Keeping Royal Secrets

Anniebach

Elected head of state ? Brings to mind , Boris or Corbyn ,

Yes , the only possible alternatives to a monarch obviously.

I feel your pain Alegrias !!

Grany says there won’t be a revolution Calistemon. I’m still trying to work out how it’s going to happen. I expect she will enlighten me.

And there came a day that all the people in the Kingdom came to realise that having a Head of State whose ancestors had been good at fighting a thousand years ago is such an old fashioned idea that they couldn't live with it any longer. They finally understood that having their country's image defined by little old ladies/men in ermine with pointy, jewelled hats wasn't the actions of a grown up country.

So they all got together and asked the old chap in the ermine if he would please go and live in one of his many houses and not bother opening things and signing things any more, because they wanted a person who was more like them and knew how to squeeze their own toothpaste.

And the old chap in ermine said thank goodness and toddled off to a quiet retirement while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

And they all lived happily ever after.

while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

That's the bit that worries me the most.

Aye, I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Not all its cracked up to be, this democracy malarkey.

Much better to trust in our betters and to rely on a rich, privileged family who think a hard day's work is going to 2 polo matches in one day.

Left to choose, Alegrias, 'the people' chose Boris Johnson. I couldn't live with the thought of chancing that level of stupidity again.

Like I said, best get rid of this democracy lark. People can't be trusted. Best just stick with the posh folks, they'll see us right.

And we'll be chancing that again in a couple of years, because that's how electing people to parliament works.

Just listen to what you're saying!!

Alegrias1

And there came a day that all the people in the Kingdom came to realise that having a Head of State whose ancestors had been good at fighting a thousand years ago is such an old fashioned idea that they couldn't live with it any longer. They finally understood that having their country's image defined by little old ladies/men in ermine with pointy, jewelled hats wasn't the actions of a grown up country.

So they all got together and asked the old chap in the ermine if he would please go and live in one of his many houses and not bother opening things and signing things any more, because they wanted a person who was more like them and knew how to squeeze their own toothpaste.

And the old chap in ermine said thank goodness and toddled off to a quiet retirement while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Bravo ?

Alegrias1

Aye, I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Not all its cracked up to be, this democracy malarkey.

Much better to trust in our betters and to rely on a rich, privileged family who think a hard day's work is going to 2 polo matches in one day.

Well Said

I do like a story with a happy ending.

Looks like we're all in agreement!

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And they all lived happily ever after, until the next election…

Germanshepherdsmum

And they all lived happily ever after, until the next election…

...when they realised that they were, indeed, grown ups who didn't have to rely on pretty princesses and dashing princes to make their country valid, so they chose an ex-NHS worker who embodied the best aspects of the British character.

Then they were even happier and the rest of the world said, what a great country they are again.

…when during campaigning they found out what terrible things their esteemed leader had been doing and how much of their money had found its way into his Swiss bank account and each and every one of them decided that the old ways of their forefathers were indeed better.

And they said, oh yes, we're much better off a serfs. None of the responsibility. And the country slid into the obscurity they had craved since 2016 because they couldn't set up a decent democracy.

Then the Scots said sod this for a game of soldiers and set up a proper country of their own, and asked the Welsh and the Northern Irish to join them.

And all the English serfs were overjoyed at this and couldn’t believe their luck.

Because they could continue with their cap doffing and knew that they had found their deferential little place in the world.

While the Celts had a party. ?

A covid compliant party of course, like the English one! And then the Celts started to argue about who should be their leader, or if they should have three different leaders …

Would the president of this Celt utopia be Scots, Irish or Welsh ?

A president’s official residents in Scotland, Ireland and Wales,

Anniebach

Would the president of this Celt utopia be Scots, Irish or Welsh ?

A president’s official residents in Scotland, Ireland and Wales,

I don't know. People could stand for election then we'd vote for them ?.

Alegrias1

Then the Scots said sod this for a game of soldiers and set up a proper country of their own, and asked the Welsh and the Northern Irish to join them.

Sod that for a game of soldiers!

I see the makings for a big fight there! Wee Nicola will expect to be in charge and that won’t suit, will it? The Celts will be begging the English monarchy to step in and help stop the fighting…?