Seems very tactless and inappropriate to cancel all programmes for an afternoon, when there is no actual news on the Queen. No doubt there will be hours of opinion and speculation, based on a short statement. Â Iâm not switching on to see, but surely they wonât be broadcasting highlights of her life yet? A reassurance that any programmes will be immediately interrupted as soon as any updates are released, would be the way to go, Iâd have thought. And did I see that one of the newsreaders is wearing a black tie?
Information on other subjects is still available on websites etc. Giving over coverage to something as important as this, to the vast majority of the population at least, is not excessive in my opinion.
Information on other subjects is still available on websites etc. Giving over coverage to something as important as this, to the vast majority of the population at least, is not excessive in my opinion.
why not just have updates online? Personally I see no evidence that "the vast majority of the population" is that bothered.Â
Information on other subjects is still available on websites etc. Giving over coverage to something as important as this, to the vast majority of the population at least, is not excessive in my opinion.
I would accept that were there any actual news, but there's just a lot of people talking inanely about nothing much, with long lingering shots of the gates of Balmoral and the bin lorry going in and out. I think it's actually in very poor taste. They appear to be waiting for her to die
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
âIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.âÂ
Someone has said  that tomorrows Changing of the Guard has been cancelled?Â
Maybe she was so relieved to have said goodbye to weekly visits from Boris that she overdid things.Â
I donât think itâs about how many people are bothered. Â I think itâs about this countryâs constitution and the way we do things.Â
They will change ⊠but presumably slowly ⊠thereâs enough uncertainty and change about at the moment without the monarchy adding to it. While the monarchy says âthis is the way we to thingsâ thereâs less chance for the politicians to make it all about them. đÂ
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
While we have them doing their jobs, Boris, and now Liz, know that they can never ever be top dog. I think thatâs a good thing.Â
Look at what happened in the US when Trump thought he was more important than the constitution⊠look at whatâs happening in Russia because Putin was able to change the constitution.Â
I agree there ought to be a better way to run a democratic country, but in an era when sophisticated political thought seems to have gone out of fashion, thereâs not a group of people, of any political persuasion or none, that I would trust to come up with a plan.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Given that the Queen mother was over 100 years old before she passed away, the present Queen probably has a few years to go yet. No idea why anyone should be surprised that she is cutting down on her appearances these days so hardly groundbreaking news. After all, despite a very privileged life style and the best healthcare money can buy, she has had a lot to put up with recently. Who, if they were being honest, would really fancy a weekly audience with Boris Johnson ? When the inevitable happens, life in the UK is unlikely to change except for her closest family. I would imagine the role of monarch will be taken by either Charles or his eldest son so rather like the recent battle for PM, it is not open to the general populace to vote for their preference.
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 Iâm not switching on to see, but surely they wonât be broadcasting highlights of her life yet? A reassurance that any programmes will be immediately interrupted as soon as any updates are released, would be the way to go, Iâd have thought.
And did I see that one of the newsreaders is wearing a black tie?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Personally I see no evidence that "the vast majority of the population" is that bothered.Â
âIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.âÂ
âIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.âÂ
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That kinda sums it up for me.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No idea why anyone should be surprised that she is cutting down on her appearances these days so hardly groundbreaking news. After all, despite a very privileged life style and the best healthcare money can buy, she has had a lot to put up with recently. Who, if they were being honest, would really fancy a weekly audience with Boris Johnson ?
When the inevitable happens, life in the UK is unlikely to change except for her closest family. I would imagine the role of monarch will be taken by either Charles or his eldest son so rather like the recent battle for PM, it is not open to the general populace to vote for their preference.