I'm not sure I agree. Maybe it's a semantic thing, but I see the country as being divided in the sense that many people exist in echo chambers, whereby they can't understand the other side's opinion and debate is impossible. It's all just outrage and arguing.

In my idealistic world, there should be proper grown up adult discussion and disagreement on this rather than drawing battle lines. At risk of beating the Brexit horse, the least we could do is learn from it.

But Brexit is a good example of why you need that divide for any extreme changes. I do agree with your idealistic world, but on a purely practical basis of how constitutional change comes about, it’s not likely to come under those conditions.

I think it's an absolutely terrible example of democracy in action. I'm sure that'll be in history books if it isn't already as a 'how not to do'

That may be, but that’s a different argument. As an example of huge political change, it’s a good example of why you need divide. You don’t get that with stability.

comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
If we didn’t currently have a monarchy, and there was a public vote wether we should make some toff king, give him and his family loads of land and palaces, I seriously doubt there would be much support for the idea, if people were really honest
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Hardly a reason to abolish them. There are many things that if framed in the same way would not be introduced now, like drinking alcohol. Trying banning that!

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 9 hours, 1 minute ago
If we didn’t currently have a monarchy, and there was a public vote wether we should make some toff king, give him and his family loads of land and palaces, I seriously doubt there would be much support for the idea, if people were really honest
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Hardly a reason to abolish them. There are many things that if framed in the same way would not be introduced now, like drinking alcohol. Trying banning that!
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I like alcohol, so I wouldn’t want it banned

Hardly a reason to abolish them
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No, that would be because it’s an absurd system that belongs in the 1400’s

I hope all the booing masses declined the bank holiday and went to work or at least did something positive with their day off like volunteering or other charitable acts.

I'm guessing not and this comes back to my overall point re: booing the anthem. People are all very willing to focus on the negative, to make this misdirected protest but it actually achieves feck all and in basic terms is just bitter whinging. Anyone who has read anything about the Charles would know that he is extremely uncomfortable with the pomp and ceremony and is all too aware hoe it all appears to the masses who struggle with daily life and don't have a golden carriage of their own. The bank holiday, people were encouraged to do something positive, do something for others for the greater good, and that very much reflects King Charles outlook.

People can boo if they want to but actually energies would be better focused on doing something positive, and while some may have, as said above I suspect the majority just spent the day doing wtf they like.

People should be grateful for a day off?

I’d imagine that’s what your king was thinking when he was being booed, these bloody peasants have got an extra day off, what more do they want, now pass me my crown while I wave at some sheep

I'm pretty sure that Devonshire would not only kneel in front of the King, but would give him a sloppy gobble while he's down there.

Stand up Devonshire, show some backbone.

So we should only have the day off if we are paying homage to our overlord now?

I hope Devonshire spent Good Friday and Easter Monday in church celebrating the Lord or doing something useful like volunteering. We wouldn't want him achieving nothing on those days off.

It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.

If your boss said to you, have tomorrow off and I'll still pay you, would uou be grateful or just bitter about how your boss has power over you and is wealthier than you.

Of course I was grateful for an extra bank holiday.

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It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.
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Yep. It's cost the country £1.36bn, as did the fvcking funeral.

Dickensian nonsense.

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 11 minutes ago
50 seconds ago

It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.
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Yep. It's cost the country £1.36bn, as did the fvcking funeral.

Dickensian nonsense.
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So you declined the holiday then, or is your protest against something you feel so strongly against liimited to booing rather than any more meaningful substantive action.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 11 minutes ago
50 seconds ago

It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.
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Yep. It's cost the country £1.36bn, as did the fvcking funeral.

Dickensian nonsense.
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So you declined the holiday then, or is your protest against something you feel so strongly against liimited to booing rather than any more meaningful substantive action.
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I know you're on the WUM (very few are this much of a cuuuuuunt) but yes, I would quite happily turn down that bank holiday if it meant £1.36bn was spent on homelessness because I'm not a Tory piece of shiiiiiiit.

You wouldn't, as you think watching a gold hat be put on your leader is more important, and that's fine. It's just who you are as a person.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 22 minutes ago
It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.

If your boss said to you, have tomorrow off and I'll still pay you, would uou be grateful or just bitter about how your boss has power over you and is wealthier than you.

Of course I was grateful for an extra bank holiday.
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If you had a grievance against your boss which you had submitted,hadn't been adequately resolved and wouldnt be resolved by this extra holiday; would you withdraw it due to the extra holiday, refuse it and work anyway, or take the holiday and carry on with the grievance?

Did the coronation actually cost £1.36b? That is fecking outrageous why wasn’t it funded by the tax free inheritance the monarch received?

comment by Vladimikel Artutin - committing war crimes aga... (U18355)
posted 1 minute ago
Did the coronation actually cost £1.36b? That is fecking outrageouswhy wasn’t it funded by the tax free inheritance the monarch received?
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No it didnt, the actual cost of the vent was a fraction of that. It may have cost that much in lost productivity, and on that basis Hoody the internet warrior is probably against all bank holidays because it costs so much and the money that could be spent on the homeless and all the other worthy causes he gives his time too. Because there is no way this pillar of the community is a hypocrite.

*event

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 22 minutes ago
It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.

If your boss said to you, have tomorrow off and I'll still pay you, would uou be grateful or just bitter about how your boss has power over you and is wealthier than you.

Of course I was grateful for an extra bank holiday.
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If you had a grievance against your boss which you had submitted,hadn't been adequately resolved and wouldnt be resolved by this extra holiday; would you withdraw it due to the extra holiday, refuse it and work anyway, or take the holiday and carry on with the grievance?
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WTF is this mess

The costs thrown around for these things doesn’t tell the whole story.

Much of the money is spent into UK business.

Much of it was already committed spend and the resource was allocated to the event.

Putting money into the UK economy is not necessarily a bad thing.

Again, it’s overly simplistic to just take a headline figure and scream about it. But this is the way of certain people on forums who have no intention of understanding both sides of the debate.

Sales of tents, yoeman teddies and ingredients for jam will have been a real shot in the arm for the U.K. economy

The monarchy should have died with the Queen tbh. History of drug abuse, alleged racism, alleged human trafficking and sexual assault. The queen was the last decent remaining member of the family and even she used tax payers’ money to cover it all up.

comment by Vladimikel Artutin - committing war crimes against football since 2019 (U18355)
posted 12 minutes ago
Did the coronation actually cost £1.36b? That is fecking outrageouswhy wasn’t it funded by the tax free inheritance the monarch received?
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No, the coronation cist about £110m, but the cost of the bank holiday is estimated to be £1.36bn just do they can have a party to go 'Oooooo look at me, I'm a King', which we all knew anyway.

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 11 minutes ago
50 seconds ago

It was an extra bank holildaybto mark the coronation. A day when you didn't have to work but still get paid.
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Yep. It's cost the country £1.36bn, as did the fvcking funeral.

Dickensian nonsense.
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So you declined the holiday then, or is your protest against something you feel so strongly against liimited to booing rather than any more meaningful substantive action.
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I know you're on the WUM (very few are this much of a cuuuuuunt) but yes, I would quite happily turn down that bank holiday if it meant £1.36bn was spent on homelessness because I'm not a Tory piece of shiiiiiiit.

You wouldn't, as you think watching a gold hat be put on your leader is more important, and that's fine. It's just who you are as a person.
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I aint on the WUM. My poisition here is that people are free to chose whether they see any merit or significance in the Royals and the Coronation and if they don't then so be it. But why not show some respect to those who do.

There are even some folk in Liverpool who wished to mark the occassion, even some in Anfield But i guess you label these Liverpool citizens as Tory s<um too. I hope you popped round to your neighbours to boo their street party!

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/gallery/15-amazing-pictures-king-charles-26860330