Be Excellent To Each Other

You don't feel anticipation? They haven't yet presented the half man half unicorn baby and you're not excited?

Everyone knows it'll be a being of pure energy, the next stage of human evolution, here to lead us to ever-higher levels of enlightenment.

I was going to comment last night, but didn't have the energy to type a lengthy post on a tablet, and now don't have the energy to do anything... but...

Did anyone see Newsnight last night? Any views on the opinions expressed by the republican woman?

What were said views?

I'm guessing anti-abortion, small government, low taxes, etc.

My only view was how dull and inane her views were articulated...they really need to get some peeps with a bit of pep and most importantly a sense of humour.

The more interesting points came from the Editor of Vanity Fair whose point could be summarised as "The US is interested in your Royal Family as they provide an ongoing soap opera", which of course the dozy republican woman didn't pick up on.

In the end though, it's been my belief for years that it won't be a wave of republicanism that will remove the royal family in this country but the royal family and it's supporters that will destroy the monarchy in the this country probably following some ridiculous crisis in the future...or summat.

Soundly struck, sir. Bravo.

A lot of stuff. But the key takeaway was that we should scrap the monarchy for the following reasons.

"This baby means that we'll have no female monarch for 90 years and is hence sexist" (it was then pointed out to her that we've had only a queen for 61 years but this was unimportant).

"This baby casts into stark daylight the fact that it is highly unlikely that we'll have a black or asian king, or a gay one for that matter in our lifetimes."

I'm very much in favour of no discrimination or equal opportunities, indeed I've long argued that women should be treated as if they are equal, but this did seem like crowbarring equal rights in to justify her cause, as she had few other anti monarchy views to express. Indeed this was shown up when one of the other panellists said that the reason British people like the monarchy is that it prevents circumstances like 'President Blair' and she then went off into a long rant saying that President Blair would not happen, as people don't like him now and wouldn't vote him in. I believe that the interview was conducted in London, and that relative to her, the President Blair point must have passed by somewhere north of Glasgow.

I was previously no ardent monarchist or republican, but this discussion had me siding for the rest of my life with the simpering cunt that was the BBC royal watcher correspondent. That takes some doing.

There was also, apparently, some suggestion by her that if we must have a monarchy, then we should choose him like they choose the Dalai Lama. I was ramming a cleaver into my face at this point however so missed it.

Christ, her Gaydar must be superb.

Superb. That left leaning BBC, eh?

Yes, it's a load of nonsense, and as a republican I think we'd be better off without them. But, barring some kind of 'To Play the King' style constitutional crisis where the monarch enters politics, it's the kind of issue I'd only get round to dealing with in my 6th term as Prime Minister, once I'd solved the more pressing problems facing the realm.

Although, if asked what to replace them with, I don't think there's anything in their duties which the Speaker couldn't do in his spare time. Or have a quiet and forgettable figurehead, like the German president. Not keen on presidentialism; parliamentary government = best government. At least today.

She also implied that there were no crowds at the Palace yesterday and that there was no proof that tourists came to London to see the Royal Family!

Malc

ROYAL BABY IS HERE HOW CAN SHE NOT BE HAPPY????!?!???

Anyone win a penny?

Radio 4 said this morning there were 2,600 other people born yesterday. Then there was some discussion about names. I had a shower after that.

She's obviously never tried to walk past Buckingham palace during the changing of the guard. It's like a tourist maze.

The Onion wins it

http://www.theonion.com/articles/royal- ... ing,33174/

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/katesson-com- ... 2ec94dab18

Location, Bedford.

Hmmmm.....

Parliamentary republics FTW.

All the greatest countries are parliamentary republics (e.g. Germany).

And Venezuela.
And Ecuador.

I am confused, last time I checked, Cambridge was neither a country nor a principality. How, therefore, can our new saviour be Prince of Cambridge?

That's why he's gonna be King some day, and you slept on a trampoline the other night.

It doesn't even have a proper university....

Why I oughta! It was comfy, damnit.

O RLY?

Feex.

I'm happy for them both, I’ve had my son a month know and it’s been great. They look to be a genuine couple in that way that they feel about each other, King or not it will be a great time for them with a lot of changes. Like the fact that they have decided not to put the baby in a wing of Buckingham palace and surround him by nannies, they are going to spend the first month or so with her mother.

The kid is destined to spend the rest of his life shaking hands with people, been chased by the press with a short stint in the army at some point. Not something I would want for my son, even with all the money

Ha!

That's also totally fucking ridiculous. I bet someone actually buys it...

I was a bit young* when Wills graced us with his existence in 1982. Was the country having a media wankfest back then too?





* not born by ~6 months.

Pretty sure they were.

Also, fuck you for making me feel old.

Drunken Kovacs snores... sorry

Those are presidential republics, not parliamentary republics.

But I see how you were trying to start a game of Good Republic, Bad Republic.

How horrible it must be to have a child, and know, even as you're carrying them, that the choice of what to name them is not yours to make. It will be based not on yours or the father's personal preferences , but rather by an august committee comprising your father-in-law, grandmother-in-law, and other advisors and traditionalists, who will whisper and rub their chins as they decide upon the most appropriate, respectful name that will be forever be accorded to your child. It will be decreed well in advance and you will be told what it will be, in keeping with the 'uncommon' life of pomp, prestige, and the all-costs retention of contrived social status you've sadly chosen for yourself.

It's very modern of them naming him after a popular dinosaur-loving pig.

My daughter is going to be fucking delighted!

My lovely colleague George had money on for it to be his name, so he won £70! It was also his last day in our office, and the country as he's transferring to one of our US offices, so I thought that was a lovely send off for him!

My son is called George

Just as an aside on the security costs of royals etc.

This a a story on how George Bush Snr has shaved his head to support the son of one of his security guys who has cancer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23444771

If you go to the bottom of the page there is a picture of him and all his secuirty, there must be 20 or more of them for an 89 year old man who hasn't been president for 20 years or more!

He's called George, you say?

Let's hope he doesn't turn out sad, bad, mad, or fat.

You've seen Peppa Pig, right?

Yes, but I'm sure there are just as many people who want him dead now as there were when he was in office, if not more.

Mainly for spawning that dribbling shitcunt Dubya.

as would ours be if she new about it! And he already has an aunt Peppa!

Out of interest, how do you know this is the case? Lots of people name their children after relatives, entirely of their own free will. My daughter is named Rosie Joanna, slightly adapted after my paternal grandmother (Rosena) and my mother (Joan). No one asked myself or my ex to give her these names, we did it as a nice surprise for my family (she has her mother's surname, so that's where her family come in).

My friend at Fat Harry's parents showed remarkable foresight regarding his love of food and his hatred of exercise.

MrsA's family have a habit of using the same names over and over and over. I think it shows a lack of imagination.

A friend of mine gave his son the exact same name that he (the father) has.

And yes, he is American.

Is he an American?

My grandfather was Robert Griffiths.
My father is Robert Griffiths.
One of my brothers is Robert Griffiths.