That is a wider issue than just Britain, and I'm not defending the Tories. I despise them.
Queen Elizabeth II | 1926-2022 | Rest in Peace
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
That is a wider issue than just Britain, and I'm not defending the Tories. I despise them.
They’re mascots paraded in gilded cages to suit the needs of the government. No power, no control. I’m sure they do their share of lobbying but there are far more unscrupulous people who do the same, with bigger clout.
If they disappeared off the face of the Earth and all their wealth absorbed by the state it wouldn’t make the slightest bit of difference to me, or to those who are struggling, homeless etc. The nation wouldn’t be better off, the people wouldn’t be better off. That money would be spunked on a private NHS contract for Boris’ mate or corporate tax cuts.
Grand, people are entitled to dislike them for whatever reason they want to, even if it is symbollic, because symbolism is extremely powerful. The argument that the government are worse is not any endorsement for the monarchy in my mind.
And as for the people who should be getting it, it doesn't matter to them whether it's Boris or Charlie that is buying crowns or places on management boards. Just despise them both is my solution
It’s not a case of who’s worse as there’s not really any comparison between the two. Blaming the monarchy for the shit state of this country is like blaming Fred The Red for the sad state of the club in recent years. And there’s a few in this thread who have been doing that.
I don't really watch day time TV, my sisters flatmate was in the production crew on the show a few years ago on This Morning, apparently Schofield was a dickhead with everyone but it was before he came out, not sure if anything changed since.
Don't really know how Holly is, either way they work in TV, they aren't special and shouldn't act like it for hosting a TV show.
The Queen was beautiful in her younger days 100%, issue is we grow up in a generation of makeup artists which gives a false perception of the past.
Put it this way too, genetics haven't changed in hundreds of thousands of years, just fashion and makeup has. I think most of the population is attractive if people take care of themselves, get regular exercise and don't smoke/drink/sunbathe too much because it really ages people.
Genetically ancestors have passed the best genes down the gene pool, so someone must have found our parents/grandparents etc attractive for us to even be here.
You made the comparison, not me. You don't get the dislike or their symbollism, fine. People are not 'wrong' to dislike them whether you understand it or not.
Dear lord no!
I didn’t say it’s wrong to dislike them. People are free to like or dislike who they want. You seem to be dragging this conversation back to the same basic point so I’ll leave it there.
Apologies, I thought you were questioning why people disliked them.
Genetics are always changing, biological evolution hasn't stopped because society has evolved.
Random mutations yes and different combinations of genes, but we're hardly neanderthals at this point
We never were Neanderthals.
There's Neanderthal and Denisovan genes in the low percentages of the European population, but its the Queen thread so we should probably talk about the Royal Genes and Charles Sausage fingers
That's his Reptilian human suit malfunctioning.There's Neanderthal and Denisovan genes in the low percentages of the European population, but its the Queen thread so we should probably talk about the Royal Genes and Charles Sausage fingers
I wonder if his blood pressure is OK. He also has a high colour, he's always very red in the face.
Good lord he's a flap tucker.
I came close to joining in with the booing at the Scotland match this week. Not because I'm happy she's dead but because it was another minutes applause/silence. She's gone, the funeral is behind us, its time to move on. Also wasn't comfortable with it given what Ukraine are currently going through.
That’s the alcohol.
If you look carefully, you can see that those pockets don't have flaps because they've never been unstitched. He has no need for pockets, he has flunkies who carry everything.
This is what I don’t understand about the outrage going on around the Scotland booing. The ten days of mourning has passed, the funeral has passed. That’s more than enough time to give applauses and minute silences as we observed. There’s no need for it to continue on after.
I am so glad I am not in England during all of this. I was so annoyed they cancelled all the games. And then United games twice. I certainly didn’t hate the Queen, but I’m also definitely a staunch anti-royalist.
The day before I had watched The Imitation Game. I was still fuming from how a true hero, Alan Turing, was reviled and hounded by the British establishment through to his death. And then to see such, seemingly endless, deference to a royal. I know giving her the same treatment he got, doesn’t right the wrong, so I’m not advocating for that. But I have found this endless, sycophantic mourning to be quite sickening.
The day before I had watched The Imitation Game. I was still fuming from how a true hero, Alan Turing, was reviled and hounded by the British establishment through to his death. And then to see such, seemingly endless, deference to a royal. I know giving her the same treatment he got, doesn’t right the wrong, so I’m not advocating for that. But I have found this endless, sycophantic mourning to be quite sickening.
Honestly, I'm like, is that a euphemism? Is that another something the young folks say today that I'm gonna pretend I understand by not saying anything but just nod. Oh yeah, that's some flap tucking. Top tucking!
You're streets behind, oates.
But I'm streets ahead too. Before you had your soppy memes we had making hand gestures. Can you guess which one I'm doing now?
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Sorry, it should be safe now.
Thanks.
Got worried that she's back.
He should wear a novelty tie, no matter what the occasion. Winnie the Pooh would be appropriate.
Came back to cancel the football
I disagree, Penna. Those pockets have had the stitching cut and the King has gone and tucked the flaps in. Clear as day. I've never seen a suit jacket without flaps but they all come tucked in and stitched shut. He clearly has a need for pockets and that is to tuck his flaps, although he probably has some flunky do that for him, too.
sadly it's no euphemism oates, just plain old tucking in of the pocket flaps on his jacket. Strange behaviour imhco.This has potential to be the most pointless argument in Caf history if we ramp the rhetoric up a bit. I'll start.I disagree, Penna. Those pockets have had the stitching cut and the King has gone and tucked the flaps in. Clear as day. I've never seen a suit jacket without flaps but they all come tucked in and stitched shut. He clearly has a need for pockets and that is to tuck his flaps, although he probably has some flunky do that for him, too.
It would be bizarre to think those pockets have flaps that are tucked in. Only a moron could think that.
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Jeannette Charles, actor who played Queen Elizabeth II in dozens of films and shows, dies aged 96
https://www.theguardian.com/film/ar...charles-actor-queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-aged-96
The real queen has died
https://www.theguardian.com/film/ar...charles-actor-queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-aged-96
The real queen has died