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"His timing is a bit off I don't have a stick up my arse " yeah..you defo sound as if you dont | |||
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"His comment is all very well and true but it was still a shit thing to say. I'm just waiting to hear what Frankie Boyle has to say, no doubt he'll go one further, he always does " Frankie Boyle won't say a word. He's went all political and less offensive recently. Would love to hear what frankie of past would say tho. As for Kevin. Its a bloody joke. Take it as its ment please folks. Let's not try cancel someone because you don't agree with what they say. Simply just don't watch their comedy. Problem solved | |||
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"His comment is all very well and true but it was still a shit thing to say. I'm just waiting to hear what Frankie Boyle has to say, no doubt he'll go one further, he always does Frankie Boyle won't say a word. He's went all political and less offensive recently. Would love to hear what frankie of past would say tho. As for Kevin. Its a bloody joke. Take it as its ment please folks. Let's not try cancel someone because you don't agree with what they say. Simply just don't watch their comedy. Problem solved " I'm probably one of the few people who don't like Kevin Bridge's brand of humour either. I'd never go see him live and if I see him on the TV, I switch over | |||
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"His timing is a bit off I don't have a stick up my arse " Or a sense of humour | |||
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"His comment is all very well and true but it was still a shit thing to say. I'm just waiting to hear what Frankie Boyle has to say, no doubt he'll go one further, he always does Frankie Boyle won't say a word. He's went all political and less offensive recently. Would love to hear what frankie of past would say tho. As for Kevin. Its a bloody joke. Take it as its ment please folks. Let's not try cancel someone because you don't agree with what they say. Simply just don't watch their comedy. Problem solved I'm probably one of the few people who don't like Kevin Bridge's brand of humour either. I'd never go see him live and if I see him on the TV, I switch over " Personally I don't switch over but thats the best outlook to have. If you don't like or agree with something don't complain about it. Just turn it off. The world would be a much better place. Don't you think?? X | |||
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"The comedian is being lambasted for what has been called a poor taste joke made at his show last night. Thoughts? I think it's a factually correct (if poorly timed) comment. Seen many people say the same thing. Do you think it was in poor taste or a fair and perfectly fair comment on the day that the Queen died?" As a response to the totally OTT coverage it's both fair and valid. It's getting like the Diana coverage where the media stoked up a battle over who could be the most upset, cry the most, be critical of anyone not going into mourning. That's the really sick stuff. | |||
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"Not funny to who though ? I personally don't think it was funny , but that's because of my taste in comedy, not because it was about the queen's death. Loads of other people would of and did find it funny. End of the day , if you did or didn't find it funny , it's not a reason for a comedian to be ridiculed for it. " | |||
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"Just a wider point to that of the joke. Apologies to the OP if you feel this is off thread topic... Excluding those who are intentionally being disrespectful with a view to offend, there's a real sense on social media and in the usual parts of the press of a potential witch hunt occuring to any person or company or service that dares to not mourn hard enough. A couple of examples off the top of my head; the MET office reducing the frequency of weather updates as a mark of respect and kids football being cancelled (in our case cancelled, uncancelled, then cancelled again). Ironically some who would decry cancel culture, and nationalism/patriotism, would now gladly call for it in order to project their ideological beliefs on to others. It's curious to watch, particularly anything with a sense of a "brand" or public persona, basically shitting themselves into conformity rather than face the terror of a public shaming. Its disrespectful that we know the weather? Or our kids play football at the weekend? Deary me." You're bang on the money here. If we're to believe all the doom & gloom at the moment then there is very little to be cheery or optimistic about....all the more reasonable to let the kids have their football, let people go to gigs, let the adults see their football matches. Plus you've got the income generated from these things for businesses who will be losing out when their backs are already against the wall. I find the grief porn more offensive than any comedians joke. | |||
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"Totally wrong what he said " Why? Genuinely interested as to why you think so. Was what he said incorrect or an exaggeration? | |||
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"Seems things some sections of society are assumed to appreciate more like rugby, opera etc not cancelled, but football is. Adds to the sense there is fear the majority of people are apathetic so need to have mourning imposed on them." | |||
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"Totally agree with the way over the top media coverage.im sad someone's mother grandmother and whatever died..I'm not sorry because she's the queen. Not the everyone agrees with the monachary.why would it be disrespectful to have upbeat songs on the radio ir normal TV programmes?..all the outpouring for someone most have never met is pretty laughable now? " Thought that yesterday. If I hear another Back Street Boys song am gonnae put ma heid in the fucking oven. And it's electric but will help drown out the sound. | |||
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"His comment is all very well and true but it was still a shit thing to say. I'm just waiting to hear what Frankie Boyle has to say, no doubt he'll go one further, he always does " This | |||
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"I seen the video on line and I thought it was brilliant, he said nothing controversial just stated the truth. Comedy/Humour is personal either you like someone/something or you don’t, as mentioned some support the royals others don’t you can’t expect to post your views and not have someone give theirs. " this . Some like to run with their tribalism rubbish . Many aren’t bothered in truth . | |||
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"His timing is a bit off I don't have a stick up my arse Or a sense of humour " Lol | |||
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"Reconsidered my original opinion after reading a bit more about it. Not poorly timed at all. He said nothing offensive about the Queen at all and the timing is perfect given the government's attempts to try and deal with the fuel crisis." This, this and this again! | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least." Wow!!! We can make a joke about a very well respected Queen dying but have a pop at a random poster on a sex site is not ok? You seem to have selective morality or maybe only a stick up your arse on this forum. | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Wow!!! We can make a joke about a very well respected Queen dying but have a pop at a random poster on a sex site is not ok? You seem to have selective morality or maybe only a stick up your arse on this forum." so now your having a pop? Ps..not into anal but that's another post I might go have a pop in | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Wow!!! We can make a joke about a very well respected Queen dying but have a pop at a random poster on a sex site is not ok? You seem to have selective morality or maybe only a stick up your arse on this forum.so now your having a pop? Ps..not into anal but that's another post I might go have a pop in " Not a pop, just an observation. | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Wow!!! We can make a joke about a very well respected Queen dying but have a pop at a random poster on a sex site is not ok? You seem to have selective morality or maybe only a stick up your arse on this forum.so now your having a pop? Ps..not into anal but that's another post I might go have a pop in " Don't you mean poop! | |||
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"Ach fair play to him. Some of the best, funniest moments are at funerals, great wee days oot. Is he telling a lie?" "...great wee day oot.." Granny's pan breed. Ya fucking dancer....I've no been oot in a fortnight! | |||
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"Ach fair play to him. Some of the best, funniest moments are at funerals, great wee days oot. Is he telling a lie? "...great wee day oot.." Granny's pan breed. Ya fucking dancer....I've no been oot in a fortnight!" Ooo what a day that was...you celebrate the life not mourn the death. When I go it's a free bar. | |||
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"Absolutely DO NOT want to start an online argument pro /anti monarchy, however... Ideally there should be the ability to have a calm and considered conversation whether having a royal family and monarch as head of state is an efficient use of public funds. Or if there should be a modernisation of how the monarchy is managed. They are the biggest land owners in the UK which brings them considerable annual income, thats on top of their accumulated annual salaries of +£100m, and the perceived abuses of public monies. Renovating palaces, travel etc (Buckingham palace will cost around £400million over the next 10 years - this in a time where every penny spent in public services is politicized). There is no oversight in "Queens consent" i.e. the right of the royals to rewrite laws to suit their personal interest (recently uncovered by investigative journalists over 1000 Scottish laws affected since her coronation). We are unable to audit their "embarrassing" personal wealth ("embarrassing" by HRH lawyers own admission). Another lack of oversight. Should we be insisting they pay more than a token amount of tax? The Queen only started paying a token amount of tax in the last few years to avoid public outrage. We have economists forensically analyzing the economy on a quarterly basis but none will put a figure on the "benefit" the royal family has on the UK. There is no information tourists visiting the royals wouldn't be coming to the UK anyway. All this leads to the conclusion they are infact an extravagance. Perhaps its an extravagance the majority of the public enjoy which should be forgiven. I think the case for modernizing the monarchy at the very least is overwhelming. With a fresh reign beginning and perhaps after a reasonable amount of time after the Queen's passing its a conversation that should begin? I'm not hopeful its one the "establishment" nor media would entertain." Said before, a monarchy in the 21st century is a ridiculous anachronism and we should love to a system that is fully democratic and doesn't maintain the class system. I find it incredible that anyone would actually support the concept of monarchy. As usual some will reference the cost / issues of the American Presidency, but that's a totally different system, and one we shouldn't follow. There will also be the "tourism" argument, yet other countries get millions of tourists visiting palaces, castles etc even though there's been no monarch for centuries. If you believe that the monarch has somehow been anointed by God then fine, that's your belief. If not I can't see any argument against the removal of the monarchy. | |||
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"First, it was suggested he should have cancelled his show, but, logically, why should he? It's like the Diana bollocks all over again, with right wing media types telling us what we should do and feel when a woman who means nothing to many of us, passes after a long and very privileged life. Then comes the criticism over a pointed but accurate remark. Comment is free, folks. Don't try pushing your views on others in some mass imposed herd-think." Well said lots of old women Will die this winter just because they can't afford to put their heating on and she wasn't exactly struggling with her gas bill or putting food on the table I've now feeling either way about the royal family or their Hanger's on | |||
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"Jeezo it was a joke about the horrifying state of income inequality in the UK (the worse in Europe by a fair margin, and set to get worse under Truss). Like most decent comedy it used a shared experience to bounce a potentially upsetting idea into your mind-grapes. An old lady died. She was 96. She wisnae your gran. Get over it ffs." | |||
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" I'm probably one of the few people who don't like Kevin Bridge's brand of humour either. I'd never go see him live and if I see him on the TV, I switch over " Well there is at least 2 of us. Absolutely no time for him. | |||
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"What ever your views on the monarchy for or against whether you liked the queen or not that doesn't matter. To me it's simply bad taste the fact he used the death of a mother and grandmother for the purpose of a cheap laugh whose family are mourning, it wasn't that funny as he is a funny guy without cheap shot like that. " Great post | |||
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"It's completely factually correct. If you can't laugh in the face of death you have no humor. Comments like this in the public eye, balance the views of the nation. It may have said in a jovial manner, but Bridges has been known to pack no punches regardless of how raw his material may be and being a scottish lad from humble beginnings, if reading between the lines, it is probably his true view on the monarchy. Alot of people have a similar views. She was simply another human, another mother, another grandmother. Another old human who died. Death comes to us all...... She is not a deity or God! She was a CEO business woman for the UK multinational. As a CEO she got paid handsomely for her work and the benefits package included various houses, estates, yachts and cars, paid for by the UK multinational. As CEO of the UK multinational empire she did her job well for the best part with a few upper management glitches through years. Most CEOs retire with a nice pension pot and She could have done that at anytime but chose to hang on in their til the death. She was and we all are humans in the end. A tiny carbon based life form in the vast space of the universe. Probably in a locker in a train station somewhere (men in black reference). " I think you'll find that in actual fact, she was the Queen...so in no way similar to a CEO Too bad if you don't like them apples | |||
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"It's completely factually correct. If you can't laugh in the face of death you have no humor. Comments like this in the public eye, balance the views of the nation. It may have said in a jovial manner, but Bridges has been known to pack no punches regardless of how raw his material may be and being a scottish lad from humble beginnings, if reading between the lines, it is probably his true view on the monarchy. Alot of people have a similar views. She was simply another human, another mother, another grandmother. Another old human who died. Death comes to us all...... She is not a deity or God! She was a CEO business woman for the UK multinational. As a CEO she got paid handsomely for her work and the benefits package included various houses, estates, yachts and cars, paid for by the UK multinational. As CEO of the UK multinational empire she did her job well for the best part with a few upper management glitches through years. Most CEOs retire with a nice pension pot and She could have done that at anytime but chose to hang on in their til the death. She was and we all are humans in the end. A tiny carbon based life form in the vast space of the universe. Probably in a locker in a train station somewhere (men in black reference). I think you'll find that in actual fact, she was the Queen...so in no way similar to a CEO Too bad if you don't like them apples " someone take the stick out of this one | |||
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"All the people who take this as offensive....get a grip. When national anthem of England is on at a sctland match its booed...everone states how they want rid if the royal family. Is it because a catholic has made the joke then suddenly hes the devil. Majority of complaints will be from non catholics....and one more thing what are Ipox fans going to play as they cant sing god save the quen. Im english and dont find his jokes disrespectful as i dont think sex pistols should have been banned in 77." Its nothing to do with religion and btw its the british national anthem, its the disrespect in using a death to get laughs.. no need | |||
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"All the people who take this as offensive....get a grip. When national anthem of England is on at a sctland match its booed...everone states how they want rid if the royal family. Is it because a catholic has made the joke then suddenly hes the devil. Majority of complaints will be from non catholics....and one more thing what are Ipox fans going to play as they cant sing god save the quen. Im english and dont find his jokes disrespectful as i dont think sex pistols should have been banned in 77." Why doesn't he try get laughs about all those who died of covid. Im sure he would if he could. I didnt know a single person who died of covid, but I stood silent for 2 minutes when we were asked to. Not just about the lose of life, but also those families who did lose a loved one. The Queen was a person, the role she had in the UK should not cover the fact she has died, and she has a family in moarning. | |||
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"Reconsidered my original opinion after reading a bit more about it. Not poorly timed at all. He said nothing offensive about the Queen at all and the timing is perfect given the government's attempts to try and deal with the fuel crisis." This. Exactly this. People want to get a grip, and also stop with the fascism around what we should all think and how we should act. The cynic might add that her death has bought Liz Truss some time away from dealing with the energy crisis, so we'll done Kev for keeping it topical. | |||
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"Its not the first joke to be made about the royal family and it won’t be the last. Yes, it’s sad she’s dead but my god she was 96 and had a damn good innings. " | |||
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"Far too many people go out of their way to be offended. " I think so. Many are waiting at the side of the road for anything to pass which they could be offended by. They aren't even interested in it. Just looking for something to register their unhappiness with on whatever social media they can throw themselves onto. I know of a WW2 veteran who died of malnutrition in his care home because the NHS wouldn't admit him to hospital to be put on an IV feed drip during Covid. Family not allowed to visit. He must have thought they'd forgotten about him or didn't care any more. He was 98 years old and could easily have don 100. Took him a fortnight to die while they gave him liquid sedative. Offended. Some folks feelings are so easily hurt. | |||
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"What ever your views on the monarchy for or against whether you liked the queen or not that doesn't matter. To me it's simply bad taste the fact he used the death of a mother and grandmother for the purpose of a cheap laugh whose family are mourning, it wasn't that funny as he is a funny guy without cheap shot like that. " It's not about a cheap laugh. It's about making a very relevant and important point. She died, and that's tragic for her family and close friends. For the rest of us she's a 96 year old that died in her multi million pound holiday home whilst other pensioners are going to die due to poverty. That politicians are rushing to say how tragic it is, that Government has come to a grinding halt for this. Not to deal with the cost of living crisis, the ongoing Covid crisis, the slow car crash that is Brexit | |||
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"All the people who take this as offensive....get a grip. When national anthem of England is on at a sctland match its booed...everone states how they want rid if the royal family. Is it because a catholic has made the joke then suddenly hes the devil. Majority of complaints will be from non catholics....and one more thing what are Ipox fans going to play as they cant sing god save the quen. Im english and dont find his jokes disrespectful as i dont think sex pistols should have been banned in 77. Why doesn't he try get laughs about all those who died of covid. Im sure he would if he could. I didnt know a single person who died of covid, but I stood silent for 2 minutes when we were asked to. Not just about the lose of life, but also those families who did lose a loved one. The Queen was a person, the role she had in the UK should not cover the fact she has died, and she has a family in moarning. " The "joke" wasn't about her dying. He was drawing a comparison between the reaction to the the death of a 96yr old woman who wanted for nothing and pensioners the length and breadth of the country who will struggle to heat their homes and eat this winter. You'd think he got on stage, cracked open the champagne and said "F*ck The Queen". | |||
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"Factually he is true. The comparison is laid before us with his quip. The 96year old head of state versus her normal elderly subjects. The head of state will never suffer from food and heat deprivation, where as the subjects will be going through the harshest of experiences with the oldest of them dying from it. It's the truth. Funny of not. Well said Mr bridges. We locked down the country to protect this vulnerable age group, now it seems we are happy to see them freeze or starve....indeed all of us freeze or starve." | |||
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"Factually he is true. The comparison is laid before us with his quip. The 96year old head of state versus her normal elderly subjects. The head of state will never suffer from food and heat deprivation, where as the subjects will be going through the harshest of experiences with the oldest of them dying from it. It's the truth. Funny of not. Well said Mr bridges. We locked down the country to protect this vulnerable age group, now it seems we are happy to see them freeze or starve....indeed all of us freeze or starve." Spot on | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least." Excuse me, that's racist | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Excuse me, that's racist" ehe? | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Excuse me, that's racistehe? " Think it’s a jest considering what word you’d be left with if you removed the letter S from sniggered, but I could be entirely wrong | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Excuse me, that's racistehe? Think it’s a jest considering what word you’d be left with if you removed the letter S from sniggered, but I could be entirely wrong " bloody hope not as that's laughable..even for here | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Excuse me, that's racistehe? Think it’s a jest considering what word you’d be left with if you removed the letter S from sniggered, but I could be entirely wrong bloody hope not as that's laughable..even for here " State of the world these days, can’t rule anything out anymore | |||
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"If you can't laugh at what's definitely a joke.you need to get a grip of yourself. Not everyone is a royalist..not everyone has a stick up their arse. Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. Excuse me, that's racist" "Down with this sort of thing!" (waves pitchfork) | |||
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"Absolutely DO NOT want to start an online argument pro /anti monarchy, however... Ideally there should be the ability to have a calm and considered conversation whether having a royal family and monarch as head of state is an efficient use of public funds. Or if there should be a modernisation of how the monarchy is managed. They are the biggest land owners in the UK which brings them considerable annual income, thats on top of their accumulated annual salaries of +£100m, and the perceived abuses of public monies. Renovating palaces, travel etc (Buckingham palace will cost around £400million over the next 10 years - this in a time where every penny spent in public services is politicized). There is no oversight in "Queens consent" i.e. the right of the royals to rewrite laws to suit their personal interest (recently uncovered by investigative journalists over 1000 Scottish laws affected since her coronation). We are unable to audit their "embarrassing" personal wealth ("embarrassing" by HRH lawyers own admission). Another lack of oversight. Should we be insisting they pay more than a token amount of tax? The Queen only started paying a token amount of tax in the last few years to avoid public outrage. We have economists forensically analyzing the economy on a quarterly basis but none will put a figure on the "benefit" the royal family has on the UK. There is no information tourists visiting the royals wouldn't be coming to the UK anyway. All this leads to the conclusion they are infact an extravagance. Perhaps its an extravagance the majority of the public enjoy which should be forgiven. I think the case for modernizing the monarchy at the very least is overwhelming. With a fresh reign beginning and perhaps after a reasonable amount of time after the Queen's passing its a conversation that should begin? I'm not hopeful its one the "establishment" nor media would entertain. Said before, a monarchy in the 21st century is a ridiculous anachronism and we should love to a system that is fully democratic and doesn't maintain the class system. I find it incredible that anyone would actually support the concept of monarchy. As usual some will reference the cost / issues of the American Presidency, but that's a totally different system, and one we shouldn't follow. There will also be the "tourism" argument, yet other countries get millions of tourists visiting palaces, castles etc even though there's been no monarch for centuries. If you believe that the monarch has somehow been anointed by God then fine, that's your belief. If not I can't see any argument against the removal of the monarchy. " I find it incredible that no-one else has quoted this amazing post in last 3 days. Monarchy in this day and age is completely ridiculous especially when we generally as a whole claim the class system should be abolished. If we can find the "millions" in public funds currently being used for this spectacle surely we could find cash to help others. That cash could be used to help with fuel cap costs in these times alone. What about thinking about what that cash would do for the army veteran's that we so quickly forget about as soon as they stop protecting the family we are currently paying for. The tax scenario is on another level alone. Switzerland for example is used as a tax haven for their wealth. Acquired mostly from our own pockets may I add. Shall we even go down the lord mountbattenburg and Prince Andrew accusations of sexual abuse that was paid off and covered up. Sure both never convinced. But neither was Mr Saville a good friend of both. | |||
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" Tell me 1 person that's heard a bad taste joke and not sniggered at least. " Kevin Bridges didn't even make a joke. He stated a fact. That is why it is so funny. We feel a slight pang of guilt at laughing... not because it is disrespectful to the deceased monarch. That pang of guilt comes because we know that many of the "other old women to die this winter" will die alone, cold and lonely in far less privilege, comfort, and warmth - and in far less salubrious surroundings than the Castle and Estate which the dead monarch expired in. And she had an embarrassment of Castles, Stately Homes, Palaces and Country Houses to choose to make her exit in/from. | |||
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"Will the BBC Mourn Hub ever cover the questionable morality of Queen Elizabeth II as a private individual? Changing environment law, tax law and criminal law to benefit her private entity beyond the crown? " I didn't realise she'd become a politician | |||
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"Will the BBC Mourn Hub ever cover the questionable morality of Queen Elizabeth II as a private individual? Changing environment law, tax law and criminal law to benefit her private entity beyond the crown? I didn't realise she'd become a politician " "Queens consent". She actually made it legal for her to detonate a nuclear warhead. Has interfered in the drafting of an obscene amount of laws prior to being passed in parliment. Over 1000 in Scotland. England, Wales and NI as yet haven't been quantified. | |||
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"Will the BBC Mourn Hub ever cover the questionable morality of Queen Elizabeth II as a private individual? Changing environment law, tax law and criminal law to benefit her private entity beyond the crown? I didn't realise she'd become a politician "Queens consent". She actually made it legal for her to detonate a nuclear warhead. Has interfered in the drafting of an obscene amount of laws prior to being passed in parliment. Over 1000 in Scotland. England, Wales and NI as yet haven't been quantified." Where do you read this kind of stuff? | |||
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" Where do you read this kind of stuff?" This was in the press a few weeks ago. Google Queens consent. Think it was in the guardian. There were several articles detailing it | |||
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" Where do you read this kind of stuff? This was in the press a few weeks ago. Google Queens consent. Think it was in the guardian. There were several articles detailing it " I think we're interpreting it differently | |||
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" Where do you read this kind of stuff? This was in the press a few weeks ago. Google Queens consent. Think it was in the guardian. There were several articles detailing it I think we're interpreting it differently " Fair enough, but there's a difference between the definition and its application as detailed in the articles. | |||
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" Where do you read this kind of stuff? This was in the press a few weeks ago. Google Queens consent. Think it was in the guardian. There were several articles detailing it I think we're interpreting it differently " So what's your interpretation. That the Queen had various bills amended to avoid the royals and or their wealth and or their lands, employments practices amended so that they were exempt or not fully affected is factual. | |||
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