Do we need the monarchy in this day and and age?

And here she is.

She has a new outfit.

I totally agree with the ‘monarchists’! If we did away with the Royal family who would we replace them with. Worth every penny. We could get a ‘Boris’, god forbid

I saw a rather lovely house which had been part of a mental hospital (where a colleague worked) on Escape to the Country for around half a million £!

Spot on Callistemon. The most you’d get is a requirement for a proportion of ‘affordable’ housing amongst the expensive open market stuff and the developer would fight like hell for that not to be rented accommodation.

Germanshepherdsmum

Apologies for missing the point.

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All kinds of buildings such as redundant mental institutions, barracks etc have been adapted to accommodate those who can’t afford to buy housing
But if done properly the accommodation tends to be upmarket and very expensive flats or apartments.

If carried out cheaply for emergency accommodation for eg asylum seekers it is often claimed it is not fit for purpose.

Jaxie

To Germanshepherdsmum, Why am I being ridiculous? All kinds of buildings such as redundant mental institutions, barracks etc have been adapted to accommodate those who can’t afford to buy housing. What is wrong with the royal family offering some of their excess property to poor people or refugees?

Redundant mental hospitals and MoD sites have been sold to developers for market housing. I’ve dealt with the purchase of several.
Your suggestion that royal palaces should house the homeless would go down well in a communist country.

volver

They could pledge allegiance to us. The people.

Just a thought.

To the country, if that would not be considered jingoistic.

trisher

Germanshepherdsmum

‘Celebrations of’ is distinguished from ‘the Nov 11th parade …’. Note the comma. You wouldn’t say ‘the celebrations of the Nov 11th parade in honour of those who died’. You don’t celebrate a parade.

celebrations of say the November 11th
It's the say that links it.
Good try at supporting the insupportable though!

Yes, it's the say that links Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday with eg Christmas celebrations etc when there is no link at all.

You cannot link two disparate things.

Apologies for missing the point.

Germanshepherdsmum

The armed forces pledge allegiance to the monarch not the PM.

And if there was no monarch?

That's the point.

The armed forces pledge allegiance to the monarch not the PM.

They could pledge allegiance to us. The people.

Just a thought.

I prefer that the armed forces would not have to pledge allegiance to the likes of Bozo. On the other hand, she did allow Bozo to prorogue Parliament which was the start of the rot.

trisher

Callistemon21

Rubbish, trisher

Nice try, though.

If I wrote about Christian celebrations and wrote
"celebrations of, say the 25th of December Christmas carol singing" would you then claim there was no link between celebrations and Christmas?

It's getting ridiculous now.

If you don't know the difference perhaps you need to do some research!

To Germanshepherdsmum, Why am I being ridiculous? All kinds of buildings such as redundant mental institutions, barracks etc have been adapted to accommodate those who can’t afford to buy housing. What is wrong with the royal family offering some of their excess property to poor people or refugees?

No.
They're all a waste of space especially Harry and Megan get rid of the lot of them I say.

Viva le Republique!

Callistemon21

Rubbish, trisher

Nice try, though.

If I wrote about Christian celebrations and wrote
"celebrations of, say the 25th of December Christmas carol singing" would you then claim there was no link between celebrations and Christmas?

Well, I guess we can all decide for ourselves whether any offence was meant when a poster tells us to stop whingeing and implies that we don't appreciate the sacrifice of people who died in wars.

I shall continue to read the post as I believe it was intended. Whether anyone else wants to make something out of it and call out the poster who I believe meant no offence is their business.

Rubbish, trisher

Nice try, though.

Germanshepherdsmum

‘Celebrations of’ is distinguished from ‘the Nov 11th parade …’. Note the comma. You wouldn’t say ‘the celebrations of the Nov 11th parade in honour of those who died’. You don’t celebrate a parade.

celebrations of say the November 11th
It's the say that links it.
Good try at supporting the insupportable though!

volver

Germanshepherdsmum

usuallyright

So you would all prefer to have the likes of Adolf Putin, and from the past, Idi Amin and other well known dictators, around your necks, and be rid of all the income from tourism that comes to these British Isles. Perhaps you would also like to get rid of the present celebrations of, say, the November 11th parade in honour of those who died for you in the cause of freedom.

Do please stop whingeing.

This post does not refer to ‘celebration’ on Remembrance Day. Read it again carefully, note exactly what was said and apologise to the poster.

you would also like to get rid of the present celebrations of, say, the November 11th parade in honour of those who died for you in the cause of freedom.

Really?

My father, like others mentioned, never thought being Parade Commander was any kind of "celebration"

It certainly isn't a celebration, usuallyright (but not this time). It is a commemoration and remembrance of all those who gave their lives for peace and freedom.
Correctly known as Armistice Day

The service commemorated the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to the First World War and remembered all those who gave their lives in service to their country since 1914.

You don't say.

I don’t need one. I read the post entirely differently.