Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
These things are surely relative. Corbyn will have another MP who is sure to be loyal most of the time, and who wants him to become PM, so he and the left are surely not going to be that upset.
Mr. Max, not sure I've heard anyone say anything racist about the bride. Or much republican tosh either.
There's been an over-egging of the "Oh wow, she's mixed race!" cake by the media but that'll be at least partly down to them overdoing the whole thing.
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't even know what she's on about. She's put up pictures of 2 very pretty women side by side, am I supposed to notice something about it?
Maybe one of the dresses is from Primark?
Is it a visible shoulders/hairh back vs a long neckline/hair showing debate. Both look very well turned out, I think this is where the whole "women can't win whatever they do" stuff originates from or Hopkins prefers lighter hues...
How many migrants trek to a middle income country with an indecipherable language?
I think the Baltic issue is still with their large Russian minorities. Though apparently they're making an effort to attract IT geeks and other cross-border services, with some success. A big translation agency focused on EU translation that I do work for has just moved from Belgium to Lithuania. We freelancers don't care where they're based, of course, and presumably they have had tax or other incentives.
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
There are people whose lives are spoiled by other peoples' happiness, and enhanced by other peoples' misery.
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't even know what she's on about. She's put up pictures of 2 very pretty women side by side, am I supposed to notice something about it?
Maybe one of the dresses is from Primark?
Is it a visible shoulders/hairh back vs a long neckline/hair showing debate. Both look very well turned out, I think this is where the whole "women can't win whatever they do" stuff originates from or Hopkins prefers lighter hues...
The rule is that she'll take the most controversial position she can on any given subject, and the more contrary and outrageous the better.
I think she sees herself as performing some sort of public debate balancing act and as a guardian of free speech, and thus she lives up to that role. I doubt she sincerely believes everything she writes. Her teachers used to describe her as a very nice and pleasant girl.
Either way: she gets everyone talking about her, every single time, so it works.
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
There are people whose lives are spoiled by other peoples' happiness, and enhanced by other peoples' misery.
I do enjoy the approach Republicans use to win hearts and minds every time there's a royal wedding on.
Barry Gardiner tying himself in knots on Marr about his recorded statement that Britain could not secure 'the exact same benefits' as the single market
Emma Barnett much more persistent in her questioning than Andrew Marr ever is.
She’s very good. Emma was the lady who tripped up Corbyn in a radio interview before the last election. He obviously thought she was primarily a “presenter”, rather than a respected and experienced broadsheet journalist who does her research and knows how to tease answers out of an unwilling subject through her questioning.
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't even know what she's on about. She's put up pictures of 2 very pretty women side by side, am I supposed to notice something about it?
Maybe one of the dresses is from Primark?
Is it a visible shoulders/hairh back vs a long neckline/hair showing debate. Both look very well turned out, I think this is where the whole "women can't win whatever they do" stuff originates from or Hopkins prefers lighter hues...
I was struck by Harry's resemblance to early c20 royals with his cap on in the carriage.
I was busy yesterday and saw none of the Royal wedding. I’ve glanced at the newspaper front pages today and they look a happy couple. Meghan looks lovely in the pictures.
If you don’t like fawning and endless coverage, you can always opt out.
For once I'm in agreement. I don't know what it's like for other people but my entire Facebook feed on the wedding has been unpleasant and unnecessary. Snide remarks about Harry's parentage etc complaints about the fawning BBC coverage.
Matt Hancock seems to have suffered from being attached to Osborne and denoted a 'rising star' making little impression. If he's doing a competent job as a minister fair play but from his public appearances he doesn't strike me as convincing.
I think that is more evidence of how leftwing your Facebook followers are
On the whole that's true. But most people haven't posted anything - like me they've just ignored it. I suspect a fair few of them do find it below the belt but don't tend to say anything.
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
Seriously - do you really think that many people will give a damn about something so obviously trivial? Why should he send them a tweet any more than to the many others who were married yesterday?
Because while about half of the UK electorate shares your indifference, a minority of the UK electorate care quite a lot about what happened yesterday. And quite a number of those will be seriously pissed off by what will be reported correctly as a Corbyn snub. He did find the time send a tweet of congratulations yesterday to someone in London, but it happened to be a Lewisham by-election candidate. When you are still 4% behind in the polls and seemingly going backwards some 8 years into a Conservative government, you really can't afford to piss anyone off unnecessarily.
And that conduct is being widely reported today. Not quite silence on the matter it turns out, instead he found time to also advise a constituent to "Try Russia Today" as an alternative news source.
Boy, what a bitter way to talk about it all. I feel like there must be more effective means of making the point.
On her father's side Meghan is descended from miners who emigrated to the US and ended up working in the mines of Pennsylvania. The poor white working class - the class that is alternately ignored or patronised by the likes of Kevin Maguire.
Next month I shall be at the Ulverston Music Festival where there will be a performance by the colliery band which provided the music for the film "Brassed Off". On another night I'll be seeing The Marriage of Figaro. It is possible to enjoy a diverse range of music.
Not everything has to be so aggressively "either/or". Nor does everything have to make a point.
@OwenJones84 Lewisham East's Blairite CLP chair @iMcKenzied tells the left not to campaign in the by-election or it'll put off voters.
Under Corbyn's leadership in 2017, Labour win 67.9% in Lewisham East, 10 points higher than in Blair's landslide victory in 1997 and the highest in history.
Poor Owen forgets that much of the Labour surge in Lewisham is simple demographic change and nothing to do with Momentum .
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
helps if you can spell her name mind you PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
I was busy yesterday and saw none of the Royal wedding. I’ve glanced at the newspaper front pages today and they look a happy couple. Meghan looks lovely in the pictures.
If you don’t like fawning and endless coverage, you can always opt out.
For once I'm in agreement. I don't know what it's like for other people but my entire Facebook feed on the wedding has been unpleasant and unnecessary. Snide remarks about Harry's parentage etc complaints about the fawning BBC coverage.
Matt Hancock seems to have suffered from being attached to Osborne and denoted a 'rising star' making little impression. If he's doing a competent job as a minister fair play but from his public appearances he doesn't strike me as convincing.
I think that is more evidence of how leftwing your Facebook followers are
On the whole that's true. But most people haven't posted anything - like me they've just ignored it. I suspect a fair few of them do find it below the belt but don't tend to say anything.
I think republicans just like complaining.
For perspective, Peston just did a public approval ratings table comparing the royals and politicians.
Prince Harry was on +63%, the Queen +56%, Prince William +55%, Prince Charles +4%, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was the only royal with a negative approval rating on -32%.
All the politicans surveyed though had negative approval ratings with May just ahead of Corbyn, then Cameron and Brown and Blair last on -50%.
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
The only other occasion I remember Hancock making the news was when he and Olly Letwin shoveled millions of taxpayers money to Kids Company.
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't really care what Katie Hopkins thinks about everything but I do think some Kate supporters (I believe that is a thing) had their noses put slightly out of joint by the OTT comments yesterday such as this was the most significant thing to happen to the Royal family for decades etc. There is plenty of room for both. Harry and William seem close and I very much hope they remain so but Harry and his family will become less significant as William's kids grow up. Charlotte looked a future star to me.
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
The only other occasion I remember Hancock making the news was when he and Olly Letwin shoveled millions of taxpayers money to Kids Company.
@OwenJones84 Lewisham East's Blairite CLP chair @iMcKenzied tells the left not to campaign in the by-election or it'll put off voters.
Under Corbyn's leadership in 2017, Labour win 67.9% in Lewisham East, 10 points higher than in Blair's landslide victory in 1997 and the highest in history.
Poor Owen forgets that much of the Labour surge in Lewisham is simple demographic change and nothing to do with Momentum .
Similarly the CLP chair doesn't seem to know that voters in any constituency generally don't give the slightest as to which faction of a party is sent to canvass them. The average voter wouldn't be able to give a particularly coherent description of the general terms left/right/centre, let alone describe them within the internal context of a particular political party.
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
The only other occasion I remember Hancock making the news was when he and Olly Letwin shoveled millions of taxpayers money to Kids Company.
That was a weird episode. I am seriously disappointed that woman did not end up in jail for fraud.
I recently heard information from someone in a position to know that puts a different complexion on that story.
The work done by that charity is being taken forward by others. But without the Batwoman's involvement. And some of the trustees are being pursued, I believe.
I have to be honest I didn't feel I was watching the next leader of the Tory party on Marr this morning although admittedly Emma Barnett's slightly aggressive, hectoring approach seemed to be designed not to bring out the best in him. A more laid back, subtle style such as that adopted by the rather good Sarah Smith on the Sunday Politics works better.
I have to be honest I didn't feel I was watching the next leader of the Tory party on Marr this morning although admittedly Emma Barnett's slightly aggressive, hectoring approach seemed to be designed not to bring out the best in him. A more laid back, subtle style such as that adopted by the rather good Sarah Smith on the Sunday Politics works better.
Hancock would crumble in the face of an Andrew Neil interview.
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
The only other occasion I remember Hancock making the news was when he and Olly Letwin shoveled millions of taxpayers money to Kids Company.
That was a weird episode. I am seriously disappointed that woman did not end up in jail for fraud.
I don't know about fraud but perhaps she is lucky not to be in prison for going far, far beyond the Peter principle. Good intentions aren't enough when your charity turns overnight from a kitchen table job to a multi-million pound operation.
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
helps if you can spell her name mind you PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
Not the first American divorcee to marry into the Royal family.
As a diehard Republican I would much rather our heirs choose capable partners who provide them with love and stability instead of of the usual notrights...Fergie, Diana et al......
My opposition has always been about birthright, deference and principle...not about the people. The two lads have done well to fish outside the defective genetic stock of English aristocratic girls with all their destructive, obsessional neurosis.....
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't really care what Katie Hopkins thinks about everything but I do think some Kate supporters (I believe that is a thing) had their noses put slightly out of joint by the OTT comments yesterday such as this was the most significant thing to happen to the Royal family for decades etc. There is plenty of room for both. Harry and William seem close and I very much hope they remain so but Harry and his family will become less significant as William's kids grow up. Charlotte looked a future star to me.
I'm one of those who thinks that woman (I won't use her name) shouldn't be given any more oxygen than she needs to keep breathing. Don't people getting outraged by her understand that they are feeding the beast? There's something rather funny about the not very self aware 'money can't by class' comment though. But perhaps even that was more knowing than we realise? All part of the business plan.
More interestingly she could be an ardent royalist trying to work out how to get all the snivelling, sanctimonious, miserable republicans on team Meghan. What better way than an insult from the devil woman herself?
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
As a diehard Republican I would much rather our heirs choose capable partners who provide them with love and stability instead of of the usual notrights...Fergie, Diana et al......
My opposition has always been about birthright, deference and principle...not about the people. The two lads have done well to fish outside the defective genetic stock of English aristocratic girls with all their destructive, obsessional neurosis.....
A pity that in complimenting the lads you also had to make a broad brush untrue and insulting generalisation about English girls.
Is it so hard to understand that interesting people come in all shapes, sizes, and in all sorts of groups and classes?
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
helps if you can spell her name mind you PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
Nicola Sturgeon at least congratulated them on their wedding unlike Corbyn.
The SNP leadership is now more monarchist than the current republican Labour leadership it seems and Sturgeon and Salmond have said Scotland would retain the monarchy even in the unlikely event it becomes independent (let us not forget the Scots had their own monarch for centuries and shared one with England for a century, from James 1st to Anne, excluding Cromwell's Protectorate, until the Act of Union in 1707)
As a diehard Republican I would much rather our heirs choose capable partners who provide them with love and stability instead of of the usual notrights...Fergie, Diana et al......
My opposition has always been about birthright, deference and principle...not about the people. The two lads have done well to fish outside the defective genetic stock of English aristocratic girls with all their destructive, obsessional neurosis.....
It's interesting that the House of Windsor survives by allowing itself to be transformed into other families - the Spencers of course but also the Markles too. So there I said it. There IS something interesting about the Monarchy.
I think you and I would both agree that the really big event is next Saturday of course.
As a diehard Republican I would much rather our heirs choose capable partners who provide them with love and stability instead of of the usual notrights...Fergie, Diana et al......
My opposition has always been about birthright, deference and principle...not about the people. The two lads have done well to fish outside the defective genetic stock of English aristocratic girls with all their destructive, obsessional neurosis.....
It's interesting that the House of Windsor survives by allowing itself to be transformed into other families - the Spencers of course but also the Markles too. So there I said it. There IS something interesting about the Monarchy.
I think you and I would both agree that the really big event is next Saturday of course.
Qualifying in Monaco? You may be right, the race is going to be extremely boring.
PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
However, it is hard not to conclude, as one mulls over the events of this year – the Chequers summit, Downing Street’s push for the customs partnership, last week’s committee agreement on the backstop – that May is slowly boiling the ERG frog. A furtive twitch of the dial is more effective than a frantic wrench. Gently does it.
Okay - final comment on the wedding. Couldn't care less about Beckham/Clooney's attendance, the Gospel choir/Bishop Berry's contributions were intriguing but surely the really inspiring move would have an invite for one of Meghan's favourite authors Noam Chomsky. Nearly 90 and still one of the world's great intellectual heavyweights, with a lifetime of radical thought and writing - THAT would have been a transformative move for the Monarchy.
Lord Mandelson on Peston and says William and Harry have secured the monarchy's future for many years to come
I think zeitgeist will have more to do with that than william and Harry. The line between the wedding being a grand spectacle and vulgar is a thin line
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
Surely a part of the problem is that Hancock has a relatively trivial department where making the news is relatively difficult. The FOBTs were such a chance and in fairness he seized it. But the key areas of this government are the economy, the NHS, housing, Brexit and immigration. The Ministers who make a success of failure of these areas will be the ones in the running or not in my view.
The only other occasion I remember Hancock making the news was when he and Olly Letwin shoveled millions of taxpayers money to Kids Company.
Okay - final comment on the wedding. Couldn't care less about Beckham/Clooney's attendance, the Gospel choir/Bishop Berry's contributions were intriguing but surely the really inspiring move would have an invite for one of Meghan's favourite authors Noam Chomsky. Nearly 90 and still one of the world's great intellectual heavyweights, with a lifetime of radical thought and writing - THAT would have been a transformative move for the Monarchy.
Is Chomsky really one of her favourite authors? She's zoomed up in my estimation
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
helps if you can spell her name mind you PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
Not the first American divorcee to marry into the Royal family.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Okay - final comment on the wedding. Couldn't care less about Beckham/Clooney's attendance, the Gospel choir/Bishop Berry's contributions were intriguing but surely the really inspiring move would have an invite for one of Meghan's favourite authors Noam Chomsky. Nearly 90 and still one of the world's great intellectual heavyweights, with a lifetime of radical thought and writing - THAT would have been a transformative move for the Monarchy.
Is Chomsky really one of her favourite authors? She's zoomed up in my estimation
How do we know he wasn't invited and is still deconstructing the hidden meaning of the invite letter?
Okay - final comment on the wedding. Couldn't care less about Beckham/Clooney's attendance, the Gospel choir/Bishop Berry's contributions were intriguing but surely the really inspiring move would have an invite for one of Meghan's favourite authors Noam Chomsky. Nearly 90 and still one of the world's great intellectual heavyweights, with a lifetime of radical thought and writing - THAT would have been a transformative move for the Monarchy.
Is Chomsky really one of her favourite authors? She's zoomed up in my estimation
She does have strong views and is not too shy to express it. The fun has just started!
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I don't know much about Blunt, but he seems to have a sense of humour. Just glancing at his twitter I see the him responding to a Trump all cap tweet of WITCH HUNT with JAMES BLUNT, and to someone else referring to a 'James Blunt kind of night' with 'Quite wet and and disappointing?'
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I don't know much about Blunt, but he seems to have a sense of humour. Just glancing at his twitter I see the him responding to a Trump all cap tweet of WITCH HUNT with JAMES BLUNT, and to someone else referring to a 'James Blunt kind of night' with 'Quite wet and and disappointing?'
He is a lot better at witty one liner responses to abuse on twitter than writing songs...
Blunt quit the army to go and live in Carrie Fisher's pool house before Harry ever got his (won entirely on merit) place at Sandhurst.
I don't care for uniforms on non-serving officers but my wife to be begged me to wear my White Number One tunic (which is the best uniform in the British armed services) for our wedding. As I knew she was signing on for a lifetime of confused disappointment I relented and let her have her day.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
I have a horrible feeling they just grabbed whoever they thought would say "yes" and filtered out the obvious embarrassments.
Blunt quit the army to go and live in Carrie Fisher's pool house before Harry ever got his (won entirely on merit) place at Sandhurst.
I don't care for uniforms on non-serving officers but my wife to be begged me to wear my White Number One tunic (which is the best uniform in the British armed services) for our wedding. As I knew she was signing on for a lifetime of confused disappointment I relented and let her have her day.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
I have a horrible feeling they just grabbed whoever they thought would say "yes" and filtered out the obvious embarrassments.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Harry's a huge England rugby fan, he knows quite a few players.
Have you all forgotten this picture from when England lost to the ramshaggers in the 2015 world cup?
Edit and of course, Prince Harry's cousin married an England player.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Harry's a huge England rugby fan, he knows quite a few players.
Have you all forgotten this picture from when England lost to the ramshaggers in the 2015 world cup?
Edit and of course, Prince Harry's cousin married an England player.
Now Mike Tindall definitely batting out of his league!
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Wild whacky and totally off-the-wall speculation: perhaps he is a friend of H or M or both?
Edit: the answer, as so often, is in the Sun, with a brilliant grammatical fail or two:
"James Haskell & fiance Chloe Madeley
As Prince Harry is an avid rugby fan and patron for the Rugby Football Union, he has been spotted joking around with the England player at a recent training session.
He got engaged to Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s daughter in Paris last month."
Stormzy has turned down an invite to play at Jeremy Corbyn's Glastonbury-style music festival, it has been claimed.
The grime star is a fan of the Labour leader and led the crowds in a chorus of 'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn' when he performed at Glastonbury last year.
Party bosses had asked him to perform at Labour Live - a day-long festival in north London next month - with Labour insiders believing his star billing could help save the struggling event.
But in a fresh blow to the festival - dubbed 'Labour Dive' by party staff because of the low ticket sales - he turned down the offer.
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Wild whacky and totally off-the-wall speculation: perhaps he is a friend of H or M or both?
If you have seen any of James Haskell's videos on YouTube you would be shocked if he had any friends. Owen Farrell is not a fan.
Glad that this royal wedding rubbish is all done. Though I'm sure the bandwagons will start rolling when Megan gets pregnant.
Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
helps if you can spell her name mind you PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
Not the first American divorcee to marry into the Royal family.
Remind me, how well did that previous one go?
It lasted for 37 years so by recent standards would be judged among the more successful unions.
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
I don't even know what she's on about. She's put up pictures of 2 very pretty women side by side, am I supposed to notice something about it?
Maybe one of the dresses is from Primark?
Is it a visible shoulders/hairh back vs a long neckline/hair showing debate. Both look very well turned out, I think this is where the whole "women can't win whatever they do" stuff originates from or Hopkins prefers lighter hues...
The rule is that she'll take the most controversial position she can on any given subject, and the more contrary and outrageous the better.
I think she sees herself as performing some sort of public debate balancing act and as a guardian of free speech, and thus she lives up to that role. I doubt she sincerely believes everything she writes. Her teachers used to describe her as a very nice and pleasant girl.
Either way: she gets everyone talking about her, every single time, so it works.
I know someone else who'll take a controversial position on a controversial subject.
I have to be honest I didn't feel I was watching the next leader of the Tory party on Marr this morning although admittedly Emma Barnett's slightly aggressive, hectoring approach seemed to be designed not to bring out the best in him. A more laid back, subtle style such as that adopted by the rather good Sarah Smith on the Sunday Politics works better.
Ha ha. Clearly I'm in the minority re Ms Barnett as she now seems to be getting rave reviews for her demolition of Barry Gardiner. Even Matt Hancock is joining in the praise although I stand by the fact I don't think he exactly advanced his ambitions on that showing.
I was busy yesterday and saw none of the Royal wedding. I’ve glanced at the newspaper front pages today and they look a happy couple. Meghan looks lovely in the pictures.
If you don’t like fawning and endless coverage, you can always opt out.
Okay - final comment on the wedding. Couldn't care less about Beckham/Clooney's attendance, the Gospel choir/Bishop Berry's contributions were intriguing but surely the really inspiring move would have an invite for one of Meghan's favourite authors Noam Chomsky. Nearly 90 and still one of the world's great intellectual heavyweights, with a lifetime of radical thought and writing - THAT would have been a transformative move for the Monarchy.
Is Chomsky really one of her favourite authors? She's zoomed up in my estimation
Chomsky is responsible for introducing decades of stultifying and tendentious dogma into the study of linguistics. Dreadful, arrogant man.
(The only objection I had to the wedding coverage was its interruption of my usual Saturday morning radio listening. Did it have to be quite so ubiquitous ?)
Listening to the radio now, reporting on the papers' analysis of a wedding, there is the most awful and OTT guff being written about its alleged significance. From some of the commentary you'd have thought no-one in the Royal family had ever spoken to a non-white person before.
I hope the couple don't fall into the trap of believing the hype, concentrate on their marriage, family (with luck) and what they can do with the privileges they enjoy.
Enough.
Some exquisite birdsong this morning in my garden. And more glorious weather on the way.
It is pretty silly. I just cannot wait for the OTT opposite reaction where some one suggests meghan is not black enough or something as she is very light skinned.
Has anyone opened a book on what the first racist remark Emma Dent Coad will make about the Duchess of Sussex (as I suppose we must now call her) will be?
Maybe she'll call her a coconut.
It is the right wing that is giving Meghan the slagging at present:
Was working yesterday and could not see the live stream. Visited my sister last night and we had many wines and chocolate biscuits on the couch whilst viewing it on playback. Takeaways were:
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously. * Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved. * Did they know *any* of the slebs? * Oprah! * James Corden? Why? * I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please. * Choir was fantastic * Prince Philip looked very ill. * Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard? * Lovely dress. * Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
I did have to chuckle at James Blunt response to somebody on twitter asking who the hell invited him...
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
Harry's a huge England rugby fan, he knows quite a few players.
Have you all forgotten this picture from when England lost to the ramshaggers in the 2015 world cup?
Edit and of course, Prince Harry's cousin married an England player.
Now Mike Tindall definitely batting out of his league!
I have to be honest I didn't feel I was watching the next leader of the Tory party on Marr this morning although admittedly Emma Barnett's slightly aggressive, hectoring approach seemed to be designed not to bring out the best in him. A more laid back, subtle style such as that adopted by the rather good Sarah Smith on the Sunday Politics works better.
Ha ha. Clearly I'm in the minority re Ms Barnett as she now seems to be getting rave reviews for her demolition of Barry Gardiner. Even Matt Hancock is joining in the praise although I stand by the fact I don't think he exactly advanced his ambitions on that showing.
I have to be honest I didn't feel I was watching the next leader of the Tory party on Marr this morning although admittedly Emma Barnett's slightly aggressive, hectoring approach seemed to be designed not to bring out the best in him. A more laid back, subtle style such as that adopted by the rather good Sarah Smith on the Sunday Politics works better.
Ha ha. Clearly I'm in the minority re Ms Barnett as she now seems to be getting rave reviews for her demolition of Barry Gardiner. Even Matt Hancock is joining in the praise although I stand by the fact I don't think he exactly advanced his ambitions on that showing.
A good interviewer is not there to 'bring out the best' in their interviewee. They are there to deliver the best, most informative interview possible and to hold the interviewee to account.
If Gardiner wanted an easy ride, he shouldn't put himself forward for live broadcast interviews.
Brexit is one huge clusterf*ck. A clusterf*ck that we voted for (via lies, bigotry and xenophobia). God have mercy on us!
Yet we haven't had the immediate recession, punishment budget, million more unemployed, stock market crash, car factories closing down, City relocating to Frankfurt, refugee camps in Dover and shops empty of food which you Remainers so loudly predicted.
All we get now is whiny bleats that its a disaster without giving any details as to what this disaster is.
Brexit is one huge clusterf*ck. A clusterf*ck that we voted for (via lies, bigotry and xenophobia). God have mercy on us!
Yet we haven't had the immediate recession, punishment budget, million more unemployed, stock market crash, car factories closing down, City relocating to Frankfurt, refugee camps in Dover and shops empty of food which you Remainers so loudly predicted.
All we get now is whiny bleats that its a disaster without giving any details as to what this disaster is.
In fact the only thing Remainers were right about is that wages have risen for the low paid:
Brexit is one huge clusterf*ck. A clusterf*ck that we voted for (via lies, bigotry and xenophobia). God have mercy on us!
Yet we haven't had the immediate recession, punishment budget, million more unemployed, stock market crash, car factories closing down, City relocating to Frankfurt, refugee camps in Dover and shops empty of food which you Remainers so loudly predicted.
All we get now is whiny bleats that its a disaster without giving any details as to what this disaster is.
In fact the only thing Remainers were right about is that wages have risen for the low paid:
PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
Morning Malc!
Morning Scott, did you have a street party yesterday
Brexit is one huge clusterf*ck. A clusterf*ck that we voted for (via lies, bigotry and xenophobia). God have mercy on us!
Yet we haven't had the immediate recession, punishment budget, million more unemployed, stock market crash, car factories closing down, City relocating to Frankfurt, refugee camps in Dover and shops empty of food which you Remainers so loudly predicted.
All we get now is whiny bleats that its a disaster without giving any details as to what this disaster is.
He's a wind-up merchant and just come's on here to be provocative.
And he probably hates this country and a majority of it's inhabitants.
Oh, so oil prices wouldn't have collapsed had it not been for the death of Hugo Chávez. You learn something new every day.
I can't work out if Jon Oliver took his led from McDonnell or the other way around. Both in the past week have tried to argue that Venezuela isn't really socialist and Chavez wasn't the reason for all the problems.
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Even as a supporter of the Monarchy it was all a bit much.
However, one can't help but feel happy for them. The sour people this morning who are somehow put out by this wedding because they are either republican or racist against Megan should take a long look at themselves in the mirror. Why should two people's happiness detract from their own.
There's been an over-egging of the "Oh wow, she's mixed race!" cake by the media but that'll be at least partly down to them overdoing the whole thing.
Good for British tourism, though.
Both look very well turned out, I think this is where the whole "women can't win whatever they do" stuff originates from or Hopkins prefers lighter hues...
I think she sees herself as performing some sort of public debate balancing act and as a guardian of free speech, and thus she lives up to that role. I doubt she sincerely believes everything she writes. Her teachers used to describe her as a very nice and pleasant girl.
Either way: she gets everyone talking about her, every single time, so it works.
Lewisham East's Blairite CLP chair @iMcKenzied tells the left not to campaign in the by-election or it'll put off voters.
Under Corbyn's leadership in 2017, Labour win 67.9% in Lewisham East, 10 points higher than in Blair's landslide victory in 1997 and the highest in history.
Poor Owen forgets that much of the Labour surge in Lewisham is simple demographic change and nothing to do with Momentum .
PS: who gives a fig for the stupid rich tw*ts anyway, overhyped mince for the even more stupid pleb's. Royals trying to be hip be introducing divorcees to the cult.
For perspective, Peston just did a public approval ratings table comparing the royals and politicians.
Prince Harry was on +63%, the Queen +56%, Prince William +55%, Prince Charles +4%, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was the only royal with a negative approval rating on -32%.
All the politicans surveyed though had negative approval ratings with May just ahead of Corbyn, then Cameron and Brown and Blair last on -50%.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/06/kids-company-closure-government-knew-3m-grant-pay-staff
The work done by that charity is being taken forward by others. But without the Batwoman's involvement. And some of the trustees are being pursued, I believe.
My opposition has always been about birthright, deference and principle...not about the people. The two lads have done well to fish outside the defective genetic stock of English aristocratic girls with all their destructive, obsessional neurosis.....
More interestingly she could be an ardent royalist trying to work out how to get all the snivelling, sanctimonious, miserable republicans on team Meghan. What better way than an insult from the devil woman herself?
Is it so hard to understand that interesting people come in all shapes, sizes, and in all sorts of groups and classes?
The SNP leadership is now more monarchist than the current republican Labour leadership it seems and Sturgeon and Salmond have said Scotland would retain the monarchy even in the unlikely event it becomes independent (let us not forget the Scots had their own monarch for centuries and shared one with England for a century, from James 1st to Anne, excluding Cromwell's Protectorate, until the Act of Union in 1707)
I think you and I would both agree that the really big event is next Saturday of course.
The 34-year-old West Suffolk MP and skills minister had agreed to appear on the ITV breakfast show Daybreak to defend the new traineeships scheme with activist Ian Pattison of Youth Fight for Jobs.
At 6.30am on Thursday, Pattison was ready on the London studio sofa, but there was no sign of the minister. Programme staff said that on calling his home, they were informed he was still in bed. Pattison had to carry on as the sole interviewee.
However, it is hard not to conclude, as one mulls over the events of this year – the Chequers summit, Downing Street’s push for the customs partnership, last week’s committee agreement on the backstop – that May is slowly boiling the ERG frog. A furtive twitch of the dial is more effective than a frantic wrench. Gently does it.
https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2018/05/boiling-the-brexiteer-frog.html
* Meghan is proper beautiful. Seriously.
* Harry is a scruffy haporth who really should have shaved.
* Did they know *any* of the slebs?
* Oprah!
* James Corden? Why?
* I'm in a minority here, but did not like the preacher. Short, dull and low-key, please.
* Choir was fantastic
* Prince Philip looked very ill.
* Harry wore the wrong uniform. Should have gone with the one he wore to Kate's. Braid, sash, cap: would it have been too hard?
* Lovely dress.
* Possibly the best royal wedding for some years.
Neil Hamilton has been ousted as UKIP group leader in the Welsh Assembly.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44152343
I love how in these types of events people can get away with just flat out lies
Mr Hamilton said it was an "ambush" and he was told of his sacking by text but Ms Jones had said the decision was "amicable".
Clearly Hamilton does not feel it was very amicable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44187815
I know Blunt served in the military with Harry, but James Haskell the rugby player...what is the connection there? Is there some super secret VIP version of seatwave, where celebs and poshos can resell invites to society events they can't / don't want to attend?
I don't care for uniforms on non-serving officers but my wife to be begged me to wear my White Number One tunic (which is the best uniform in the British armed services) for our wedding. As I knew she was signing on for a lifetime of confused disappointment I relented and let her have her day.
James Blunt served in the army with Prince Harry.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6327926/famous-guests-royal-wedding-tom-hardy/
But checking on wikipedia, seems they are wrong.
Have you all forgotten this picture from when England lost to the ramshaggers in the 2015 world cup?
Edit and of course, Prince Harry's cousin married an England player.
Edit: the answer, as so often, is in the Sun, with a brilliant grammatical fail or two:
"James Haskell & fiance Chloe Madeley
As Prince Harry is an avid rugby fan and patron for the Rugby Football Union, he has been spotted joking around with the England player at a recent training session.
He got engaged to Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s daughter in Paris last month."
Stormzy has turned down an invite to play at Jeremy Corbyn's Glastonbury-style music festival, it has been claimed.
The grime star is a fan of the Labour leader and led the crowds in a chorus of 'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn' when he performed at Glastonbury last year.
Party bosses had asked him to perform at Labour Live - a day-long festival in north London next month - with Labour insiders believing his star billing could help save the struggling event.
But in a fresh blow to the festival - dubbed 'Labour Dive' by party staff because of the low ticket sales - he turned down the offer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749857/Stormzy-turns-invite-perform-Corbyns-Labour-Live-festival.html
https://twitter.com/RangersBluenose/status/997927424250843136
https://twitter.com/HumzaYousaf/status/998140059424624640
(The only objection I had to the wedding coverage was its interruption of my usual Saturday morning radio listening. Did it have to be quite so ubiquitous ?)
Katie Hopkins - that is one ugly motherf*ck, both on the inside and outside!
We are well on the way down the road to a 2nd referendum.
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/998159686896676864
If Gardiner wanted an easy ride, he shouldn't put himself forward for live broadcast interviews.
All we get now is whiny bleats that its a disaster without giving any details as to what this disaster is.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/may/18/number-of-low-paid-uk-workers-falls-to-lowest-level-in-decades
though Stuart Rose thought that was 'not necessarily a good thing'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNAdVjZ_h1c
And he probably hates this country and a majority of it's inhabitants.
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