I had to smile at the thought of her majesty attending a WI meeting , I know she has been a member for years but the thought of her taking along her home baking to be judged and her cup for tea. What catagory of competition might she win ?
PECS I shall google 'common ground' and 'more in common' and see if I can find local groups like the ones you mention. I hope it will cheer my feelings of despondence about politics locally, nationally and internationally!
It is a thought provoking line sparkly but not one I can support 100%. Whilst it is shallow to judge people entirely on success or failure and we are all more than those surely some success and failure is about who we are and our approach to life? That is whst we discuss on GN ad infinitum!
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
The previous most prominent person who said "we have more in common than that which divides us" was the late Jo Cox MP who was stabbed in the street by a brexit supporter. It is just as well HM is well protected.
The queen did say sensible things at the WI. ! She does not want to be sovereign of a divided nation. And yes would be good if we all followed her advice. I wonder if she is,as frustrated as many of us are at the total mess we are currently in. "As we look for new answers in the modern age, I for one prefer the tried and tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek out the common ground; and never losing sight of the bigger picture."
Looking for the "more in common" or "common ground" is a small but growing political movement. There is an active group locally. I have been to their meetings and debates. It is about putting partisan loyalties behind and trying to ' progress' issues to positive conclusions based on common ground.
Good on the Queen! We need someone to inject some common sense into the whole Brexit mess. I think it's great that she goes along to a WI meeting and great that she speaks out - albeit it within her royal limitations.
It's up to those of the Republican party ( SNP ) EllanVannin Although the SNP have lots of Republican members, they have no official position on republicanism.
Remember her "purring" down the phone when Cameron told her the NO vote won in 2014 We have no idea of what she actually said in that conversation, or how she said it. We only have Cameron's version of it; "purring" was his description. He, of course, would want everyone to think that she had been hoping for a No vote. I live in Scotland and while I'm no monarchist paddyann certainly doesn't speak for me. If we have to have a monarch, this one is probably one of the better ones.
Er a Scottish king took over the English crown. James VI of Scotland and Ist of England. Lots of Scots peppered the Westminster Parliament for centuries. We're blended together irreparably. Fine by me.
Plaid Cymru has 8,000 members, 4 seats in Westminster 10 of the 60 seats in the Assembly and 202 of 1264 local councils , hardly likely to bring in republicism are they ?
Perhaps people could research how the monarchy acquired their wealth. But really people have their beliefs and its just going round in circles. I'm an ardent Republican but I don't see the point in being aggressive about it. And I have to acknowledge that some people see many benefits and are quite happy as things are. Life's too short to keep debating it (imo)! I hope you all have a good weekend. I shall attempt to get up now and potter about and make husbands lunch.?