (US/UK) and the EU (Franco-German bloc) when it comes to dealing with #DragonBear (China & Russia). Little did I know that Macron‘s visit to China will quickly manifest this geopolitical trend.
I think it is more of a divide within the EU actually. France and Germany seem to want to prioritise economic policy first and foremost. The north and eastern countries less so.
The West is facing a growing split between the Anglosphere (US/UK) and the EU (Franco-German bloc) when it comes to dealing with #DragonBear (China & Russia). Little did I know that Macron‘s visit to China will quickly manifest this geopolitical trend.
I think it is more of a divide within the EU actually. France and Germany seem to want to prioritise economic policy first and foremost. The north and eastern countries less so.
Agreed. In particular Poland is a rising power that can no longer be sidelined by France and Germany in European politics.
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"Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project
Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/09/britain-not-close-to-being-a-racially-just-society-finds-two-year-research-project
My marras will be in the garden.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow.
The rest is all but leather or prunella.
(See the writings over the years of the blogger known as Splintered Sunrise.)
Just remarking. I’m another republican.
https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-tweets-you-wont-read/
British subject has a very limited and specific definition related to people born before 1949 and connected to Ireland or India
"BBC branded ‘government-funded’ on Twitter
Elon Musk faces row with broadcaster over state media tag"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/09/bbc-branded-as-government-funded-on-twitter
Spanner puts the gyn into misogyny so presumably is respecting sex based biology in his own inimitable style.
Can we have an act of Parliament to make that his official moniker ?
To say otherwise is factually incorrect, regardless of how trendy a slogan it is.
There have been multiple bank crashes and bailouts over the past 200 years.
Our country is more equal and much less dynamic as a result.
It's Easter Sunday so that means we're giving the traditional gift: an extra out-of-schedule poll!
Labour lead drops from 15 points to 11:
Con 30% (+1)
Lab 41% (-3)
Lib Dems 10% (+1)
Green 5% (nc)
Reform UK 7% (nc)
At 27, he prosecuted Nazis for more than 1 million deaths in perhaps the largest murder case in history.
https://mobile.twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1644796531256557569
The only 2 seats that don't flash up along the bottom of the screen, or feature as a declaration, are Elmet and Birmingham Hodge Hill. There was some sort of computer error which stopped them from appearing.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-funding-agreed-to-keep-bbc-world-service-on-air
I’ll bet this has come up in connection with diplomats (see parking charges etc)
@PB lawyers?
From whom he is descended.
Think they are still in the mud season in various parts of the front. But then again….
Turkey’s first ever aircraft carrier and the largest ship of the navy will be officially launched tomorrow. The flagship TCG Anadolu.
TB-3 armed drone, with folding wings, and the country’s first ever unmanned jet Kizilelma are already onboard..
https://mobile.twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1645133379946389510
But youngest daughter doesn't turn 20 until late 2034.
12 and a half years of parentung teenage girls coming up...
In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to it. They're lovely kids, really, and I'm optimistic they will remain so.
Good luck…and happy birthday to her.
However, I do not see that it is possible for people to self-report *discrimination* at the hands of insitutions versus a hypothetical idea of how a white person might have been treated under the same circumstances. All that such reporting can show is that people believe that they have been discriminated against, not that they have been.
https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p920577291/hBC04DC0C#hbc04dc0c
Enjoy them while they last; it will seem like no time at all.
But sometimes life gives off useful warning signals that should be paid attention to.
“British Citizen”
Even for "historical commemoration" purposes?
Just trying to gauge how "normal" this Harlan Crow business is.
https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1645173808859414532
Did you ever take Clarence Thomas on holiday in your private jet, though ?
* At least I hope not.
(For balance, I have a two volume Stalin biography on the other side of the bookcase.)
Just saw Leicestershire made 389 to beat minor league Yorkshire after their arrogant declaration. About their third win this century.
Happy Easter everyone!
Little did I know that Macron‘s visit to China will quickly manifest this geopolitical trend.
https://twitter.com/vtchakarova/status/1645084202864459776
Have you got a copy of Mein Kampf though? It is a dreary read. Though it paints a portrait of it's author which is true to the life.
A historian of the era is welcome to the effort. I can't be bothered.
Doesn't have to be in front of a Royal, mind.