@JennyJ - let those people with terrible histories have private funerals then and not expect the populous to parade "respectfully" by as the Russians had to do with Stalin. Same with Franco wiping out or imprisoning or making life impossible for his perceived enemies - intellectuals, socialists and communists.
I find it hard to think anyone can insult Prince Andrew given his behaviour. No honour there.
On a proper curmudgeonly note, we have just enjoyed a very noisy thunder storm rumbling overhead for over an hour - and not a drop of rain. Blue skies and sunshine now.
And yes, @Pansyface, the law is not the only aspect of modern life that does not value women and girls.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Minor curmudge here tho it can be a source of expensive waste. When he retired OH promised to start to learn plant names and make an effort to weed discriminately and not just blitz a bed regardless of treasures.
This pm he came home form golf and asked if I'd noticed my California poppies were flowering. Where? By the gate.
They are sternbergia lutea (which I don't expect him to remember) or autumn daffodils which is much easier!!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable about antimonarchist protesters being arrested. They are offending people who are grieving at the death of the queen and should have acted with more sensitivity but they have the right of peaceful protest - or at least they should have.
Hear hear, @B3. And arresting or warning people who are holding up blank pieces of card, on the pretext that they might be going to write something subversive on them, is totally unacceptable. Protestors are as entitled to their opinion as are the mourners, whether or not it's bad taste to protest at such a time.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
There is soon going to be a lot to protest too. I mean there's already a lot to protest but more reasons seem to mount up daily. Fracking starting again, bankers to get bigger bonuses, trade minister put in charge of animal welfare and environment. You can hold up a blank piece of paper just to represent a list of all the good things that the Tories have achieved.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Well we were told that the new law was just intended to stop people gluing themselves to roads and things like that but it turns out it helps to protect Royal rapists from slight bother.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I find it hard to think anyone can insult Prince Andrew given his behaviour. No honour there.
On a proper curmudgeonly note, we have just enjoyed a very noisy thunder storm rumbling overhead for over an hour - and not a drop of rain. Blue skies and sunshine now.
And yes, @Pansyface, the law is not the only aspect of modern life that does not value women and girls.
Minor curmudge here tho it can be a source of expensive waste. When he retired OH promised to start to learn plant names and make an effort to weed discriminately and not just blitz a bed regardless of treasures.
This pm he came home form golf and asked if I'd noticed my California poppies were flowering. Where? By the gate.
They are sternbergia lutea (which I don't expect him to remember) or autumn daffodils which is much easier!!