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brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Mon 30 May 2022, 19:25,
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Well I'm voting for Tony BlairOr maybe Sir Keir Starmer. Sir David Attenborough is too old and Sir Jimmy Savile has sadly passed on. Boris Johnson might be looking for a new job soon? Hmm, bit of a narrow field, really.
Anybody else got any suggestion? The only other candidate whom I really rate is myself.
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Mon 30 May 2022, 19:33,
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Anybody else got any suggestion? The only other candidate whom I really rate is myself.
John Bercow wouldn't take any shit.Floella Benjamin would easily get my vote. Gary Lineker, maybe. The field is wide open.
( brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Mon 30 May 2022, 19:39,
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You did understand the revelations that John Bercow was a deeply unpleasant bully, right?Not to take anything away from his achievements, but in real life it's quite important to limit that sort of person's power and influence.
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Mon 30 May 2022, 23:23,
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Finally a British head of state who understands and articulates our desire for freedom. brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Mon 30 May 2022, 19:49,
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Finally a British head of state who understands and articulates our desire for bollocks. brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Mon 30 May 2022, 21:14,
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BRIAN BLESSEDI dunno, voting for a government? That's how the UK is in such a mess as it is.
A benevolent-dictator AI is where it's at.
(A benevolent-dictator AI is where it's at.
Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Mon 30 May 2022, 21:40,
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That's a brilliant idea !Use the new, cutting-edge ABBA hologram tech and re-animate somebody from the past and make them our Monarch.
Queen Victoria would be popular with the Commonwealth, George III could come back and sort out the unfinished business across the Pond, James I and XI would bring much-needed rigour to the religious divisions within present day society.
But I guess the British public would probably vote overwhelmingly for Queenie MacQueenface, or Benny from Crossroads.
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Mon 30 May 2022, 21:47,
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Queen Victoria would be popular with the Commonwealth, George III could come back and sort out the unfinished business across the Pond, James I and XI would bring much-needed rigour to the religious divisions within present day society.
But I guess the British public would probably vote overwhelmingly for Queenie MacQueenface, or Benny from Crossroads.
My genuine preference, UKIP parodies aside,would be to have our de facto head of state our actual head of state. That being the Speaker of the Commons. The speaker of the Lords could be the deputy HoS.
They would be elected in exactly the same way as they are now, and be at least as accountable as they are now. The HoS's powers to review and veto legislation that affects the monarch's estate would be abolished, and the casting vote in a hung parliament would be retained by the Speaker.
This way we have continuity, less unpalatable change at once, and can actually let the monarchy live out their lives of privilege without hanging OR shooting them.
They could petition a special Royal Commission (we could still have them) to dispute ownership of our national assets, which would be reviewed on a case by case basis and dealt with fairly.
(They would be elected in exactly the same way as they are now, and be at least as accountable as they are now. The HoS's powers to review and veto legislation that affects the monarch's estate would be abolished, and the casting vote in a hung parliament would be retained by the Speaker.
This way we have continuity, less unpalatable change at once, and can actually let the monarchy live out their lives of privilege without hanging OR shooting them.
They could petition a special Royal Commission (we could still have them) to dispute ownership of our national assets, which would be reviewed on a case by case basis and dealt with fairly.
brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Mon 30 May 2022, 22:03,
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I live in Northern Ireland Please take your pick from any of our workshy DUP wankers that seem to love taking money for nothing. Or indeed the other workshy wankers from Sinn Fein who seem to think we all forgot that time they stopped working and still got paid. Actually please take all of them while we elect the one and only person equally hated and loved at the same time Stephen Nolan.
PS - yes, Derry Girls is real and that is how it is here all of the time.
PPS If none of this makes sense I am having toasted scones with lashings of butter and strawberry jam for lunch
(PS - yes, Derry Girls is real and that is how it is here all of the time.
PPS If none of this makes sense I am having toasted scones with lashings of butter and strawberry jam for lunch
TBL I posted this on,
Tue 31 May 2022, 11:53,
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Toasted scones?What sorcery is this?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Tue 31 May 2022, 14:16,
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If you're really keen on ending feudalism,can I suggest that the thirteenth century might be your era?
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Tue 31 May 2022, 14:17,
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Can we sell them? Might make a few quidIt’s all drama pomp and stuff
So a Lionel Blair type who loves all that stuff but doesn’t do a Prince Andrew
King Sir Elton John maybe (or would he be King Reggie)
(So a Lionel Blair type who loves all that stuff but doesn’t do a Prince Andrew
King Sir Elton John maybe (or would he be King Reggie)
boff FL OZ,
Tue 31 May 2022, 16:10,
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I think we should afford them the same rights and dignity that we'd show our poorest and most powerlessso I guess we have to send them to Rwanda.
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Tue 31 May 2022, 18:47,
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