tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post1933703771006189087..comments2023-07-23T16:06:16.018+01:00Comments on Citizen Barnet - trade union news and socialist propaganda from Barnet: A better use for 62p, Or: A Royal wedding? That's all we f***ing needCitizen Barnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539991855658960354noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-82151486201305253822011-01-05T22:41:56.078+00:002011-01-05T22:41:56.078+00:00Vickim,
I don't think the Duffs of the UK or ...Vickim,<br /><br />I don't think the Duffs of the UK or his generation give a flying fish about the "relative" democracy they live in, He'd like a police state run with absolute power. I'll refer you to your Dec 19th post "Put the kettle on mother,"<br /><br />My old dad who saw Korea and Malaya never came out with the rubbish quoted by the charitable Mr Duff, but here's what old Duff had to say. "More or less where I am today, sunk into my armchair, cheering on the 'old Bill' and cackling with glee every time I saw a baton hit the target. Once the police have re-mastered the art and craft of dealing with rioters, HMG can give them even more powers."Moaneybathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549578132806472475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-51899725194751945532011-01-05T19:40:08.301+00:002011-01-05T19:40:08.301+00:00Dear DD,
it's hard to know where to start wit...Dear DD,<br /><br />it's hard to know where to start with what you say. If you want to feel inferior to someone on account of your birth, that's up to you, but don't tell other people that they must. The Queen and her family are no better than the rest of us and considerably worse than some. Why should they be treated any better?<br /><br />It's true what you say about the Mercy Ships being staffed by voluntary labour and funded through charitable donations. But your own description shows that relying on such a set-up is inadequate. Mercy Ships can only meet a small part of the need. On the programme I saw they explained how they have to turn a lot of people away.<br /><br />That's why we need things like the NHS, and why there should be one in every country. I do believe that there is enough wealth in the world to meet everyone's basic needs to healthcare, shelter, food and education. <br /><br />I think that we will have to rearrange our affairs to get the wealth to where it is needed most. Pointing out the absurd disparity in wealth and poverty that exists is part of achieving that. <br /><br />The Royal Family are not the whole problem but they are part of it; abolishing monarchy would be part of - only a small part, but an important part - of ridding the world of the obscene poverty that exists in many countries. How many dodgy rulers in countries like those served by the Mercy Ships draw some of their legitimacy from the acceptance of monarchy in the UK, and from the connections that they can make with other 'royal' personages? Quite a lot.<br /><br />I don't want to talk too much about the 'who would you rather, Prescott or Queen Elizabeth?' debate. But I don't see why we need a powerful 'head of state'/president at all. Many countries only have a very token head of state. The person/party/politicians elected in a democratic vote decide should what actually happens. I would like a lot more democracy; clinging on to feudal remnants is to face the other way.Citizen Barnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539991855658960354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-29301181249461910002011-01-04T00:58:54.662+00:002011-01-04T00:58:54.662+00:00DCMD,
Norway Sweden Denmark Spain Holland 'Ge...DCMD,<br /><br />Norway Sweden Denmark Spain Holland 'Germany.' Did I say Germany? theirs is in the UK and given that their regime was 'changed' twice, the Deutsche are quite succesful without a Royal Famly. It would still be good for Britain given the pomp and ceremony of a Monarchs duties every summer the money would still roll in. Might I ask you, what Constitution are you referring to? The one that Law & Politics students know or, the one the vast majority like me, whom don't know the way it works.<br /><br />Mr Duff, Sir,<br /><br />As you're on the side of the Anglo-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha that became the House of Windsor in 1917 or thereabouts. In case you did not realise that Prescott (Cambridge, I think) has long gone and so has has Twinkle-Tongue Blair. Did you see our recent 'Presidential' style debate that gave us a a pair of 'Hung' tosh?Moaneybathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549578132806472475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-39365184654846985292011-01-04T00:27:25.930+00:002011-01-04T00:27:25.930+00:00Oh and as for David Duff. What would be wrong with...Oh and as for David Duff. What would be wrong with President Prescott if he was elected? A it too working class for you? I suppose it's OK if the buffon is Eton educated is it. I suppose that the decades of insulting behaviour displayed by Prince Phillip are OK because he's a toff. I'm no fan of Prescott, but everything he achieved he did so by his own efforts and I'm sure he worked a damn sight harder to get where he did than any of the current cabinet.Rog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-48948325744142351362011-01-04T00:23:46.932+00:002011-01-04T00:23:46.932+00:00Vicki,
an ancestor of mine, Chidiock Tichborne wa...Vicki,<br /><br />an ancestor of mine, Chidiock Tichborne was executed for his part in the Babington plot, being hung, drawn and quartered. <br /><br />I've never been overly keen on royalty as a result. What could 62p buy you. Well a couple of Sheltered Housing wardens in Barnet maybe? Whilst her Maj probably won't die of neglect for want of £7.7 million, maybe one or two elderly and vulnerable people in Barnet will. <br /><br />I know what I think is a better way to spend the cash I earn.Rog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-14610298366126724642011-01-03T22:08:33.458+00:002011-01-03T22:08:33.458+00:00Skipping quickly past all the anti-Royalist tosh -...Skipping quickly past all the anti-Royalist tosh - one only has to consider the prospect of, say, President Prescott to turn you into an ardent Royalist - let me seize upon your mention of the Mercy Ship charity.<br /><br />About three years ago I heard a talk given by one of their volunteers and, given my general shortage of funds, they have now become my charity of choice. For a start - and it's a considerable one - none of their volunteers are paid, indeed, I believe most of them pay their own fares to reach the ship. Doctors, nurses, dentists, physios plus, of course, all the people needed to support the hospital ship, cooks, cleaners, laundry men and women and so on - all volunteers, all unpaid. They also carry with them agriculturists, engineers and the like, to go inland and help the villagers. In places like Liberia which was in a non-stop civil war for years many of the old skills which used to be handed own have now been lost and need to be re-taught.<br /><br />The Africans carry their sick relations on their backs, sometimes for days, to reach the port when news spreads that the Mercy Ship is coming. Please, check them out and if you can, send them a fiver (less than the price of a couple of pints today) or more if you can afford it.<br /><br />http://www.mercyships.org.uk/David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-49169705835628550732011-01-03T14:38:25.899+00:002011-01-03T14:38:25.899+00:00DCMD: I don't think it's the Queen, and th...DCMD: I don't think it's the Queen, and the direct line of descent, that's the problem. It's the hangers-on, the pagentry, the fact that there has been no clearout of the dead wood for hundreds of years.<br /><br />We are a mature democracy, and I don't believe we would be at each others' throats if we didn't have the stability, the moribundity, the scerosis, of the current constitutional settlement.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-47058778396082127662011-01-03T14:31:22.485+00:002011-01-03T14:31:22.485+00:00It's worth watching the Queen's first TV C...It's worth watching the Queen's first TV Christmas message, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/8235980/The-Queens-1957-Christmas-message-is-YouTube-hit.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Oh, the cut glass vowels!baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722474464197237668.post-55477441615954591802011-01-03T14:28:28.307+00:002011-01-03T14:28:28.307+00:00The alternative to a Constitutional monarchy is an...The alternative to a Constitutional monarchy is an elected President. Do you really think that would be a better alternative or more cost effective? I think the pros outweigh the cons by a very substantial margin on the question of whether the monarchy is good for Britain.Don't Call Me Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602899129846028170noreply@blogger.com