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God Save Our Queen - Funeral will be Mon 19th September (p26)
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The Monarchy is safe inThe King's hands. I'm currently watching him meeting members of the Scottish Parliament and he is talking and laughing with them. It can't be easy after losing his mother, but he is following in his mother's footsteps and doing his duty.0
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ShootersHillGuru said:cafctom said:Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.There’s nothing illegal about their “protest” I guess, but nobody’s going to convince me that the attention seeking behaviour to try and disrupt the above isnt morally wrong.5 -
cafctom said:ShootersHillGuru said:cafctom said:Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.There’s nothing illegal about their “protest” I guess, but nobody’s going to convince me that the attention seeking behaviour to try and disrupt the above is morally wrong.
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carly burn said:There's queues. And there's QUEUES!
Anyway he told me of church and charity established 'boys clubs'.
There was no money or equipment, and maybe some kind of hut or small hall for the kids to meet of an evening.
That left the probably the one or two volunteer adults to think up things for the boys to do.
So one 'game' was called the 'Seven bridges'.
That basically meant that the boys would start a run at the south side of Lambeth Bridge, and then have to run up the Thames, crossing every one of the bridges until running south across Tower Bridge, then run back to Lambeth through 'The Elephant'.
To be met with some home made Lemonade.
'It killed us' my old dad used to say.
The map above reminds me of that little story.6 -
cafctom said:ShootersHillGuru said:cafctom said:Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.There’s nothing illegal about their “protest” I guess, but nobody’s going to convince me that the attention seeking behaviour to try and disrupt the above is morally wrong.
I'm sure the Monarchy will survive most forms of protest.
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cafctom said:Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.
I don’t agree with doing it at a funeral, but when else can you be seen and heard with Prince nonce-a-lot present?0 -
Vigil of the Princes has started1
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So powerful. Very moving. What a horrible position to be in.0
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Prince Charles looks absolutely shattered.
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So.
Reports early said sainsbury's, tescos and other stores would close for four hours on the day of the funeral.
John lewis , waitrose, primark and few others for the day.
Sainsbury's are now closing for the day.
The 4 hours for sainsbury's was for the big stores.0 -
Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
RIP ma'am, and thank you for your sterling service and dedication2 -
Been counting the people for the last hour.
9326 going in to see the Queen0 -
clb74 said:Been counting the people for the last hour.
9326 going in to see the Queen5 -
cafcfan1990 said:clb74 said:Been counting the people for the last hour.
9326 going in to see the Queen2 -
clb74 said:Been counting the people for the last hour.
9326 going in to see the Queen0 -
clb74 said:So.
Reports early said sainsbury's, tescos and other stores would close for four hours on the day of the funeral.
John lewis , waitrose, primark and few others for the day.
Sainsbury's are now closing for the day.
The 4 hours for sainsbury's was for the big stores.0 -
See a queue and join it , a Great British tradition.
Pray for clb's niece and nephew4 -
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cafctom said:ShootersHillGuru said:cafctom said:Chizz said:cafctom said:AFKABartram said:My main concern is with another week to go, now the initial shock and response has passed, we’ll start to see an increase in incidents of anti-monarchist / republican / rights campaigners seeking to be disrupters / making a name for themselves.Really, really hope I’m wrong and people positively surprise me. Feel like we’ve seen the UK at its best over the last few days and I’d hate that to go south. Just a week of dignity & respect, not a massive ask is it?
Sadly I think it’s inevitable that it’s going to happen, and in 7 days from now more people will have plucked up the courage to try making a name for themselves.
One of the great things that distinguishes this great country from many others is tolerance and acceptance of people's right to hold a differing opinion. Showing off to the world that we can be both brilliant in the way we accommodate and run a state occasion and that we can tolerate listening to people share their rights to free speech would be a very good thing, in my view.
As long as protests don't disrupt, don't cause harm or alarm, don't prevent people going about their business and don't prevent or delay the pomp and ceremony of the next few days, I think the Monarchy can survive a few narcissists wanting their moment of limelight.
I would always prefer to see pictures of people protesting peacefully, than pictures of protesters being stopped, violently.
I hope there are no protests. But, if there are, it's important they're tolerated, as long as they're within the law; and stopped, immediately, if they break the law. (After all, what's the point in having a Tower of London and not using it..?)
Peaceful protest or not - it’s somebody’s funeral.There’s nothing illegal about their “protest” I guess, but nobody’s going to convince me that the attention seeking behaviour to try and disrupt the above is morally wrong.People should of course be allowed to protest, but why not just wait until the end of next week. Any sort of protest now, in amongst a sea of people that care is just going to be seen as antagonistic. I kind of see it a bit like threads on here. There’s many on topics I don’t like, but I don’t open one up just to go on there to tell the people that do want to talk about it that it’s a waste of time4 -
Someone's made a pretty good job of crochet-bombing our local post box.
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Stig said:Someone's made a pretty good job of crochet-bombing our local post box.4
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One of my friends who is in the Met and in a senior position in the team allocating man power across the London Boroughs for big events told us there's a dry run of the funeral in the small hours of Tuesday and then Wednesday. Depending the results, more police could get drafted in which means its likely that all football gets shelved up to the funeral. Just something to bear in mind.
As it stand, Spurs v Leicester is still on but policing is being provided by Leicestershire police, not the Met due to the circumstances.1 -
JohnBoyUK said:One of my friends who is in the Met and in a senior position in the team allocating man power across the London Boroughs for big events told us there's a dry run of the funeral in the small hours of Tuesday and then Wednesday. Depending the results, more police could get drafted in which means its likely that all football gets shelved up to the funeral. Just something to bear in mind.
As it stand, Spurs v Leicester is still on but policing is being provided by Leicestershire police, not the Met due to the circumstances.
I can see all being at risk0 -
JohnBoyUK said:One of my friends who is in the Met and in a senior position in the team allocating man power across the London Boroughs for big events told us there's a dry run of the funeral in the small hours of Tuesday and then Wednesday. Depending the results, more police could get drafted in which means its likely that all football gets shelved up to the funeral. Just something to bear in mind.
As it stand, Spurs v Leicester is still on but policing is being provided by Leicestershire police, not the Met due to the circumstances.0 -
killerandflash said:JohnBoyUK said:One of my friends who is in the Met and in a senior position in the team allocating man power across the London Boroughs for big events told us there's a dry run of the funeral in the small hours of Tuesday and then Wednesday. Depending the results, more police could get drafted in which means its likely that all football gets shelved up to the funeral. Just something to bear in mind.
As it stand, Spurs v Leicester is still on but policing is being provided by Leicestershire police, not the Met due to the circumstances.
I can see all being at risk0 -
O-Randy-Hunt said:JohnBoyUK said:One of my friends who is in the Met and in a senior position in the team allocating man power across the London Boroughs for big events told us there's a dry run of the funeral in the small hours of Tuesday and then Wednesday. Depending the results, more police could get drafted in which means its likely that all football gets shelved up to the funeral. Just something to bear in mind.
As it stand, Spurs v Leicester is still on but policing is being provided by Leicestershire police, not the Met due to the circumstances.2 -
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