Balanced reporting
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LCpl Boiled Egg
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Their debut album is an overlooked classic.
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newfhouse
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I was into them in ‘74 before they sold out.
Fab Foodie
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^^^^ Every NME Journo about any band that achieves success!
Hitchington
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dutchguylivingintheuk
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I agree with the tone of the reporting, just as all those ''your gonna be so sad, we closed down everything so mourn you mortal'' it's a bit of a tone that implies something, instead of a spontaneous response.
While i do see if i look around me that there is a lot of support for the Queen not only amongst the elderly.
On the other hand, like it goes with things like this most of the time, the normal tones gets snowed under, i mean what i did see was the more extreme voices like a black lady wishing the Queen excruciating pain. (and i say black lady because that is an important detail, if you follow her reasoning just a little bit you see she is just a other racist)
Which in turn is a pity because i think a discussion about the need/role and power of the royal family as a whole isn't wrong.
It symbolizes people who got in that place by doing nothing but being born in the ''right'' place. (right between quotation marks because for Prince Harry it clearly wasn't)
A king or queen needs to be able to unite rather then divide, bring openness rather then oppressions etc. etc. Seeing they placed Prince Andrew in any position(at least i read something like that) i doesn't gives a lot of confidence they are to abide to above things, it sounds more like a continuation of the old style with some slight tweaks, which is a big missed opportunity in my view. Also a big difference with for example the Netherlands, while the power of Queen Beatrix was already years before far from the powers the uk king or queen has, with her abdication a few years ago, they did manage to give the dutch Royal family a much more modern imagine. Surely this is also helped by the fact that King Willem-Alexander is much younger than King Charles but still, os far i see now i think they could (and should) be doing more to win back the trust a signficant part of the population doesn't have in them anymore.
glasgowcyclist
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A king or queen only achieves that status through oppression. That status is maintained though continued oppression and stealing from everyone beneath them.
As that lady protestor proclaimed: “F*ck the monarchy”.
Tanis8472
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Liz Truss?
dutchguylivingintheuk
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that is an opinion i don't agree with. Alrough it's historically correct, it doesn't mean it has to be in the present sense.
if she wants to ''f*ck the monarchy'' (disgusting fantasy btw imagine Charles on top of you..) be my guest.. But if where talking about the same lady it's more about all the other things she says. (if you would say that as a white person you would be out away as a racist that is the point.)
Mugshot
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newfhouse
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Yes. In my view it would be inappropriate at the actual funeral but justifiable at a general walkabout.
Rusty Nails
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I ride up the hill past the Cathedral and through Llandaff around once a week. This week the council has repaired all the roads in the area (great for me on the bike), jet-washed all the pavements and made local residents park quarter of a mile away.
What a total waste of money and I agree with that bloke on this occasion.
I remember someone saying years ago that the Queen thinks the world smells like new paint. I can see why.
fynix
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fark off you prick.
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