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I thought she only did light duties anyway, it's not as if she'll be putting a washing on or taking a cloth to the skirtings or windows.
They are desperate to get her alive to 100 years old.
Her mother made it to 104, Prince Philip almost got there with intensive medical care, being only a few months short of 100 when he expired.
Great for the tourism industry if the Queen makes the magic figure, uniquely the royal family who live to a century old.
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And proclaims itself suitable for 12+. If it is anything like many other places, many of those will not be infrequent. Especially as it appears to say you can say anything.
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Might have to adopt the Lenin approach if she doesn't.
That might depend on royalty continuing, I'm not confident it will. The institution has been increasing prone to shaky moments harming their popularity. From the abdication of Edward VIII and the inspid George VI on the throne. The mentally strange Princess Margaret. The doomed marriage of the Dozy Diana to Charles. The strange behaviours of Charles chatting to plants and most recently the situation with Prince Ginger and his American wife. And Prince Andrew hasn't exactly helped.
I don't see Charles being a popular King, so it's possible he could be the last to sit on an increasingly English throne as the Union of the UK breaks up.
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I agree that we could be approaching the end of monarchy. At least, the end of it as anything other than a set of titles some families squabble over.
I see the complete failure of the crown to act regarding Johnson's prorogation, etc., as being another nail. We need some way of overseeing these things - hopefully without the ridiculous post hoc supreme court action. (The SC was right. But it should have been dealt with before prorogation was announced.)
Good to see a PM in control of everything:
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Less hysteria OK, but I shall continue to wear my mask
Feel free to risk your own lives, but not mine
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I wasn't speaking of masks, I'm still wearing them where advisable.
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I believe there are two possible responses to the Russia / Ukraine situation. One will work, the other will fail.
1) Send thousands of ordinary people to Ukraine armed with products that make rich people even richer. Write off the casualties as a sacrifice that the rich people are willing to make for the sake of preserving their wealth.
2) Send all of the dirty Russian money which has been stolen from the Russian people and invested in the U.K. back to Russia.
I think option 2 might make a few influential Russians sit up and listen if they think their wealth is going to be at the mercy of the basket case Russian economy.
I wonder which of the two is most likely to be implemented?
1) Send thousands of ordinary people to Ukraine armed with products that make rich people even richer. Write off the casualties as a sacrifice that the rich people are willing to make for the sake of preserving their wealth.
2) Send all of the dirty Russian money which has been stolen from the Russian people and invested in the U.K. back to Russia.
I think option 2 might make a few influential Russians sit up and listen if they think their wealth is going to be at the mercy of the basket case Russian economy.
I wonder which of the two is most likely to be implemented?
The Russian economy is more self-sufficient than those of the West - sanctions are not terribly frightening to them.
Is Putin expecting one of his security council to be wearing an IED? The Russians can make impressive looking buildings: I recall passing through Moscow Airport in 1984, with it's astonishing ceiling covered in varying lengths and widths of very large and wide gold cylinders on end, way up there in the distance. Food in the triple glazed (two inches between each pane of glass) hotel, was at the same level of inedibility as Aeroflot airline food but smaller in portion. Everyone was thin, I didn't see any big boned people. Armed soldiers loitered everywhere. Yellow water had stained water basins in an otherwise plush and spotless hotel. Cold, like really really cold - minus 15 C was announced over the Tannoy while we were being shuttled from the airport by bus. Most didn't understand anything we said to them. All English words were read off a sheet in Russian, joined together when read out as a rush of English.
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No use being logical, we are speaking of governments.
They'll do what they always do, take no action other than continuing to complain about Russian behaviour.
It's the fairytale approach, "We'll huff and we'll puff 'til we blow your house down".
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