The Coronation

[Mooneyraker]

"Dear rest of the world, Don't be fooled by any propaganda you see coming out of the UK this weekend. The mood here is not jubilant, it is sour," she said.

"England is a fascist nightmare, where there are more food banks than branches of McDonalds. We don't want pageantry, we want affordable food, and rent, and bills.

The timing of this coronation, with all its gold and bejewelled opulence, couldn't be more distasteful and sickening. It's unjustifiable and it's unwanted.

The timing of this coronation, with all its gold and bejewelled opulence, couldn't be more distasteful and sickening. It's unjustifiable and it's unwanted.”

Author: Munroe Bergdorf

“All white people are racist” Munroe Bergdorf?

Definitely a valuable pundit for occasions like this… FFS!

 

[4D]

Just googled Munroe Bergdorf as I'd never heard of them. Wish I hadn't bothered.

[adje]

Just googled Munroe Bergdorf as I'd never heard of them. Wish I hadn't bothered.

There's more than one?

[4D]

There's more than one?

Hopefully not.

[Legends-Lounge]

Just googled Munroe Bergdorf as I'd never heard of them. Wish I hadn't bothered.

Piqued my interest. I agree 100%

[Nemo]

I thought it was a nice touch to play the Champions' League anthem to keep the kids engaged.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Luke Ayling singing God Save the Queen before KO just now!

[Jimmy StoppedMoaning]

He's moved on from throwing a pint of piss off a balcony then at the Cheltenham festival😀

[ron dodgers]

Replace them with what? Net gain being?

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President, not as expensive (ooh and can we have a senate and less mps and maybe a white Toblerone - thank you Santa)

[Legends-Lounge]

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President, not as expensive (ooh and can we have a senate and less mps and maybe a white Toblerone - thank you Santa)

President, not as expensive? You are joking aren’t you? Whatever a President May or may not spend pails into insignificance when net income is taken into account. The monarchy bring in hundreds of millions of £’s annually in tourism and international business, global influence and so on to GB PLC balance sheet.

Not forgetting that Charles has along with the late queen overseen a massive overhaul of the civil list of payments and a greater level of self funding than there was.

Be careful what you wish for.

Should you be under the illusion on an international level our country is insignificant or has no influence you are greatly mistaken.

[Boy About Town]

President, not as expensive? You are joking aren’t you? Whatever a President May or may not spend pails into insignificance when net income is taken into account. The monarchy bring in hundreds of millions of £’s annually in tourism and international business, global influence and so on to GB PLC balance sheet.

Not forgetting that Charles has along with the late queen overseen a massive overhaul of the civil list of payments and a greater level of self funding than there was.

Be careful what you wish for.

Should you be under the illusion on an international level our country is insignificant or has no influence you are greatly mistaken.

Number two in the world for soft power. Monarchy assist that power hugely.

[Batch]

the horsey princess is going to a street party in Swindon today

[Matchworn Shirts]

I still have no idea why they persist with a national anthem that is about a person rather than the country, bloody awful

[Jimmy StoppedMoaning]

Nobody has mentioned Camilla who dosen't look comfortable as the new Queen🤣

[Berniman]

President, not as expensive? You are joking aren’t you? Whatever a President May or may not spend pails into insignificance when net income is taken into account. The monarchy bring in hundreds of millions of £’s annually in tourism and international business, global influence and so on to GB PLC balance sheet.

Not forgetting that Charles has along with the late queen overseen a massive overhaul of the civil list of payments and a greater level of self funding than there was.

Be careful what you wish for.

Should you be under the illusion on an international level our country is insignificant or has no influence you are greatly mistaken.

The royal family costs the BTP £300m- £500m per year, the Coronation cost us an extra £100m - £150m this year.  The Royal family bring in £2bn a year.

If you didn't have the Monarchy, our head of state would be voted in, so you would always have ~50% of the population not liking our head of state.  If we didn't have a royal Monarch, our head of state in recent years would have been Cameron, May, Boris, Truss and now Sunak - just think about that for a moment..

The royal monarchy is not for all, I get that..  and I am not a royalist.  But having your royal monarch designated for you and seperate from politics is a definite positive and the £1.5bn net it generates for the country is not to be sniffed at.

Politics aside, as LL says - be careful what you wish for.