Queen to abdicate?
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McWigglebum4th said:
What no dreamers all shouting we should remove the royal family and have an elected head of state who will be far far far better then the current head of state
But strangely they never ever name who will actually be this person
All praise president blair
Congratulations on winning the ‘Predictable Post of the Thread award’. But strangely they never ever name who will actually be this person
All praise president blair
Disastrous said:
McWigglebum4th said:
What no dreamers all shouting we should remove the royal family and have an elected head of state who will be far far far better then the current head of state
But strangely they never ever name who will actually be this person
All praise president blair
But strangely they never ever name who will actually be this person
All praise president blair
I love that you've posted a rebuttal to an argument nobody has posted by effectively saying "nobody has posted this yet but here's what I think of it...!" Top work!
HenryJM said:
Our royal system is brilliant, it exists for image, tourism and occasion. Whilst there may be minor refinements on the edges the process is mainly superb and far, far better than any alternative.
It would be having anyone who actually did anything of note that would be problematic.
Not true actually, she does have some jobs to do, that she promised to do in her coronation oath. I am a supporter of the royal family, but have recently learned that possibly she hasn't done her job properly, so I'm now less enthusiastic.It would be having anyone who actually did anything of note that would be problematic.
Esseesse said:
HenryJM said:
Our royal system is brilliant, it exists for image, tourism and occasion. Whilst there may be minor refinements on the edges the process is mainly superb and far, far better than any alternative.
It would be having anyone who actually did anything of note that would be problematic.
Not true actually, she does have some jobs to do, that she promised to do in her coronation oath. I am a supporter of the royal family, but have recently learned that possibly she hasn't done her job properly, so I'm now less enthusiastic.It would be having anyone who actually did anything of note that would be problematic.
HTP99 said:
On the 9th September 2015, she will have taken over from Victoria as the longest raining monarch, she won't abdicate before then.
Why should that matter to her? You are assigning a view based on no knowledge that it matters.Personally I suspect that her view is that she is and will remain Queen as long as she is alive, but I have no evidence for it.
HenryJM said:
HTP99 said:
On the 9th September 2015, she will have taken over from Victoria as the longest raining monarch, she won't abdicate before then.
Why should that matter to her? You are assigning a view based on no knowledge that it matters.Personally I suspect that her view is that she is and will remain Queen as long as she is alive, but I have no evidence for it.
HTP99 said:
Personally I don't think she will abdicate as being Queen is her duty and she will remain Queen until the day that she dies, the Queen Victoria thing is just a point that I was making, however I would have thought if she was planning on abdicating she would wait the 9 months or so to break the record.
Sure, she might want that but it's equally possible that she really doesn't care about that. Who knows? HenryJM said:
HTP99 said:
Personally I don't think she will abdicate as being Queen is her duty and she will remain Queen until the day that she dies, the Queen Victoria thing is just a point that I was making, however I would have thought if she was planning on abdicating she would wait the 9 months or so to break the record.
Sure, she might want that but it's equally possible that she really doesn't care about that. Who knows? Scuffers said:
HTP99 said:
On the 9th September 2015, she will have taken over from Victoria as the longest raining monarch, she won't abdicate before then.
I wonder why there is this sudden interest and speculation about her abdicating.
money?I wonder why there is this sudden interest and speculation about her abdicating.
just how much have the bookies racked in over this?
JMGS4 said:
NO to king JugEars and queen Camel..... I'd almost rather have an elected President than them..... and I'm a royalist through and through...
So what would you expect your elected President to do? Given that almost all of the role is theatrical in dressing up for occasions and meeting and hosting people from other countries in a similar way and given that they should have no political or other influence - who else would be any good at it?HTP99 said:
I wonder why there is this sudden interest and speculation about her abdicating.
The Queen's Christmas Message is pre-recorded. I don't think that an actual date is given but this year's speech has already been recorded (possibly earlier this week). At the same time there has been a spike in bets being placed on the Queen abdicating which makes the bookies think that someone knows something.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff