The Royal Baby

Big_Bad_World said:

Leuth said:

AFKABartram said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

AFKABartram said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

Big_Bad_World said:

A great day for England yet again. Another addition to the long line of history that most of the world can only dream of having.

A proper feel good factor multiplier.

As the saying goes 'haters gonna hate'. Some people are just naturally miserable. Best left to their own devices.

Don't engage with them as they are looking to feed the misery and sadness that courses through their veins.

This form of hatred is usually made up of people that proclaim to be bastions of anti-hate.

GSTQ.

It's a free country as far as I'm aware and presumably you don't have to be a royalist. If you don't worship the royals how does that make you miserable exactly?

Strange line of argument.

This. I don’t hate the royals. I just believe that monarchy is an anachronism and democracy is better served by a republic.

So when you look around all the countries in the world SHG, you think there is a problem with democracy in this country?

No I don’t but my stance is one of principle rather than practicality. My feeling is that it’s absurd to elevate one family to a position of unbridled privilege and wealth and to put them on a pedestal above all others. I just can’t get my head around it.

At least here that comes with a rich history and tradition.

In other countries it seems to come through corruption

Hang on one cherry-pickin' second here

Hi @Leuth , it's probably not worth me asking tbh but here goes. You seem to have run away from missed my reply on the Windrush thread so thought I'd ask if you received the reply you wanted.

The reason I ask is that you seemed extraordinarily keen to pose your questioning of how I know some of those affected but not so keen to follow it up after I answered you.

Here's the link:

http://www.forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/81735/the-windrush-scandal#latest

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

I had a long post on this thread last night but deleted the draft. It basically covered quite a bit of what's been said this morning though, coincidentally. I also just wanted to ask, with all the cultures the Country seems to embrace, why would some people be happy to see a large part of British culture dismantled?

What do you mean when you say 'a large part of British culture dismantled' ? Are you just referring to the monarchy?

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

I had a long post on this thread last night but deleted the draft. It basically covered quite a bit of what's been said this morning though, coincidentally. I also just wanted to ask, with all the cultures the Country seems to embrace, why would some people be happy to see a large part of British culture dismantled?

What do you mean when you say 'a large part of British culture dismantled' ? Are you just referring to the monarchy?

Yeah, or is our Monarchy not part of Our cultural heritage?

I think there will always be a debate about replacing the monarchy with an elected head of state - the ultimate argument is whether it will improve things and will it cost more?

If you're going to change things you have to be pretty confident the change is going to work. It's easy to concede that change could make things a lot worse.

No system will be perfect and to make wholesale changes is potentially very dangerous. I do feel there needs to be reform with the way the upper chamber operates but with the Head of State it's not so clear for me.

Chizz said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

I had a long post on this thread last night but deleted the draft. It basically covered quite a bit of what's been said this morning though, coincidentally. I also just wanted to ask, with all the cultures the Country seems to embrace, why would some people be happy to see a large part of British culture dismantled?

What do you mean when you say 'a large part of British culture dismantled' ? Are you just referring to the monarchy?

Yeah, or is our Monarchy not part of Our cultural heritage?

I think there will always be a debate about replacing the monarchy with an elected head of state - the ultimate argument is whether it will improve things and will it cost more?

If you're going to change things you have to be pretty confident the change is going to work. It's easy to concede that change could make things a lot worse.

No system will be perfect and to make wholesale changes is potentially very dangerous. I do feel there needs to be reform with the way the upper chamber operates but with the Head of State it's not so clear for me.

Oh, come on! When have we ever decided to make a big constitutional change in the UK without knowing for certain that it is going to work? We would never make potentially dangerous, wholesale changes to the way the country is run without being absolutely certain that we would be better off and that everyone would agree that it's the right thing to do.

Wait, what..?

Chizz said:

Anyway, steering the thread back to the royal baby and away from whether we should become a republic, what names are likely to be chosen?

And when are the names likely to be announced?

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

I had a long post on this thread last night but deleted the draft.

nth london addick said:

I reckon he should be named Philip as the auld fella ain’t gonna last forever and it would be a lovely gesture to the Duke

Chizz said:

Anyway, steering the thread back to the royal baby and away from whether we should become a republic, what names are likely to be chosen?

And when are the names likely to be announced?

bobmunro said:

nth london addick said:

I reckon he should be named Philip as the auld fella ain’t gonna last forever and it would be a lovely gesture to the Duke

Arthur is the current favourite but the value must be in Donald at 250/1

Chizz said:

Anyway, steering the thread back to the royal baby and away from whether we should become a republic, what names are likely to be chosen?

And when are the names likely to be announced?

ShootersHillGuru said:

Some years ago (about 20 I think) we were at work set for a royal visit by Prince Charles who was going to visit the cancer centre. We were told that we were to form a line and if the Prince deigned to speak to us individually we were to address him as “your highness” or “Sir”.

I told my managers that if he spoke directly to me that I would of course be polite and respectful but I couldn’t rule out the possibility of me calling him “mate”

Strangely that day I was told that I would need to remain clinical during the visit and work in the CT scanner.

In the end he didn’t show up due to him running late from a previous engagement.

I did on three occasions meet Princess Diana who made frequent visits to the department where I worked at that time. She always arrived after the dept was closed generally after six and would turn up with one bodyguard. I found her charming and genuinely interested in what was going on. She made sure that her visits were low key and generally unannounced.