Unelected
This poem has now been published on Militant Thistles, link here:
http://militantthistles.moonfruit.com/laura-taylor-poems/4590748044
Comments
I chuckled at the patronising mention of "balance" by the
contributor. Tilt is more like it...if you don't agree with
me and my supporters, you're "pointless". Ho-ho.
By the way, I am rather more "centrist" than right-wing.
As for a mandate, the monarchy was restored by public
demand after Cromwell departed (and subsequently vilified
as is sometimes the way in history). Since that time
the institution has survived and has enjoyed widespread
support without a ballot box - although I seem to recall
that produced a result in its favour way down in Australia,
probably the likeliest place to go for a republic.
The simplistic response to my proposal about the institution working needs no further response from me.
Ah - another pointless irrelevant post by our regular right winger.
Two excellent posts by other contributors however to balance it up.
Thank you all for reading and taking the time to comment. Even the completely pointless ones, because they illustrate how easy it can be to make a fool of oneself in public. Again.
An example of Newberry's moribund thinking: "if something works why change it?" well that thinking could be applied to 'green goddesses ', ( "Oh my Newberry your hayrick is on fire!", "fear not Ted, the Green Goddesses shall be here within the hour".) leaded petrol, lead water pipes, silent films, wallpaper Newberry's socks etc.
Wasn't Hitler elected? I'm prepared to be corrected on that
score.
Perhaps we should examine the electoral system and
make it generational - awarding votes accordingly?
Whatever the opinion of the individual "royals", the
institution has been widely supported (and admired)
and if something works, why change it?
P.S. I'm 71 yrs.196 days16 hrs along this life's highway.
Awr Tommy - DON'T! That scene with Chrissy - god that leaves me raw. Just like stepping back in time for me that, it captured perfectly the hand-to-mouth existence for so many of us. I can't watch it without bawling :(
Yeh - the Silver Jubilee eh? I got a fancy glass at school that was quite nice. That was about the sum total of my feelings about it. Any excuse for a party I suppose eh?
Ha Graham, no no, not you. Who's to say it would be JC anyway? Could be me, or Tommy - just so long as the person is elected!
Bloody hell Laura,
when I started reading this I thought you were having a go at me with 63 years, 10 months and 24 days, phew!
On the piece, nothing riles me more than the thought of the minor royals schlepping around the world on a free ticket (especially Andrew and his lot).
I think the demise of this Queen will begin a paradigm shift in royal appreciation from the general public.
In my world Madam Tussauds would control all the castles (like Warwick) and make them into money spinners for the economy.
As for the royals, they could all be shunted off to Bavaria and get renamed back to Saxe-Coburg.
One downside however would you really want a President Corbyn to take her place?
Don't answer that!
When she came to Liverpool for her 1977? Event the liberals cut branches off the trees and shoved them in all the waste land on the route that she would travel along as they did with curtains up in empty council houses (there were millions of them then)...but in the evening - street pah-tay-central (puts his fingers up behind his head and does a jig) nearly copped-off with that dance.
"Chrissy the rabbits!"
Haha - oh yes, the tourism, all the pots and pots of money she brings in to the country! Yes, forgot about that. God that makes me worse than Hitler doesn't it? ;)
Why thank ye sir for seeing that - if I could have fitted in the rest of that line I would have but it just would NOT be wedged! Clearly it didn't need it ;)
Cheers ears!
"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?
thus spake bailey
as a staunch anti-royal, i can certainly agree with the sentiment here. but lets not forget the tourism!!! never forget the tourism!!! for me i stopped caring when, as a boy, i waited in line for 3 hours at my school to see charlie boy and he didnt even get out of the f*&@ing car.
horrible tradition, horrible people.
nice boys from the black stuff reference too!
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Stu Buck
Tue 15th Sep 2015 17:52
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cost-of-royal-family-rises-twice-as-fast-as-inflation-9563293.html
my personal favourite?
'a charter flight to attend the funeral of Nelson Mandela which cost £246,160'