The crux of the issue is that Charles maybe has become used to being referred to as ''Your Royal Highness'' but if I greet him with ''Hi Charlie'' then nothing would actually happen to me as a result (though he may grimace a little). Actually he may not be bothered because Quakers use no Earthly titles and he has met a few of them. Going on with the theme of the New Model Army - Gerrard Winstanley thought it was inconsistent to cut off the head of the serpent whilst leaving the rest of the body intact. So it is - if you remove the monarchy and deny Charlie the right to hand his position (and castles and land) over to Willie (his son) then, by the same token do it with all the remainders of aristocracy in the UK - all the remaining Dukes, Earls etc. and all their land (the ownership of which was descended from theft). Amazing how much land is still owned by the descendents of Norman conquerors in England, and how names of Norman descent are 10 times more likely to be represented at Oxbridge than eg. Smith or Jones. But if you are going to attack inherited titles in this way, then go all the way and attack all inherited wealth - what Willie inherits from Charlie doesn't influence me as much as one group of billionaires handing it over to the next generation of billionaires. What pisses me off no end is how all this ceremonial stuff is linked in with religion - as if this God actually approves of vaste disparities of wealth. This must qualify as some kind of blasphemy against the old man in the clouds - particularly as Jesus comes over as a bit of a Socialist (presuming that you read the real Bible and not the C of E edited version) and every time there was a description in this book about how Christians should live together it was nothing less than a form of Christian Communism. So how can they claim that this nonsense is ordained by God ! Having said all of that - things like this are good for tourism. Also if we took all of the land back from the descendants of Norman robbers, I'm not sure what we would do with it. I mean are republics like the USA or Germany any more egalitarian than the UK - do they have fewer food banks or homeless ? Also my Dad was in the Life Guards for many years and formed part of the guard for the coronation of Elizabeth in 1953 - so, seeing all those horses brought back lots of childhood memories for me. Being reigned over by someone who inherited that position sucks - but then being ruled over by people who believe they are doing it on merit can be a pain as well, at least Charlie knows it was all down to luck.
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More well paid jobs for us Brits. When will this misery end? Quote Tweet please log in to view this image Financial Times @FT · May 10 UK haulage industry forced to train army of homegrown drivers to cope with Brexit https://on.ft.com/3VJZU13
David @CarbonCriminal · May 9 Wind and solar generating 4.93GW this morning. The total UK installed capacity of both is 41GW. Current demand is 32GW. Assuming all UK cars were electric and charging at the same time at 7kW (the typical home charger rate), demand would be 230GW – three times the UK grid…Show more please log in to view this image
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Burnside @BurnsideNotTosh · 8h As my trip to Scotland draws to a close, I make the following observations: Edinburgh has become a scruffy mess. Everyone has mental health issues. The harder lockdown has made it worse here than England. Global warming is not a danger but a necessity.
Is the goal here just to burn all the books without even knowing what books you’re burning? Sounds mental to me even by Brexity standards.
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Even by the mental standards of this culture war nonsense-loving country it’s surreal how much flag Twitter is banging on about this.
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