“Recollections may vary”. Harry and Meghan (again - I know!)

Aveline

If offered

Well obviously

If offered

Its a standard criticism up here Lucca. She takes charge, she expects people to pay attention to what she says because she's the elected FM so she get accused of acting like Royalty. Female leaders are meant to be compliant little women who get their way by batting their eyelashes and asking nicely, not by walking in and taking charge.

BTW - Former SNP politicians decline all offers to be in the Lords.

She is First Minister. Id be willing to bet she is proud of that achievement and would not be remotely interested in being a royal.

I’m not a royalist and couldn’t care less about any of them, but I think Harry and Meghan should take into account the Queen’s advancing years.
I would never have accused my late Grandmother of anything so awful at that age, shame on them

Lets face it - this thread is really all about women who don't know their place.

Actresses, mistresses, elected leaders of countries.... ?

Aveline

The self important way she carries on is extremely illustrative of how she sees herself. I've met her.

She's the First Minister. She runs the country. She knows how to use a hairbrush.

I've met her too.

The self important way she carries on is extremely illustrative of how she sees herself. I've met her.

Totally disagree with Aveline’s assessment of Scotland’s first minister. “Thinks she’s Queen “ ? What nonsense

Scottish word of the day: Besom,
Contemporary usage of the term tends to be more lighthearted, and is more synonymous with someone with a bit of attitude, ie. “ya cheeky wee besom.”

Oh okay. Gosh!
Thanks for explanation Alegrias.

1. obstreperous girl or woman; female upstart (as in “Dinnae pou’ yer brither’s hair, ya wee besom“)
2. woman of low moral standing; a hussy (“Thon yin’s a right mucky besom“).

What’s a wee besom?

A wee besom? That's a good balanced political assessment of a female politician....

Because in Scotland we're stuck with a wee besom who thinks she's the Queen!

Aveline

Time the Queen moved into Bute House and evicted that little upstart occasionally resident there!

That's what we need! The democratically elected leader of a country ousted by a medieval dictatorship who believe they have a divine right to be at the top of the tree.

Why does that sound familiar right now....?

Time the Queen moved into Bute House and evicted that little upstart occasionally resident there!

? Mollygo

Alegrias1 ??. I thought you were slipping a bit there-forgetting your Scottish roots.

Oh but actually, now I come to think about it....

I want the person who wields power to be resident in Bute House

In fact Presidents only mean something if they have political clout

No, no, no; that's Presidents who are Heads of Government as well as being Heads of State. I suspect most Germans could name their President, and most of them don't care if you or I can. ?

And the last part, do I want a country where the person who wields total power is in Number 10? Two things about that; the PM is mean to be answerable to Parliament, not to have total power, but Johnson would really like Parliament to disappear in a puff of smoke so he can do as he likes.

And if the Queen does have some influence on what the PM does, that's not what they say about her, is it? She's meant to be politically neutral. Surely she can't be wielding power over the elected Prime Minister? Surely not!

Meghan for President of the UK!! Just to see what happens on GN ???

Hear, hear, me too.

Does that mean that you think a political appointee, even if he goes through an election process will not have unknowable influence on our laws and society. How delightfully trusting.

In fact Presidents only mean something if they have political clout, as in US or France. Can anyoone tell me who the President of Germany is, what sort of international presence he has, how much clout he has? How many people in his own country let alone outside, even among his near neighbours know who he is or is she. I haven't got a clue. Whoever the president is they will be political nonenity. The only person who matters in Germany at the moment and for at least a decade is Angela Merkel. How do you fancy a country, where the only persosn who counts and who wields total power is the resident in No 10 Downing Street.

Give me a gool old fashioned monarchy anyday.

Not majority - that'll teach me to pay attention.

...that I represent the minority!!

Mollygo

It’s an unquantifiable question.
Enough ‘people’ will have respect for Charles, though it’s quite likely that those who don’t will be the ones who get their voices heard in the press and on the media. I expect there’ll still be the around the same number of royalists and anti-royalists as there are now, still saying same-old, same-old things. Each group thinking they represent the majority.

I'm a Republican and am under no illusions that I represent the majority. Most people, I'm sure, still think its a good thing to have an unelected Head of State with unknowable influence on our laws and society.