In these days of political nannies, the gloom has been punctured by reactions to the Government’s call for a ‘oath of allegiance’ to the Queen and her collection of expensive and time-wasting kids.
Scotland was quick to announce unswerving hostility to the idea.
Scottish enterprise minister Jim Mather said it would not be supported north of the border. He told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland: "We don't support it and neither do the vast majority of parents, teachers and children in Scotland".
Oh good.
One thing about the Scots, they are blissfully keen to kick the English Establishment in the bollocks. The first hint of ‘Thou shalt’ and it’s ‘Scots wae hae’ and the bannocks start flying.
The Scots minister who is certainly enterprising, went on to say “People are hanging together, their loyalty is to each other here in Scotland. Sovereignty still lies with the Scottish people."
That cheered me up so much, I nearly packed my bags for Scotland straight away.
I refuse to swear ‘allegiance’ to a family of royals who are overpaid, overstuffed, and over here: and doing bugger all for us peasants.
I wanted to send the royals back to Hanover, but the Kraut refused the offer. We don't need 'em.
We can have lots of parades, (so very good for tourism) without them.
Think about it; keep the guards changing horses and have a coach driving up and down the Mall, with a card cut-out figure flapping a hand in a regal sort of way.
Keep the tourists happy won’t it?
On state occasions we can have card figures on the Palace balcony, with a flunky pulling strings, (lots of hand flapping)
I don’t suppose anyone will be able to tell the difference.
If any reader has the Gaelic for ‘I’ll do you in the bollocks, you Sassenach gits’ post it here.
Yep.
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Great post! The best Gaelic insult I could find is: "Tha thu cho duaichnidh ri èarr àirde de a' coisich deas damh" which means, apparently "You are as ugly as the north end of a southward traveling ox". Not quite what you had in mind. Oh well, I'm sure a Scottish reader will love to enlighten you on this topic.
I dunno about the Queen but I is not too keen on Scots.
Good post though.
Och aye imphm,them Scots are a surely and bluidyminded lot, ta be zure, however I would like to make it quite clear, that we have our own bunch of Hanover toffs over here. Mind, they're not all that bad if one stands in need of nobles, which we do not. They keep pretty low profile here too, so you musta done somethin wrong over there, not keepin your bunch in check better.
A splendid insult, MadDog - I shall add it to my collection
Your problem, Delicia, is that you don't know a good offer when it comes your way - never mind Zap, we still got the Welsh!
ya I get told that all the time ... by confidence tricksters, an I allus tell 'em same wot I'm tellin ya, I know when somebody is tryin to put one over on me ... like shuntin ruddy royals onto me, ha fat chance *snort* I don't care if they is Hannover originally, you took 'em round the 12th century, so you keep 'em now *dusts hands*
Here in Australia the 1999 referendum actually CHOSE to remain tied to the monarchy...but the new Labour government says it will try for a republic again, soon.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2943486.ece
ADG
That's because them aussie antipodes are notorious fer their, er, copious use, er, of beer. Turns 'em into sodden sentimentalists or sentimental sods, which comes to the same from the point of view of renderin God Save the Queen at the most unsuitable occasions as are for instance referendums on independence.
Nah,
It's because we then had a psycho for a PM and a frequently dimwitted electorate.
ADG
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