Enough with the jubilee already.

maddyone our son has a drawer of All Blacks stuff somewhere. Are your grandchildren into rugby? It's very big over there. But then not everyone enjoys it.

It’s better than football, at least the players aren’t divas with daft haircuts.

Germanshepherdsmum

It’s better than football, at least the players aren’t divas with daft haircuts.

I agree, and the songs are better.

Stop the rugby conversation immediately! Didn't Harry get demoted from the RFU?

Grany

it's jubilee week! Let's have a thread of our favourite things the Queen has done!

The palace also successfully lobbied to be exempted from race laws that ban discrimination in the workplace.To hear the Queen actively discriminated against black and Asian employees, and still has the freedom to do so, is shocking.

Her Private Secretary colluded with the Australian Governer-General to oust an elected Prime Minister. Palace Letters.

Only paid tax from the 90s The Queen & Prince Charles pay tax “voluntarily”. They are still legally exempt from paying taxes. They’re still exempt from disclosing their personal wealth. Even the “voluntary” tax they claim to pay can’t be investigated to see if they’re paying the right amount ?

Generously funded her son’s donation of millions of pounds to a woman he’s never met so that he could take part in her Jubbly party without controversy!☺️??

queen and Charles vetted laws to prevent people in the Duchy of Cornwall from buying the freeholds to their own homes. The monarchy is the reason leasehold (a corrupt and feudal form of home “ownership” that exists nowhere else in the modern world) still exists in England and Wales

queen and Charles can vet laws to protect their private interests.

My fave has to be when she tried to access poverty funding to heat her palaces, funds designed to help the most needy and deprived. ?

Had a transparency law changed to protect her wealth from the public. I’d say the skill by which she has used every loophole available to hide her enormous wealth from taxation and thus avoid giving a small portion of the money she will never need to people in desperate deprivation and poverty.

Exempted royals from the freedom of information act, so we have NO idea what else they are exempt from, the tax they pay, or whether the queen applied again for a poverty heating allowance, etc.

She cancelled the Staff's Christmas party one year - "to save money"..??

Pay servants Worse, not even below living wage - below minimum wage…
apparently it’s alright because they get to eat and sleep onsite too!
After all why does anyone need decent wages for if they never leave the servants quarters, erm, I mean “housekeepers accommodation”

The millions her estate had in offshore portfolios, including investments in the predatory rent-to-own outfit Bright House, helped make our country the great place it is today Ma am

She lobbied the Scottish Parliament 67 times to ensure that new wildlife protection laws wouldn't apply to her land.

Queen lobbied for changes to three more laws, documents reveal
Road safety, heritage and private land leasing were all subject of pressure from palace, records show

Police have been barred from searching the Queen’s private estates for stolen or looted artefacts after ministers granted her a personal exemption from a law that protects the world’s cultural property.

When she took a 50 million Covid-related "bailout" while her "subjects" were sick, dying, scared, laid-off or under employed at the height of the pandemic.

These are a few I found. Funny isn't it that queen make sure she and family are ok but does nothing to defend our constitution for the people.

Gawd love 'em. Its not as if historically monarchy have a history of murder and riding roughshod over land and rights or anything that got them to their privileged position in the first place ......oh....?

So you won’t be celebrating then………?

I love it and will be joining in with friends and family to celebrate, and go to as many events as possible.

Germanshepherdsmum

Black holes should be renamed purple holes for the duration of the Jubilee perhaps.

Love it!

I did understand your post volver, maybe you didn't understand mine.

You're right Smileless2012. I have no idea what you are talking about.

That explains it then.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is becoming bored by the whole shebang. It sounded fun at first and then it went on and on and on and on and on..........Even the street party is losing its appeal - too much timetabling for me. Oh dear, what a misery I am. I'm sure it will be fun on the day

What a load of old miseries you lot are! ???
Be proud of your heritage for once and be glad!????

No, don't think I will.

Thanks anyway. ?

(PS - very proud of my heritage. No medieval-style monarchs involved.)

Notgran, I was just thinking the same as you. I love the Queen and think she has done an amazing job. What is wrong with all of you who will ignore the Jubilee? Are you all socialists and agree with Kevin McGuire that the monarchy should go? Who do you all want as Head Of State! Jeremy Corbyn?

The Queen copes magnificently. She lost her husband, has Prince Andrew to deal with and Harry and Meghan coming over merely to steal the limelight! I do not think your unkind comments represent the overall opinion of the celebrations.

I will be at a great lunch with my children and grandchildren as June 2nd is my eldest child’s birthday. She was the first child to be born in Melbourne on Coronation day, so you can guess her name!

Callistemon21

NainDylan

I'm not really a huge fan of the Royals as we had the Queen and family rammed down our throats when I was a child in the 50s/60s but it's nice for people to have something to celebrate especially after all the lockdowns. i live in England where every town and village seems to be holding parties, but used to live in North Wales, where many people are not keen on the royal family as they see them as 'English.' Some of my friends who still live in Wales tell me that there are very few special events in aid of the Jubilee there.

www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/events-planned-wales-queens-platinum-23721498
Lots of other parties and celebrations planned, too.

Perhaps your friends live in a different Wales

We’re on holiday just north of Aberystwyth and there’s absolutely nothing going on here! Apart from a single strand of bunting between two lamp posts, no decorations, posters or events planned as far as I can see.
My home village in Wiltshire has lots of activities planned- not that I intended to go to any ?, so I’m perfectly happy here!

Where's your head banging thing volver? How many times do people have to be told that you don't have to go to a street party, cover your house with flags and bunting or have a huge family celebration to enjoy yourself???

Quite right GSM. Some people get plenty of enjoyment just by complaining about others enjoying the Jubilee Celebrations.

Here she is GSM.

Anyway, I have an admission to make. I've finally been found out. All these times I've posted about elected Heads of State, but its because I want Jeremy Corbyn to be President. And his brother as his deputy. Or, if either of them don't want it, I think we should have Tommy Sheridan. Then we take everybody's money and put it in a big pot and share it out equally between everyone. We all have to wear boiler suits. All the time. And one TV channel, mainly devoted to telling us how many tractors we've made this month.

She was the first child to be born in Melbourne on Coronation day, so you can guess her name! Kylie? Kath? Kim?

She was the first child to be born in Melbourne on Coronation day, so you can guess her name!

My money is on Hil(l)ary.

I'm not a labour supporter but the way things are here ...I'd vote Jeremy Corbyn for president rather than a huge disfunctional family who cost us hundreds of millions a year ....and o begger all for it .Oh wait ,how many holidays do they have on the pretext of visiting the peasants across the world ?

Thanks volver. And for your heartfelt confession. Very brave of you.?

Street parties, celebrations, bunting, flag waving, going to as many jubilee events as possible, declaring love for the Queen, posting pictures of your decorations. ........
If I wasn’t such a nice person, I would call that virtue signalling. Still, if people need to be seen to be celebrating the Jubilee, then so be it, but don’t call me a misery or question my pride in my heritage if I don’t turn out for a bowl of trifle and a cucumber sandwich.

Ooh now who's virtue signalling?!

I don't think it's virtue signalling Parsley3.

I think it's Stockholm Syndrome.

volver

Here she is GSM.

Anyway, I have an admission to make. I've finally been found out. All these times I've posted about elected Heads of State, but its because I want Jeremy Corbyn to be President. And his brother as his deputy. Or, if either of them don't want it, I think we should have Tommy Sheridan. Then we take everybody's money and put it in a big pot and share it out equally between everyone. We all have to wear boiler suits. All the time. And one TV channel, mainly devoted to telling us how many tractors we've made this month.

She was the first child to be born in Melbourne on Coronation day, so you can guess her name! Kylie? Kath? Kim?

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You’re on top form today *Volver ????