Uk To Make Dotty Old Man King In Bizarre Got/lotr Style Ceremony. Yes, It’s The Coronation.

But what of Meghan Markle? Surely she won’t ruin the big day?

 

I found this partucularly amusing as our current "Improving Viewing" has been Simon Schama's, frankly brilliant, "A History of Britain" (we've just finish S02E04, "The Wrong Empire (1750-1800)"):



https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1648921642003832832

I've actually met the current "Pretender to the Throne" (in the company of a group pissed-up sweaties, one of whom knew exactly who he was in Nida when he was visiting Thomas Mann's house).

 

I will be watching it pretending it is a very long Monty Python skit.

 

I didn't know we had a King. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

 

Not a monarchy fan and will be doing something other than watching. But I do acknowledge that on balance they make a contribution to the country and the economy, through increased tourism revenue and perceived status on the world stage.

Charlie is not a bad old sod, his heart appears to be in the right place on most topics of interest such as environment, sustainability etc. When the alternative is some of the others in that family or electing a president I'll go with what we've got.

 

Someone will have to remind me when the last time Charles sent in some stormtroopers to deal with protesting pensioners like Macron did . But hey . He says\tweets such nice things .
FTR I have no time for the monarchy or evil gits like Macron .
I am aware that you EU enthusiasts think that EM is a lovely chap

 

Can I ask, did you blame the EU when we had riots in 2011 under Cameron?

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/09/david-cameron-full-statement-uk-riots

Being pro EU doesn't mean I support every leader of countries in the EU. I also don't blame member countries domestic issues on the EU. In fact it proves that each country is independent and sovereign.

 

We were still in the EU in 2011 so that was on their watch , so to speak . So in answer to your question.Yes.

 

So, if Cameron and his government were not responsible for the riots in the UK then why is Macron responsible for the civil unrest in France?

Of course is not the EU's responsibility. If the EU intervened in France, or had done so in the UK in 2011, Brexiters would be the first to complain and, for once, they would be right to do so.

 

I was quite surprised at the reaction to Brenda's death. It has to be said, from my observations, the vast majority were well in to it. It was worse than Lady Di.

I think we're still a long way from getting rid of these self-declared 'royals' and 'dukes' and 'barons' who live like, well princes, at our expense just through luck of family birth.

 

Remember, we're all in this together:



https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1651476250194505730

 

I wouldn't want to be part of the royal family for all the tea in China. Horrible job. I don't envy one of them

 

recently elected leaders have been **** in fact all of them going back to blair and further

scotland has had similar so has the us

i think it is time for a dictatorship and to be fair the dotty old man might actually fit the bill as leader

 

When young people struggle to get homes and people blame migrants, we should remember that most of the land in the UK is owned by a small proportion of people, a few of whom just happened to be granted it following the Norman Conquest.

Our traditional elites and the super-wealthy constrain us all into a narrow space. The King sits at the Apex of this with large amounts of land devoted to his pleasure.

 

As I see it the problem is twofold.
The UK has a large proportion of people who believe in "fairness". So they do not vote for extremely high taxes on the wealthy or even more sensibly on a well structured system of wealth and inheritance taxes designed to reduce massive estates towards "average" levels - even over a very long period. So once you become very wealthy it is relatively easy to stay there.
Secondly it is those very people who should be targeted who control the media and indoctrinate us into their very strange view of "fairness" They couple this with dire warnings of how terrible it would be for us all if those who "create" wealth are targeted.

As a result getting people to vote for wealth reforming measures is nigh on impossible.

 

Doug Stanhope on the UK Royals. Offensive language, but the point remains.

 

I urge all forumeers to see Stanhope live - most of his act is based upon the vibe of what he feels he is getting back from the audience. The first time I saw him his 'stuff' was so-so, midway through he made a dig at Bill Hicks and the audience responded badly to this - at that point he really turned up his act up to '11' and it was the funniest bits of stand-up I have ever experienced.

 

I love him. This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. "She don't got no Jeebus!"

 

Funny as ****k . No doubt . Imagine someone banging on about Islam in the same way ?
Someone in Pakistan thanking Mohammed for saving them during a disaster but some white liberal
making fun of their beliefs? Never gonna happen cos ....
Woke cowards gotta pick on soft targets .

 

Anywho . I'm just back from the pub and I am aware of a lot of white liberal wokery .
Come back at me and I'll tell all about your wokery
Shhhhh!

 

African leaders extremely pished orf after being insulted by the Brits at the last Royal lollapalooza.

https://nairobitimes.co.ke/2023/04/...ated-abroad-loaded-into-bus-like-school-kids/

“Sometimes we are mistreated. We are loaded into buses like school kids, and it’s not right,” said Kenya's President William Ruto.

On September 19, 2022, President Ruto joined African presidents in mourning Queen Elizabeth, who passed away aged 96.

At the function, African leaders were driven in a bus, unlike Western heads of state, who were driven in private cars.

US President Joe Biden was driven in his private car, nicknamed the ‘the beast’. French President Emmanuel Macron also arrived with his entourage.

Ruto called for African presidents to stop attending events in Western countries en masse, adding that they could, instead, send representatives.

"That is the position I am taking as the President of Kenya,” he added.

So there may be a few empty seats this time.

 

It would be hard to describe Doug Stanhope as a liberal. Liberals may enjoy him, but he trains his sights at everyone. He has no time for British liberal superiority as the clips demonstrate.

Your analogy is not correct. The correct analogy would be a Muslim person in Pakistan taking the piss out of other Muslims. And that’s fine.

 

Take a look at the order of service and place your bets on when town centre big screen watchers start lobbing stuff:

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/23-24132 Coronation Liturgy Commentary.pdf

I reckon it’ll be ok until Camilla gets anointed, crowned and given a bejewelled rod and sceptre.

The whole thing is completely tone deaf. Charles could and should have swept 95% of it away. A few pictures of him at an intimate ceremony at Buck House getting his shiny new hat plonked on his head followed by a shift handshake with the Archbish would have been more than enough in 2023.

 

Wow, some seriously arcane stuff there.

Who is Zadok? Why does Nath get a mention? Why are the Spurs brought forward?

May as well be GOT and Hobbits.

 

Oaf. It's one of the masterpieces of the English choral tradition:



EDIT:

 

Zadok the Priest has a distinctly prog ring to it.

 

Can't believe Chas has picked the champions league music - surely the Match of the Day theme would have been better?

 

Wanting a cheap hoot about the Windsors? You may enjoy The Windsors: Coronation Special on Channel 4. Most of the laughs are obvious, but there are a few.