4 day weekend

And off we go again

I think it's a great idea and have a lot of respect for the Queen. Good for communities to get together again and sod all the nay sayers.

And off we go again

No-one is forced to join in.
People could work if they don't want the time off, or alternatively, volunteer in a food bank to give a break to those hardworking volunteers who want some time off.

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It's a year away, and as we know, a lot can happen in a year - the queen is 95 already, so she may not be here in a year's time (not being nasty, just realistic)

Let's get through this year, eh....

We were thinking about a street party next year anyway hopefully when we are free from covid. Who is going to pay for the 4 days though if it means teachers, NHS, police, if everyone gets the 2 additional public holidays?

Revelations in today's Guardian that the household used to ban black and Asian immigrants from staff appointments.

The palace also successfully lobbied to be exempted from race laws that ban discrimination in the workplace.

"So much for the royal family promoting race relations and strong links across the Commonwealth."

"These documents show the Queen had specifically lobbied for an exemption and was willing to withhold consent for the law to pass if it wasn't granted."*

"And the law needs to be changed as soon as possible, to give palace staff the same protections as everyone else."

Three months on from Meghan’s claim of racism, we learn that the Queen has been exempt from race and sex discrimination laws.. The diversity tsar the royals plan to appoint will be busy:

Campaign group Republic has called on the Queen to issue a full apology for the Royal Household's failures on race over the past seven decades.

Campaigners have called for a serious, honest debate about the future of the monarchy, in response to government plans for multi-million pound celebrations of the Queen's jubilee.

Speaking for Republic, Graham Smith said today:

"The royals do little for Britain, yet they demand a lot. As we put the Covid crisis behind us next year, national celebrations should be centred on the ordinary people who make this country great."

"Seventy years in public office is not something to celebrate. It's not an achievement and it's not a good thing for Britain."

"We are now coming to the end of the Queen's reign, and we need to start having a serious debate about ending the monarchy altogether."

"In a democracy voters should be choosing their head of state, not behaving like spectators, watching the job pass from mother to son."

"The monarchy is wrong in principle, wasteful and secretive in practice and bad for British politics. Seventy years of one head of state should prompt serious debate, not state-sponsored celebrations."

I am amazed how many forward looking people are stuck in the mud of still seeing the monarchy in such a feudal way. Marriage has adapted to the times, as has child rearing relationsips between people and origins and colour,everything has changed, yet mention the monarchy and all the people who are so forward thinking, so generous and welcoming to all, suddenly burrow back into history to a concept of monarchy that disappeared hundreds of years ago and suddenly become mean-spirited, fuddy duddy and, dare I say it, unpleasant. Fascinating.

It is amazing M0nica, very notceabler po n threads

sorry, typos, I was tuygging my forelock at the same time

Key words in Guardian article -'used to'. This was discontinued in the late 1960s. So fifty years ago that staffing issue was addressed. Another of the demands for retrospective apology leapt on avidly by republicans.
As a fully paid up fuddy duddy I'll certainly be attending our garden party and wishing the Queen well.

One of the Queens current equerries is Ghanaian.

The royals do little for Britain, yet they demand a lot.

The Royal Family do so much for Britain but demand far less than a President would.

And - please don't mention Ireland as an example again!!

Surely it's now more than time that the monarchy ended its exemptions from from anti-discrimination legislation.

Aveline supporting the Queen does not make you a fuddy duddy, I limit those words for those forward looking 'woke' peopleeager to accept every change anyone suggests, but keep harping on about a monarchy that ceased to exist ages ago, because accepting that that has changed as well would be inconvenient.

Ah so you have to be woke to be a fuddy duddy?

I think plans to celebrate her 70 years of service will be a good thing. We all know how a royal wedding lifts spirits and brings people together; I think she is befitting of a celebration.

I have not heard of any other plans throughout the Commonwealth, but I suspect there will be.

Anyone not interested in celebrating can use their extra holiday to have a long weekend away from media. Tourism increases, etc.