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I was think more of the view of all those hit by the cost of living, interest rate rises, failing public services, etc

The expense of the Coronation courtesy of the public purse IS obscene, despite the array of “relatively speaking it ain’t all that much” attempts to play it down. But it isn’t just the money, egregious though that is, it’s the fact that the whole sparkling pantomime was completely unnecessary. As I understand things, and I think this is accurate, Charles III became the King at the very instant that his dear old mammy drew her last breath. So he was already King, which means that the whole fucking coronation shenanigan was nothing more than a massive, multi-million pound vanity exercise. And a vanity exercise, furthermore, played out in the midst of a national cost of living crisis, in which thousands upon thousands of those taxpayers footing the bill for Brian’s extravaganza are still forced to make decisions about whether they can afford to turn on the heating, or deciding they have to go to the food bank again.

Obscene is definitely the right word.

The cost of the shoes alone is enough to nullify any attempts to justify this hideous circus.

And that's before the cost of Moruant's get-up seeps into the public domain.

Watchman wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 8:18 pm I was think more of the view of all those hit by the cost of living, interest rate rises, failing public services, etc

Many of whom, statistically, will be ardent Monarchists.
And Brexiters.
And Tories.
And arseholes.

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 8:23 pm
And that's before the cost of Moruant's get-up seeps into the public domain.

Good point. And guess who’s paying? To quote an old Daily Mail catch-phrase. I’d not be at allsurprised to find that Mordaunt claimed the cost of her togs on expenses.

In olden days, the point of the coronation was to make the accession of the new king, and the swearing of oaths of loyalty, public. Nice, big and clear. He's the king, got the crown, everyone said the words.

None of that is necessary nowadays, even if you're a monarchist. It's all about the bling.

There are 193 sovereign nations on the planet. Less than 20 are monarchies. That leaves 170ish countries. I'm sure these 4 images aren't representative of all of them.

Tweeter above fails to explore an alternative.
One where we don't big up nationalism, and its incognito fellow travellers: authoritarianism and racism.


Don't believe me?
Follow any facebook thread on the coronation, you're rarely 10 comments away from "lock em up" or "wogs out".

I'm sure the Met will be pleased to hear this

The anti-monarchy group Republic’s membership has almost doubled in a week following the high-profile arrest of its chief executive, Graham Smith, during last weekend’s coronation.

The news comes as a poll reveals that almost nine in 10 Britons did not pledge allegiance to King Charles during the ceremony, despite being encouraged to do so by the archbishop of Canterbury.

Scotland Yard has expressed “regret” over the arrest of a group of protesters from Republic on the morning of the coronation on 6 May.

Smith said the group had benefited from more than £80,000 in donations and sales income over the last week and attracted thousands of new paying members...

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... on-arrests

I'm so glad that the fascists never learn from their mistakes. Farage and his fellow gobshites shrieked about the RNLI. The RNLI announced a massive surge in donations. The gobshites shrieked about the National Trust going "woke". National Trust members voted to end all hunting on NT land, and to do a lot more to explore/expose the links between the filthy rich and slavery. Now the fascist Met try to intimidate a republican organisation. The republicans report a rise in both donations and membership.

Let's hope the fascists will continue to nudge the British people along the path to becoming a truly civilised country

Six million people pledged allegiance. Dear God.

davidjay wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 8:00 pm Six million people pledged allegiance. Dear God.

Most of them will shuffle off well before Charlie 3.