Corbyn declines to meet the Queen.

Corbyn had arranged to attend a fund raising event in Scotland and kept his promise, I would do the same. The queen doesn't cancel arrangements , why should she and why should anyone else ?

I doubt he will goblin the Lords

I think you might have meant "go in the Lords", but could be wrong, often am.......

I wasn't hitting the bottle honestly, how did abolish turn into goblin ? I can't even plead the a is next to the g, I do tend to get a and s mixed up,

I immediately thought of The Goblin King...

I didn't like to mention it yesterday.

Personally I would pay good money to see Corbyn "goblin the Lords", as mentioned by Anniebach yesterday at 21.12.

As stated very clearly by Gracesgran this whole thread is based on a (deliberate?) misapprehension - I won't use the word 'lie' - as are most of the reporting, disinformation and downright smears about Jeremy Corbyn. Could we all agree that the thread heading is misleading (whether by accident or design) and leave it at that...?

Time will tell if anyone, ever thinks "thank heavens for Jeremy corbyn" and I would hazard a guess that "her maj" would be last in line.

That's exactly what I was thinking rosequartz if this bloody HRT doesn't kick in soon I will need something to send me to sleep zzzzzzzzz

I bet Charles isn't!

Maybe the queen will appreciate having the chance to give up some of the silly things she is forced to do because of protocol.
At this moment she might be thinking, "Thank heavens for Jeremy Corbyn."

Ana you are splitting hairs. I this context, as far as I am concerned, they are the same thing. In any case I certainly didn't say Jeremy Corbyn had any power to change anything although any one or any situation may prove to be a catalyst.

rosesarered does feel Elegran said JC does have power to make changes. I would disagree but the conversation was, apparently, between roses and Elegran although at the time it wasn't clear.

You actually said ' in my view one of the things the Queen has been best at is knowing when changes are needed' Gracesgran, not 'the palace'.

I doubt whether Jeremy Corbyn will have any power to drive anything in that respect, even if he were by some unlikely chance ever to become PM.

Nope, my reply was to Elegran, should have put it on( name) but forgot.

rosesarered you did not say who you were replying to but as your posts followed mine there is a chance that you were commenting on that. I did not, at any point say Corbyn would change anything; I was careful to say what I meant - that "the palace" often appreciates when changes are needed.

Jane10 I think you may need Specsavers. What you refer to as a "Tory bashing thread" has a lie for a heading "Corbyn declines to meet the Queen" as Jeremy Corbyn has only postponed the meeting because of a prior appointment. It has then been used to throughout to repeat miss-quotes and to aim suppositions at him. It is about as far from Tory bashing as you could get but of course you don't want to acknowledge that do you.

Aw, spoilsport phoenix! we wanna see it!

Oh thank you ye Gods of technical things for somehow failing to upload the post I just typed!

(Phew, possibly just saved myself a torrent of abuse!)

Of course the Corbyn threads garner so many posts , people find him variously, amusing/ fascinating/interesting/dreadful/the saviour of the Labour Party/ the downfall of the Labour Party.
politically speaking, we haven't had this much fun in years.

As ever Elegran has put it in a nutshell. Nuff said.
Can't be bothered getting sucked into the Tory bashing threads. Off to check on other ones.

I doubt he will goblin the Lords, and I find this thread amusing. Has no one ever watched the swearing in of PM's , over the years there have been a few who cross their fingers -hand behind back- when swearing the oath. Corbyn like many does not believe in a heredity monarchy, I would like someone to provide a link where he has said - I will do away with them. Yes anyone can campaign to abolish the monarchy but let's grant them the sense to know this can only be done by the ballot box not by arming themselves and storming Buck House.

I find it of interest that any thread on Corbyn garners so many posts

I bet he'll be happy to kneel before the Queen when he wants to go into the Lords.

I doubt that Corbyn has the power to change anything about the royals, or how things are done.

The point I am making is Corbyn's core voter, the grass roots , the activists, obviously believe, as does Corbyn, bodies of government such as the Privy Council have no meaning, cost too much and would see it abolished along with the House of Lords etc.

How do you know this POGS? It's obvious? Not to me. The Privy council does have a purpose as far as I can see. It is, as the man who wrote a book on it said, the join between our democratically elected government and our head of state - who happens still to be a member of a particular family. There do seem to be hangers on and some silly "customs" which do not seem to be needed by other countries governments. My thoughts would be that JC may be a driver for some updating which has always taken place over time with the agreement of "the palace". In my view one of the things the Queen has been best at is knowing when changes are needed.

But of course such a simple solution would not please those determined to paint a negative picture.

A guide to the Privy Council