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Not our King? – politicalbetting.com
Not our King? – politicalbetting.com
Britons are divided on how likely they are to watch or take part in celebrations surrounding the coronation All BritonsVery/fairly likely: 46%Not very/at all likely: 48%18-24yr oldsLikely: 31%Not likely: 59%65+yr oldsLikely: 62%Not likely: 32%https://t.co/LzYbrTC7B2 pic.twitter.com/kfFmTVmuSa
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One of the reasons that I am more positive on Labour's chances is that I expect persistent inflation in the UK and elsewhere to necessitate a more aggressive central bank response. A recession is probably needed here as well as in the US and Euro Area to tame inflation. I don't see an economic backdrop of high inflation and interest rates and coordinated recession across major economies as being very conducive to the Tories' reelection chances. However, economic forecasting is notoriously tricky so DYOR.
Ironically twin A will actually be there but we didn’t know that when we booked the flights.
Which even by the standards of Mr Eagles seemed a bit harsh.
Then I realised I had missed the word ‘family.’
The leader of Britain’s largest anti-monarchist group says more than 1,350 people have pledged to protest during the coronation parade in May.
Graham Smith, the head of Republic, said the demonstration would mark “the largest protest action” in the group’s 50-year history.
Republic activists will wear yellow T-shirts and wave yellow placards to create an “unmissable sea of yellow” along the procession route in central London, he said. When the newly crowned King passes in his gold stage coach, they plan to boo loudly and chant: “Not my King”.
Most of the demonstration will be in Trafalgar Square but smaller groups of anti-monarchists will be dotted along other sections of the route.
Smith, 48, said activists would aim to arrive early in the morning to be as close to the barriers as possible. He stressed, however, that they were not planning any Extinction Rebellion-style stunts, because “it’s not a good look” and “doesn’t help the cause”.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anti-royal-monarchy-protest-coronation-not-my-king-krf5gf8gb
At least if the protestors are dressed distinctively, the TV director will know who to avoid broadcasting.
We will finally get headline inflation below 10% as April's figures of last year (with the big rise in energy prices) drop out of the comparator, but I see no signs of inflation falling back to close to the 2% target without a recession occuring first.
That won't be well timed for Sunak less than 12 months before an election.
I couldn't give a flying fig about him or the bloody royal family. A load of archaic crap.
I think watching some of it inevitable, even if just the highlights on the news. Drinks, field games and fireworks on the playing fields is the extent of my partying. Let's hope for some sun. Everything looks better in the sun.
It was always likely the popularity of the monarchy would decline after the death of the queen and these polls confirm the general disinterest
The late queen's coronation is very much in my memory, and if this one is anything like hers I fear the decline in support will continue as times have changed so much since 1953
However, until there is a viable alternative I expect the monarchy to continue in a much reduced role
I'm with Max - thanks for the day off, but I've got better things to do.
A former Duke of York used to brand his slaves with his initials which still makes him a better human being than the current Duke of York.
I expect them to decamp to the US fairly soon.
You are a v sad person.
As for Heathener, no sadder than those who will spend the day riveted by the meaningless pageantry.
I shall probably watch part of the procession basically because my wife will want to, and the chair where I spend most of my days nowadays points at the television!
However, I shall be having my own celebration as it’s my birthday! 85!
Seventy years later, with a man well past retirement age at the centre of events, and with massive squeeze on personal finances, there is less enthusiasm to party. It just isn't the national mood right now, but it doesn't itself mean that the institution is obsolete. Archaic, pompous and bizarrely ritualistic as it is, the Monarchy will plod on for longer.
What's the point? Why should we care?
I will probably watch it. God save the King!
If so, I'm going to "celebrate" at a restaurant called Mary Stuart
I rather fancy the scallop carpaccio, followed by the woke veal
https://www.restaurantmarystuart.com/carte-et-menus
"We don't want you as King!", Or "Republic Now!", would work, but this is a slogan for the ignorant or uneducated.
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Higher interest rates mean the amount earmarked today to pay future pensions, goes down. This is because, effectively, more can be paid from future interest income. Promised pensions are discounted by this higher interest rate to give a lower “present value”, or cost.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/news/liz-truss-1-trillion-off-british-public-sector-pension-bill/ (£££)
Perhaps the lesson is never to trust pension forecasts based on accounting conventions.
The core problem is that he hasn't yet won respect for himself in the role, and is too full of self-pity to try.
People don't have confidence in you if you don't have confidence in yourself.
It's the magic that surrounds it that's the problem. And Charles just doesn't seem to believe in himself or it very much.
Suggestions that inflation is about to fall back to low single digits therefore a tax cut budget therefore some feelgood therefore Sir Keith Donkey is found out and the Tories win are for the birds. Inflation isn't something the Tories have done, but they are in the driving seat. Their constant denial there is inflation ("its coming down fast" etc) is denial of people's reality. And when you say "you've never had it so good" as people struggle to pay their food bill, you're going to have a bad time in the elections to come...
It’s like a bigger-scale version of Singapore paying $20m for each F1 race, and making it back from tourism.
I have my own opinions of Charles Windsor as an individual but it's an amazing and sublime ceremony that goes back over 1,000 years - I love the history, the mystique and even the metaphysical transcendence of it - and this might be your only chance in your lifetime to see it - the last one was 70 years ago; we have no idea for how long he'll live.
Some monarchs are better than others. That's the game. Doesn't change my support for the institution.
Neither the Premier League nor the Royal Family have any particular need for the £100m and the tourists and TV will come with or without such payment.
It's a lagging indicator the calculations for which are rather contrived.
I'm not worried.
More than 310,000 children in England share a bed with parents or siblings because of overcrowded homes, research suggests.
Almost two million children — one in six — live in overcrowded homes because their family cannot access a suitable affordable home, according to the National Housing Federation, the umbrella body for almost 600 housing associations.
“I sleep on the sofa,” Dionne Barnes, 61, who lives with three children in a two-bedroom, tenth-floor flat in Bristol, said. “The only time I have space to myself is in the bathroom.” Her daughter, Chané, 31, who is eight months pregnant, shares a bedroom with her younger sister, Mihema-Ré, 8, who struggles to do homework in the cramped space.
Their autistic brother, Touré, 14, has the second bedroom. “My son loves the outdoors but he just stays in his room,” said Barnes, who runs a catering business and rents the flat from the council. She is waiting to be rehoused but was told it would take at least 18 months.
Researchers, who combined a survey of 207 households by the market research company Savanta with analysis of the government’s English Housing Survey, said the findings were “indicative”. The study uses the government definition of overcrowded homes, where a room is shared by more than two children under ten, two teenagers of different sexes or two adults who are not in a relationship.
Parents in 180,000 families regularly sleep in a living room, bathroom, hallway or kitchen, the study suggests. Half a million children, including 142,000 teenagers, share a bedroom with their parents. Up to 900,000 children struggle to do their homework.
Parents in more than half (53 per cent) of England’s 746,000 overcrowded homes worry that their children are too embarrassed to bring friends home. Three quarters of overcrowded families said it harmed their health and mental health.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/overcrowded-homes-force-300-000-children-to-share-bed-zmn9q5rbk
'Metaphysical transcendence', nope.
There is absolutely no bullshit about food in France.
If ever the Puritans take over here then I simply might have to become French.
We can't even say this markets Brand UK around the world. Charles is a miserable old bastard. No glamour and ooooh to see here. Holywood makes endless BritRoyal fantasy films, but the only place for scowling jug ears would be the old king who pops off at the beginning leaving Queen Liz Hurley to brood as her foxy children squabble over the crown.
That may have a purpose. If Harry had won an internecine battle for succession against Wills and Kate Simpleton, and now Harry and Meghan were to be whisked up to the Abbey flicking the Vs as the booing crowds, THAT would be worth paying for.
This? Naah.
A left-wing monarchist is an interesting but rare beast!
In more recent history:
While half the nation is toasting the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the other half has little enthusiasm for the celebrations, according to a new poll.
Some 49 per cent say they will be marking the monarch’s 70th anniversary in some way, leaving 51 per cent who are not.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/platinum-jubilee-queen-half-britons-wont-celebrate-royal-family-out-of-touch-poll-1665587
How did that turn out?
It’s an excuse for a party and a show - and an excuse for a bit of a p*ss up….Like Brits are going to turn that down.,….Bah! Humbug!
On topic, I'm unlikely to watch any of it but I know lots of people who will have a look without great engagement in it. I don't see any reason why any of us should be snooty about people who make the opposite choice. For some it's a magical moment of British history - we should let them enjoy it without sneering at it. For some of us, it's not our thing, and that should be OK too. Free choice, innit.
People will both whinge about it and watch it.
Very British.
The money isn’t going to the royal household, most of it is for security and other staff working, facilities for the crowd, and cleaning up afterwards. The two biggest recipients of it, will be Met Police and Westminster Council.
One question that brings up - are PL media rights subject to VAT? @TheScreamingEagles ?
I won't attend a celebration or watch the whole thing but plan to watch some of it.
Mr. Pioneers, you curmedgeon, you.
KCIII needs to be playing a blinder to prove people wrong about him and cement support for the next generation.
At the moment, I'd say he's too inspid and a bit of a wet lettuce. He clearly hasn't yet grown into the role and he needs to - fast.
A king who attracts the sympathy of both royalists and republicans.
The real problem is the failure of successive governments to overcome the vested interests that hold back homebuilding. We should be embarking on a social housing construction boom, not victim blaming families in overcrowded homes.