Enough with the jubilee already.

Funny isn't it 2000 years after the Romans and people still fall for the same things. Bread and circuses folks!!! (Only in this case they're even charging you more for the bread!!!)

Oh, OK. Not only are we miserable and unpatriotic, we hate our neighbours too.

Glorianny

Funny isn't it 2000 years after the Romans and people still fall for the same things. Bread and circuses folks!!! (Only in this case they're even charging you more for the bread!!!)

This ^

Food Banks multiply, fuel costs spiral out of control, the homeless increase, the NHS struggles.
And we decide to celebrate the long life of one overprivileged woman.

volver

Oh, OK. Not only are we miserable and unpatriotic, we hate our neighbours too.

Here comes the "hate" word again.
WHO said that? Haters?

Who said it? Me. I said it.

Why are you getting so upset about the wording that some people use Aveline, but not upset about posters calling others unpatriotic, miserable, grumbly and mean?

Double standards?

As if we all were not aware (eye roll) what is in store for us this next few days Weather permitting I will be in my garden pulling up weeds or just relaxing. My tv will be 'recording' so no doubt can 'catch up' when/ whenever.

Nowt wrong with that is there?

volver

jacksmum

I am amazed with the amount of people on here who are moaning about the Jubilee, i guess you also moan about anyone who has served their country !!!, what will you all moan about next, what alot of miserable people here,

Best check the numbers. My post, 20:07. There's more of us than there are of you.

Keep waving your wee flag though, if it makes you happy. And keep implying that we're traitors too if you like. That'll end well.

Best check the numbers. My post, 20:07. There's more of us than there are of you.

That signifies zilch, though. It's only a thread on a social media site with few actual contributors.

Others who are joining in Jubilee celebrations may be too busy organising, helping or making trifles to bother with threads like this.

It's a blooming YouGov poll. ??‍♀️

I take exception to the suggestion that anyone who doesn’t want to join in community celebrations moan about anyone who has served their country. That is offensive in the extreme.

paddyann54

*BROWN 1964* LET ME GUESS ..you're a unionist ,That Nicoliar gave it away,
Nicola Sturgeon is the ELECTED leader of the party that has the majority vote in Scotland Like it or not thats what she is '
Lizzie came to the crown through system that is out of date and well overdue for abolishing .
I'm afraid that Monarchy belongs in the middle ages and a large proportion of Scotland believes that too.According to polls .

Why do you call the Queeen Lizzie Paddyann54, but then have a go at somebody else for calling Nicola Sturgeon*Nicoliar*? Surely both are equally disrespectful as they aren’t their names?

The Queen's name is Elizabeth, diminutive Lizzie.

The word used to address Sturgeon is a made-up word designed to insult her.

It has been carefully timed so no school workers get extra time off!

jocork our local primary school is having an extra day off on Monday 6th June to make sure the staff don't lose the benefit of the Jubilee Bank Holiday.

And I thought I was a grumpy old cynic! I'm with Notgran(??).
Can you honestly say that you would find it easy to work for 70 years , until you are well into your 90s?
Could you maintain an impartial, gracious and interested attitude whilst meeting and greeting, listening to long monotonous speeches, visiting endless boring institutions etc? Could you restrain yourself from showing your emotions in public, but show appreciation for all the boring so called entertainment put on for you?
Yes, there are perks, but she pays very dearly by not having much of a private life.
I won't be participating in any celebrations, but I will drink a toast to her.

I’m not an anti Royalist and certainly don’t consider myself a misery but feel that it’s not the celebrations that I find inappropriate but the way she is spoken of by the various people who have been asked to speak about her. Helen Mirren’s speech at the Windsor Horse Show where she thanked the Queen “from the bottom of our hearts” is one and from the look of the Queen’s face when she said it I’m not sure she liked it either.She has devoted her life to this country but it’s been a life supported by all the advantages of her position. She has never known the worry of paying day to day bills or NHS waiting lists. Although she has had to fulfill numerous public engagements but these are balanced by long breaks at many of her other homes. Perhaps in view of the huge disparity between her life and those of her people the National Celebration should just be the Thanksgiving Service and then we would also be spared the never ending debate about who should be on the balcony. I can’t imagine that many people will be pleased to see either Harry and Meghan or Andrew being there and out of respect to the public’s opinions I think the Queen will be wrong to include them.

^Food Banks multiply, fuel costs spiral out of control, the homeless increase, the NHS struggles.
And we decide to celebrate the long life of one overprivileged woman^

Just that!

volver

The Queen's name is Elizabeth, diminutive Lizzie.

The word used to address Sturgeon is a made-up word designed to insult her.

Nobody has ever called her Lizzie apart from people being deliberately disrespectful though volver, have they? I just don’t see the difference between calling one person names and another.

Calendargirl

Well, I shall enjoy watching Trooping The Colour, the fly past, the service at Westminster Abbey…..

If it doesn’t interest you, that’s fine. Looking at the travel chaos at Dover and elsewhere, I am pleased to be able to sit and enjoy it quietly at home, and not feel the need to dash off and escape the celebrations.

Whatever your thoughts on the monarchy and the Queen, this is a piece of history that no one, even the tiniest baby, will see again.

Well said ??

pieinthesk
I get the impression that the Queen doesn't like "gushers" or false sentiments.

If not burdened with the responsibilities of being H of S I think she'd be a down-to-earth countrywoman.
The life she could have led.

Casdon

volver

The Queen's name is Elizabeth, diminutive Lizzie.

The word used to address Sturgeon is a made-up word designed to insult her.

Nobody has ever called her Lizzie apart from people being deliberately disrespectful though volver, have they? I just don’t see the difference between calling one person names and another.

That's a fair comment Casdon. But there is a difference between calling a person by a form of their name, and using a made-up word that insults their integrity.

We are decorating the sitting room. Can’t bear all the nonsense and wish with hindsight that we had booked a trip abroad to escape it all.

Yes. A lot of misery on here that I've read so far. Such a shame. Will probably be the last Jubilee for her Majesty. I'm going to London early Thursday morning to see what I can see. First time ever for me experiencing a royal occasion. I'm very excited about it indeed. Perhaps there will be more foreign visitors than British subjects if this thread is anything to go by.?

V3ra

^It has been carefully timed so no school workers get extra time off!^

jocork our local primary school is having an extra day off on Monday 6th June to make sure the staff don't lose the benefit of the Jubilee Bank Holiday.

Friday 30th June is an extra day off for my school too.