Some random comments from another forum that I found amusing 

- HRH Prince Philipp looks remarkably spruce and sprightly for a man of almost 91. Must be the way he gets the snide remarks out of his system now and then.

- Anyway, I waved the Union Jack, and here's a health to Her Majesty. Live long and prosper.

- We in the colonies dont mind old Betts. The only difference if you are a republican is you would expect the queen to get her own beer out of the fridge.

- I reckon myself as completely anti-royalist but I'd be happy to have Aragorn as king.

- She did drive a lorry in ww2 loves the outdoors and I believe old Betts knows her way around a shottie too. They are closet rednecks if there ever was. Also out of all the monarchs in the world she would be second choice of Royal in the zombie survival party. Bloodnut Harry being first choice.

Madness on the top of Buckingham Palace?! 

For the doubters amongst us in the UK .. replacing the Monarch would mean we have to have yet another round of voting for a President, assuming the third English Civil War has come to a conclusion. Then we'd end up with someone like George Bush or Sarkozy!

I'll remain loyal to the Crown and look forward to marching with Rupert and his descendants ... what ho!

And I'll be amnning the barricades against that march! 

Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 June 2012, 02:32:45 PM
And I'll be amnning the barricades against that march! 

If I wasn't on the other side side of the world, I'd be with you there comrade!
Vive la (future) Republic!!!

Quote from: Dave Fielder on 07 June 2012, 01:15:28 PM
For the doubters amongst us in the UK .. replacing the Monarch would mean we have to have yet another round of voting for a President, assuming the third English Civil War has come to a conclusion. Then we'd end up with someone like George Bush or Sarkozy!

True we might, but we would not be lumbered with paying for all thier Siblings Uncles, Aunties, and third neice removed. and having to pay for said family for hundreds of years. We could alos get rid of them at the end of term.

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 08 June 2012, 04:21:50 PM
True we might, but we would not be lumbered with paying for all thier Siblings Uncles, Aunties, and third neice removed. and having to pay for said family for hundreds of years. We could alos get rid of them at the end of term.

Like we don't get lumbered with paying politicians wages...?

And expenses for duck ponds, second homes, waiters tips and callgirls/rent boys

And somehow when we have the 'tenacity' to question what they do and hold them accountable they sweep the issue under the carpet, blame the voter, remove the funding from every qwango that is there to hold them accountable, make out 'were all in it together' and then carry on exactly where they left off

We could have a benign Dictatorship as a complete alternative....
The sort of chap/chapess that gives the people exactly what they want before they know they want it !
I'd vote for him/her....Sorry...No forgot....Don't have a say any more do I ?

Let's get away from this shall we ?

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 08 June 2012, 07:00:57 PM
We could have a benign Dictatorship as a complete alternative....
The sort of chap/chapess that gives the people exactly what they want before they know they want it !
I'd vote for him/her....Sorry...No forgot....Don't have a say any more do I ?

Let's get away from this shall we ?

Cheers - Phil

Hear, hear. I don't give a rat's a*se who's nominally in charge of the country so long as stay out of my life. The best that can be said of the Windsors is that they're not in a postion to enact legislation. 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 09 June 2012, 11:00:52 AM
Hear, hear. I don't give a rat's a*se who's nominally in charge of the country so long as stay out of my life. The best that can be said of the Windsors is that they're not in a postion to enact legislation. 

Considering Torry ideas for removing free school meals for the most vulnerable in our "society" (aka children) I daresay the Royals cannot be any worse. And that bs is just ONE of the things Mr Camoron has in his mind.

Seconding your view of "staying out of my life" as long as there is no interference with other peoples life. Your privacy stops where my begins. Life and let life and for gods sake use your brains before you spend gazillions on bonuses and
other undeserved transactions.

Yes but the uniforms are nicer!