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Post by Lavendel on Jul 24, 2019 11:16:15 GMT
magpiejack it seems really all over Europe and Uk the high born are taking over power. Trump today said he is going to ensure people show they are really poor before they get state help. This means the American aristocract are gearing up to get more benefits as they take from the poor. the other day i was thinking. The good years are over. once the flight taxes kick in only the wealthy will travel abroad. When the carbon emmissions tax kick in food will be exprensive as well as when diesel tax kick in few people will have cars as electricity will get expensive as it will get more environmental friendly, once the poor children will be vaccinated with measels jabs and women ban from abortion they will produce zombies for the industry
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 24, 2019 16:17:15 GMT
Our predictions have come true
I am having to use a laptop that is 13 years old and extremely slow at a time when there is a lot to post about! Boris Johnson has done it. He has taken over as Prime Minster. From an old post: “He would have my backing for Prime Minister.” Do you still think this Avacyn? Lavendel all the posts about Bojo becoming king were intended to be funny at the time, but who knows what will happen now. We discussed Germany and the Ottoman Empire and other Turkish connections too. From another old post, as the caption is now very topical:
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 24, 2019 16:18:46 GMT
BoJo and the cake
BoJo is celebrating his win and wants us all to have some cake:
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 25, 2019 7:05:33 GMT
BoJo’s qualifications for the monarchy
As we have seen, anything Prince Charles can do, BoJo can do better. He can give Camilla a run for her money too:
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 25, 2019 7:26:56 GMT
magpiejack it seems really all over Europe and Uk the high born are taking over power. Trump today said he is going to ensure people show they are really poor before they get state help. This means the American aristocract are gearing up to get more benefits as they take from the poor. the other day i was thinking. The good years are over. once the flight taxes kick in only the wealthy will travel abroad. When the carbon emmissions tax kick in food will be exprensive as well as when diesel tax kick in few people will have cars as electricity will get expensive as it will get more environmental friendly, once the poor children will be vaccinated with measels jabs and women ban from abortion they will produce zombies for the industry Yes, I agree, the good years are over - for ordinary people like me. Those are fascinating connections that you have made with a lot of recent top appointments. I think that Macron as well is part of the agenda; he came from a wealthy background, didn't he? He has 'fake' written all over him. I was so pleased that the French government voted down his desire for a modernist rebuilding of Notre Dame. That 'accidental' fire is an interesting subject in itself. I feel sorry for younger people who don't have any experience of what it was like a few decades ago, but it is so clear to those of us who did.
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 25, 2019 7:28:11 GMT
BoJo’s qualifications for the monarchy
As we have seen, anything Prince Charles can do, BoJo can do better. He can give Camilla a run for her money too: Yes, he certainly could give her a run for her money (run for her cake?) - kindred spirits on that subject!
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 25, 2019 16:33:26 GMT
Boris and a new Golden Age
We didn’t wake up to find it was all a dream. As the Guardian put it recently: “Boris Johnson: the clown is crowned as the country burns in hell” Boris too is obviously thinking in monarchical terms. He has promised the "beginning of a new golden age." Was he getting some training here?
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 25, 2019 16:37:20 GMT
"Yes, I agree, the good years are over - for ordinary people like me." magpiejack Boris has said that he will make Britain the greatest country in the world! (Best not to ask how.) I don't think that he is a republican, but they all dissemble and use double-bluffs.
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 25, 2019 19:37:59 GMT
"Yes, I agree, the good years are over - for ordinary people like me." magpiejack Boris has said that he will make Britain the greatest country in the world! (Best not to ask how.) I don't think that he is a republican, but they all dissemble and use double-bluffs. Yes, of course they do. To me there's no difference between Left and Right, to put it bluntly just two cheeks of the same a**e. Here's Comrade Corbyn's childhood home: He tries to appear a man of the people by saying he's "from near Telford".
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 26, 2019 7:20:34 GMT
Our glorious leader in action
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 26, 2019 11:09:28 GMT
Our glorious leader in action
Not his best look: Oh dear - some people just don't know when to cover up! The things he does for a photo op, he got stuck on this zip wire. Oh, for the days of world leaders with dignity.
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 26, 2019 19:08:37 GMT
He is a great one for Union flags! It may all be a deliberate performance to attract attention.
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 26, 2019 19:57:05 GMT
He is a great one for Union flags! It may all be a deliberate performance to attract attention. I think it is a performance, as Mayor everyone thought he was just a buffoon. However, he's very clever and I think we're going to see less of the Fool and more Machiavelli's The Prince. He reminds me of a friend of mine with a mane of blond hair, and she plays the dizzy blonde with people she doesn't know; she said to me, "I never let people know how intelligent I am, then they don't know what they're dealing with".
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 27, 2019 7:52:30 GMT
Our new royal family
You mentioned manes of blond hair magpiejack . Here is the Johnson family many years ago, with the nanny in the background. Which one's Boris? I think we can guess:
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 27, 2019 9:34:27 GMT
Our new royal family
You mentioned manes of blond hair magpiejack . Here is the Johnson family many years ago, with the nanny in the background. Which one's Boris? I think we can guess: The one on the left! I'm cheating, I've seen this before with him pointed out. Nanny in a Norlands uniform too.
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 28, 2019 7:04:02 GMT
BoJo the clown
The Punch and Judy shows mentioned in the Sussex thread are a typical British seaside attraction. Although the main characters have been the same for centuries, sometimes a contemporary figure makes a guest appearance. In addition to being our new king, BoJo is now a puppet in a show on Brighton seafront:
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 28, 2019 7:07:28 GMT
Bill Bryson on the future of the monarchy
The American travel writer Bill Bryson said this in Notes from a Small Island (1995):
“I only mention this because the nation seemed to be embarking on a similar monarchical crisis at this time. I must say, I can't begin to understand the attitudes of the British nation towards the royal family.
For years - may I be candid here for a moment? - I thought they were insupportably boring and only marginally more attractive than Wallis Simpson, but everybody in England adored them. Then when, by a small miracle, they finally started doing arresting and erratic things and making the News of the World on merit - when, in a word, they finally became interesting - the whole nation was suddenly saying, 'Shocking. Let's get rid of them.'
Only that week, I had watched with open mouth an edition of Question Time in which one of the questions seriously discussed by the panel had been whether the nation should dispense with Prince Charles and leapfrog to little Prince William. Putting aside for the moment the question of the wisdom of investing a lot of faith in the un-matured genetic output of Charles and Diana, which I would charitably describe as touching, it seemed to me to miss the whole point. If you are going to have a system of hereditary privilege, then surely you have to take what comes your way no matter how ponderous the poor fellow may be or how curious his taste in mistresses.”
Making the News of the World on merit! Very amusing. A lot has happened since those days.
So even in the early ‘90s people were discussing passing over Prince Charles in favour of Prince William...
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 28, 2019 19:16:37 GMT
Carrie Simmons copies Kate
Perhaps Carrie Simmons is preparing for being the consort of King BoJo I by studying the competition. The good old DM has compiled some copy-cat pictures for us. The most interesting one is top left:
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 29, 2019 8:02:43 GMT
The Blackadder by-election
This character from a really funny episode in the Blackadder TV series is standing for the S tanding at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party. He reminds me of someone:
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 31, 2019 7:58:14 GMT
BoJo and Peter Pan
I have seen Boris Johnson twice in real life. He really does stand out from the people around him, and not just because of the blond hair. He looks happy and confident. He gives value for money. These attributes make him very suitable for a figurehead position with other people making the decisions. I am not sure that he can cope with being PM; I think that he would do better as king! I wonder whether there is a message here:
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Post by Avacyn on Aug 10, 2019 19:05:07 GMT
magpiejack it seems really all over Europe and Uk the high born are taking over power. Trump today said he is going to ensure people show they are really poor before they get state help. This means the American aristocract are gearing up to get more benefits as they take from the poor. the other day i was thinking. The good years are over. once the flight taxes kick in only the wealthy will travel abroad. When the carbon emmissions tax kick in food will be exprensive as well as when diesel tax kick in few people will have cars as electricity will get expensive as it will get more environmental friendly, once the poor children will be vaccinated with measels jabs and women ban from abortion they will produce zombies for the industry I personally disagree, because there are lots of subtle changes going on. The good years are certainly over, mind you - but not in the way you might think. The world is getting colder, and if you pay attention to environment, and have done for over a year and a half now, you will see... things are certainly changing. There were crop problems globally last year, and there have been additional problems this year as well. Food prices are going up, in part to supply being reduced. As for vaccines, this might interest you: drmalcolmkendrick.org/2019/07/09/my-feelings-about-the-vaccine-debate/drmalcolmkendrick.org/2019/07/29/a-second-look-at-vaccination-answers-that-cannot-be-questioned/
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Post by Avacyn on Aug 10, 2019 19:21:36 GMT
Our predictions have come true
I am having to use a laptop that is 13 years old and extremely slow at a time when there is a lot to post about! Boris Johnson has done it. He has taken over as Prime Minster. From an old post: “He would have my backing for Prime Minister.” Do you still think this Avacyn ? Lavendel all the posts about Bojo becoming king were intended to be funny at the time, but who knows what will happen now. We discussed Germany and the Ottoman Empire and other Turkish connections too. From another old post, as the caption is now very topical: Yes, I do. What alternative is there? Jeremy Corbyn? In the end, there is a huge amount going on, and the UK leaving the EU is important. Both Germany and Ireland will be impacted, very significantly. Germany's economy is a mess, and Ireland does a lot of trade with us. For example, we buy a lot of beef from them. in addition, once we leave, they need to have free trade. No Deal would mean tariffs on goods, but also on goods being shipped through the UK from other parts of the EU. There would be a tariff charge each time a border is crossed - first into the UK, and second out of the UK. As I understand it. In any case, to completely avoid tariffs, they need direct routes from the EU... which is easier said than done. Ireland is not best placed, and also there is the fact that the English Channel is already very busy indeed. Boris Johnson is saying a lot of things that are positive, and also, he is making preparations for a No Deal scenario. More money is being placed into funds, and such forth. Serious and proper work is being conducted - at last. Him as PM longer term however? That is an interesting question. Frankly, get Brexit done, then take it from there.
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Post by Avacyn on Aug 10, 2019 23:26:38 GMT
The Blackadder by-election
This character from a really funny episode in the Blackadder TV series is standing for the S tanding at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party. He reminds me of someone: Wasn't there a Blackadder, where they used time travel to make him Prime Minister for life, thinking about it?
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 21, 2019 16:05:59 GMT
Nigel Farage challenges the royal family
Nigel Farage made some very critical comments about several members of the royal family recently during his tour of Australia. He called the Queen Mother a 'slightly overweight, chain-smoking gin drinker who lived to 101'. He called Prince Harry the ‘Prince of Wokeness’ and said that his popularity has fallen off a cliff since he married Meghan. He was particularly hard on Prince Charles, or ‘Charlie Boy’, ridiculing some of his speeches about climate change and saying that he hoped that the Queen would outlive him. Is he just jumping on the latest bandwagon or is this his way of starting his challenge for the throne? Many commenters agree with him. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7351513/Dozens-supporters-Nigel-Farage-Royal-Family-comments.htmlKing Nigel I:
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 22, 2019 6:39:08 GMT
Alternative history: Edmund III
“Wasn't there a Blackadder, where they used time travel to make him Prime Minister for life, thinking about it?” Avacyn did you mean the episode with the time machine where he becomes king? King Edmund III appears in Blackadder Back & Forth (1999), a Millennium Eve special programme. It is on YouTube.
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 27, 2019 16:58:21 GMT
Prince Andrew and the Royal Society
Prince Andrew was made a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013. Some of the members were not happy about this: “After more than 350 years of largely happy association with assorted royalty, Britain's pre-eminent scientific institution, the Royal Society, faces unprecedented dissent from members after Prince Andrew was elected to become a fellow. While the objections to the prince centre mainly on his slightly chequered career as a royal, a small number of the 1,450 or so Royal Society fellowship are asking the wider question of whether it is time for an institution based on science to end the practice of honouring people on the basis of heredity… Colquhoun told the Guardian that the prince, officially titled the Duke of York, was ‘an unsavoury character’ who should not be associated with the Royal Society.’” www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/05/royal-society-scientists-prince-andrewIt was mainly his business activities that generated that last comment; it applies even more now. And yes, there is a wider issue. Should the royals get titles and honours that they have done nothing to earn? Do the unsavoury associations devalue the awards? Do we really need the royals at all now? Will Prince Andrew be stripped of his honours and medals?
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 10, 2019 7:36:55 GMT
Battle of the cattle
Boris wins this contest. He engages with his brown bull but Charles just looks:
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Post by Avacyn on Oct 1, 2019 22:21:18 GMT
Alternative history: Edmund III
“Wasn't there a Blackadder, where they used time travel to make him Prime Minister for life, thinking about it?” Avacyn did you mean the episode with the time machine where he becomes king? King Edmund III appears in Blackadder Back & Forth (1999), a Millennium Eve special programme. It is on YouTube. Yes, and it is the one that had Kate Moss in it as well. If I recall correctly...
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 9, 2019 7:48:29 GMT
Avacyn you are right: Kate Moss was Maid Marian in Blackadder Back & Forth. To get back to the present, Prince Andrew and the Sussexes are doing a lot of damage to the monarchy. PR and spin and endorsements by celebrities are not enough to stop the collapse of the house of cards.
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