Chit Chat
I'm Republican.
Because I, and my children, can never be the monarch, no matter clever we might be and how hard we try.
But we're supposed to live in a democracy.
Send 'em back to Europe, I say.
No fence sitters, please.
One of the "experts" was rabbiting on about "alternative lifestyles", in that cyclists were being discriminated against for driving their bikes around central London.
I laughed ... LOUDLY!
Can't quite recall the term but it should come back to me.
That made me HOWL with laughter this morning.
whilst we have a prime minister in place
the middletons probably never thought their daughter would be a princess
what about charles though, would he be so popular ?
dont know, i'll vote for monarcy, but may change in a few years
Always comes across as an okay guy on the tv but has never moved with the times.
parliamentary democracy is impossible in the modern world because
it is multicultural, I disagree with that, what has anyone in common
with anyone else in Britain ? I don't know.
Ludicrous concept in this day and age. Monarchy doesn't bother me, just bores me silly, ignore it.
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back into bondage.”
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Stability without any power.
Much more palatable than most other forms of government.
The only benefit imo of getting rid of the monarchy is that we could get rid of the link between Church and State and tell ALL the religions to do one.
We need a true meritocracy where I can be king, imo.
I now like the family to call me his lordship , bloody peasants.
Getting rid of the monarchy wouldn't make much difference.
Really?
FFS you've agreed with me. It's a trick, but I'll be watching you from now on.
Feb 14, 2017 -- 2:39PM, sixtwosix wrote:
Of more importance to me , is that I am related to Ada Lovelace , who worked with Charles Babbage and is often described as the worlds first computer programmer .......my own occupation for 3 decades .
Yes interesting young woman :
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) (aged 36) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and created the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine.
As a result, she is often regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer.[1][2][3]
Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate child of the poet George, Lord Byron, and his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke ("Annabella"), Lady Wentworth.[4]
All Byron's other children were born out of wedlock to other women.[5] Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born and left England forever four months later, eventually dying of disease in the Greek War of Independence when Ada was eight years old.
Her mother remained bitter towards Lord Byron and promoted Ada's interest in mathematics and logic in an effort to prevent her from developing what she saw as the insanity seen in her father, but Ada remained interested in him despite this (and was, upon her eventual death, buried next to him at her request).
Often ill, she spent most of her childhood sick. Ada married William King in 1835. King was made Earl of Lovelace in 1838, and she became Countess of Lovelace.
Reckon they need watering down a bit though. No need for the likes of Prince Michael of Kent ffs. King/Queen their kids and then it ends for me.
