The Queen's Speech

JupiterKid · 21-06-2017 11:18AM #1

Do you have any opinions on Her Majesty The Queen's Speech as she formally opens the Houses of Parliament in the UK?

Do you think it's a very endearing ceremony or just ridiculous royalist rubbish in an era of staring Brexit down the horizon and crisis after crisis?

Views here...

The_Valeyard · 21-06-2017 11:20AM

I'm Irish, living in Ireland

I dont care.

JupiterKid · 21-06-2017 11:39AM

I know quite a few posters won't give 2 hoots about the Queen's speech. But it is a sight to behold of which we have no comparable equal here in Ireland.

Should Michael D do an Oireachtas speech like the Queen's?

laugh · 21-06-2017 11:41AM

Some rigmarole for a 91 year old.

crosstownk · 21-06-2017 11:46AM

It's British tradition so let them at it.

I don't really care either way.

Hande hoche! · 21-06-2017 11:50AM

Would prefer a speech given by Phillip.

Mint Sauce · 21-06-2017 11:51AM

Does this mean the deal with the DUP is done? Am expecting the no confidence votes within a week.

judeboy101 · 21-06-2017 11:53AM

Didn't Leo give a speech yesterday?

Zebra3 · 21-06-2017 12:00PM

If the Brits are happy enough to have an unelected head of state that their problem.

Quite ironic that the DEMOCRATIC Unionist Party are such big supporters of something so undemocratic as a monarchy.

murpho999 · 21-06-2017 12:06PM

judeboy101 wrote: »

Didn't Leo give a speech yesterday?

Yes but he's not a queen....oh hang on!

topper75 · 21-06-2017 12:32PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do you have any opinions on Her Majesty The Queen's Speech as she formally opens the Houses of Parliament in the UK?

Do you think it's a very endearing ceremony or just ridiculous royalist rubbish in an era of staring Brexit down the horizon and crisis after crisis?

Views here...

That queen was swept to office on a tide of promises about global warming and bringing down car insurance for the ordinary working Joe.

But I walk down Pana and I see heroin addicts in sleeping bags and I realise that she has done nothing but feather her own nest.

Frankly I wouldn't even give her any preference whatsoever on the ballot paper next time around.

wil · 21-06-2017 12:42PM

Is christmas early this year? Hope she had an Annus Joyfulibus

ArmaniJeanss · 21-06-2017 12:55PM

The people who grinned themselves to death
Smiled so much they failed to take a breath
And even when their kids were starving
They all thought the queen was charming

Berserker · 21-06-2017 12:59PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Should Michael D do an Oireachtas speech like the Queen's?

Michael D. reciting poetry for an hour. No thank you. Love the pageantry of the Queen's speech, I have to say. No mention of Trump in it, which is refreshing in this day and age.

razorblunt · 21-06-2017 01:02PM

Ah FFS, Hollywood has gotten so lazy, it's just remake after remake these days.

LordSutch · 21-06-2017 01:44PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I'm Irish, living in Ireland

I dont care.

Well done.

A very watered down Queens speech this year thanks to May not having the support she had previously after her ill fated decision to call an unnecessary election. I noticed the Queen was driven by car to the Houses of Parliament this time! No horse drawn carriages either :cool:

Coillte_Bhoy · 21-06-2017 01:51PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Well done.

A very watered down Queens speech this year thanks to May not having the support she had previously after her ill fated decision to call an unnecessary election. I noticed the Queen was driven by car to the Houses of Parliament this time! No horse drawn carriages either :cool:

Nothing to do with Royal Ascot today then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXaaOjgguw

SEPT 23 1989 · 21-06-2017 01:56PM

she cant think without a drink but shes a goddamn player

laugh · 21-06-2017 02:48PM

Philip is feeling better and at Ascot.

razorblunt · 21-06-2017 02:51PM

laugh wrote: »

Philip is feeling better and at Ascot.

Classic sicky, bunk off the duties at get hammered at the horse racing.
Happens every year for Cheltenham.

Richard Hillman · 21-06-2017 02:54PM

The British people like it and all that comes with it. Not everything has to have complete logical sense. It would be a boring world without it.

valoren · 21-06-2017 03:27PM

It's nonsense to be sure with all the pomp and expense of it but I'd equate it with a piece of public theatre.
It looks like a nice day out in the city for people and for tourists to enjoy.

21-06-2017 03:35PM

https://twitter.com/MattChorley/status/877474411581984768

Hande hoche! · 21-06-2017 03:39PM

razorblunt wrote: »

Ah FFS, Hollywood has gotten so lazy, it's just remake after remake these days.

Ghostbusters all over again.

cfuserkildare · 21-06-2017 03:43PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do you have any opinions on Her Majesty The Queen's Speech as she formally opens the Houses of Parliament in the UK?

Do you think it's a very endearing ceremony or just ridiculous royalist rubbish in an era of staring Brexit down the horizon and crisis after crisis?

Views here...

I am certainly not a royalist, but they attract a huge amount of Tourism to the UK.

topper75 · 21-06-2017 03:54PM

As Viz magazine suggested - they should turn all the unemployed in Britain into monarchs and boost this tourism revenue many fold.

Blazer · 21-06-2017 03:57PM

topper75 wrote: »

That queen was swept to office on a tide of promises about global warming and bringing down car insurance for the ordinary working Joe.

But I walk down Pana and I see heroin addicts in sleeping bags and I realise that she has done nothing but feather her own nest.

Frankly I wouldn't even give her any preference whatsoever on the ballot paper next time around.

I'm trying to figure out if you're genuinely giving out about her or being subtle and directing it actually at Vradkar?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-06-2017 04:32PM

What a woman. Take us back your Majesty.

greencap · 21-06-2017 04:40PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

I am certainly not a royalist, but they attract a huge amount of Tourism to the UK.

Versailles attracts even more, is more profitable, and requires zero majestic ones.

People visit the buildings.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-06-2017 05:22PM

greencap wrote: »

Versailles attracts even more, is more profitable, and requires zero majestic ones.

People visit the buildings.

Visitors are enamored by the traditions and the pageantry of it all, people from countries with no culture and limited history such as the USA love to line up at the gates of Windsor or Buckingham Palace and watch things like the changing of the guard.

I remember being in London during William and Kates wedding and it was just insane, folks had come from all over the world to watch these two wed. Huge numbers of people are fascinated by this family.

Junkyard Tom · 21-06-2017 05:36PM

Great to see a Republican in there doing his thing.

The Queen's Speech

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