Brexit, for once some facts.

[Woosh]

They can't expect to be "a little bit Royal".

why not? What is the probability that Harry is going to inherit the Firm?

 

[flecc]

What is the probability that Harry is going to inherit the Firm?

He lives in the right place to fix the leadership:

Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963)
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[Zlatan]

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why not? What is the probability that Harry is going to inherit the Firm?

I think a little bit Royal is part of problem. I do see a role for Royal institution, the Queen might offer the faintest glimmer of control over recalcitrant PMs /Governments and she is something for all those Chinese to photograph near the Palace. But beyond immediate family? Sarah Ferguson? Costing us a fortune.. And don't mention the child abuser. He should have permanent residence in the Tower.

 

[Danidl]

As a Republican, .(. not militant, but a believer in the equality of a Republic) , I have no truck with Royalty, ..but that's your bag. If his Brother is potentially King, and currently a Prince, then he is also a Prince and a Duke. So no taking that away.... I actually consider the loss of citizenship by Ms Begum more serious, but let him keep his title.

Intriguing.. which part(s) are disagreeable?

 

[Zlatan]

It's a difficult situation, I saw it more as criticising Johnsons actions, Danidl read it as criticising Johnson.

How does one criticise someone's actions without it being a criticism of them?

Difficult at the best of times, and with someone widely known to be as mendacious and duplicitous as Johnson, probably impossible.
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Criticise the behaviour not the child. Difficult if you are planning on caning somebody.

 

[Woosh]

I think a little bit Royal is part of problem. I do see a role for Royal institution, the Queen might offer the faintest glimmer of control over recalcitrant PMs /Governments and she is something for all those Chinese to photograph near the Palace. But beyond immediate family? Sarah Ferguson? Costing us a fortune.. And don't mention the child abuser. He should have permanent residence in the Tower.

It's time that some members of the Firm be allowed to work for a living like some other royal families.

Inside Meghan's rumoured tell-all memoir, and discover other royals with jobs | lovemoney.com

www.lovemoney.com

 

[oldgroaner]

Not so, I saw that article as excellent and wasn't in any way commenting on the rest of the Guardian's output. I would have commented identically if the article was in the Mail, the Telegraph or by some miracle in the Express.

In attacking it being in the Guardian you are guilty of shooting the messenger.
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that's not new is it?

 

[flecc]

Criticise the behaviour not the child. Difficult if you are planning on caning somebody.

Different situation with policy though, that's a matter of opinion rather than definitively right or wrong.

I wouldn't be planning on caning anybody, though I might just make an exception with Boris Johnson.
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[daveboy]

I wouldn't be planning on caning anybody, though I might just make an exception with Boris Johnson.
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Public schoolboy....he might like it, or even pay for it.

 

[sjpt]

Indeed, the silliest thing they could do now is respond.

It's a pity that Harry and Meghan were allowed to keep any royal title, they should have just become Mr and Mrs Windsor and not able to do the extent of damage they are doing now.
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Mr and Mrs Mountbatten

 

[Zlatan]

Mr and Mrs Mountbatten

Saxe Coburg Gotha, surely.. Would go down well in EU..

 

[oldgroaner]

Different situation with policy though, that's a matter of opinion rather than definitively right or wrong.

I wouldn't be planning on caning anybody, though I might just make an exception with Boris Johnson.
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My old headmaster never had much of a problem using the cane...his favourite was three strokes on both hands, and at that point if you didn't look miserable you got three on your behind as well!
Happy Days
"Our conversation usually began like this
"What have you taken to bit to see how it works this time?"
Sometimes I asked for other shows of interest to be taken into account as well.
I found that if that was convincing the strokes to my backside were at least postponed till next time.

 

[oldgroaner]

Link one - last paragraph

Link two
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Chickenfeed! he can do better than that without any problem

 

[oldgroaner]

Baron David Frost has a reputation of a tough negotiator to defend.
I think he still believes we hold all the cards.

Pity no one told him to keep the backs of the card facing the opposition

 

[oldgroaner]

crikey, all posturing and no integrity, even for a boris fan this is bleak stuff.

Don't discourage him or he won't come out to play

 

[flecc]

Mr and Mrs Mountbatten

Thanks. I really don't care what they call themselves, so long as it's not the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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[oldgroaner]

Hancock strikes a sympathetic response from local businesses
Matt Hancock secures £90m PPE contract with firm listed in Chinese hotel room

James Woodford
"“Firms in my constituency have taken a big hit as a result of this betrayal. They invested heavily to develop and manufacture PPE here in the UK, only to be told at the last minute they would not be successful”

"Nothing says 'reliable supplier' like an office that's rented by the night. "

 

[oldgroaner]

Oh Dear
The Times: Rishi Sunak was the main person responsible for Covid’s second wave’

 

[oldgroaner]

The Uk Government replacement for the Erasmus scheme

 

[Danidl]

The Uk Government replacement for the Erasmus scheme

The "free tuition" in the EU Erasmus programis a kind of misnomer. The idea is reciprocal.. We take your student and charge them nothing, We send you one and you don't charge them. The objective is cultural diversity and international partnerships.