mormont Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 To be fair, while there obviously wasn't the racial dimension to add to the class issue, Sarah Ferguson got an otherwise comparable treatment from the press to Meghan Markle - digging up family dirt, paparazzi harassment, tutting from the Royal commentators about her unsuitability, innuendo, leaked stories about how difficult she was and how certain Royals disliked her. The difference has been really that Meghan and Harry have responded very differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Time will tell whether Meghan and Harry's response is better than Ferg's. Ultimately if Meghan and Harry have a long and happy life together that will be vindication of their decisions. If it all turns to shit for them then either there is no good response, or there is a third way (perhaps 4th way, since Di's response ended up with her dead) that can mean a happy and fulfilling life. Perhaps the third / 4th way is the end of the monarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Hope everyone in the path of this weather is hunkered down safe. It is definitely the worst storm since 1987 in these parts. We have had several bits of debris clattering into our windows, including a small branch, but thankfully no damage so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 My workplace has closed today so I'm at home. From my window it hasn't looked too bad, but it's easy to misjudge storms. I once slept soundly through one in Germany; when I went out the next morning I found that half the trees in the city seemed to have blown down. I had to climb over one of them to get to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 UK enegry wholesale prices are going to go up again. A power station in Kent has been damaged fromm BBC live feed Quote A tower at a power station in Kent appears to have collapsed after being damaged during Storm Eunice. Uniper UK, which owns Grain Power Station near Rochester, tweeted: "A weather-related incident has occurred at Grain power station, during storm Eunice." It said there were no casualties and no risk to the local community. "However, it has caused some damage on site and the power station has been temporarily taken offline as a precaution," the company said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 It's not too bad down here. That said, we had to take in all our bins, washing line etc and store them in the shed. And at work (a college) we had wheelie bins flying across the car park and smashing into cars, setting off alarms and resulting in the bins having to be chained up (not looking forwards to the damage claim furore over that). I was almost hit by a flying dustbin lid on the way home, and another errant wheelie bin went flying into a busy road and nearly hit a car (they had to swerve to miss it). So, nerve wracking but not horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Meanwhile, I present to you possibly the least surprising sentence in recent UK political history: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60439796 Quote Ministers have confirmed in recent weeks that they intend to ban importing hunting trophies from threatened species like lions, elephants and rhinos. But it's understood a ban on foie gras and fur imports is now likely to be dropped from the legislation, after a number of concerns raised by cabinet ministers. Some - including Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees Mogg - have raised concerns about personal choice. Of course he did. If there was one person in the cabinet, heck the whole country, you'd have picked to be a staunch defender of the individual's right to eat foie gras it would 100% be Jacob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Well, I just assume he imports his from France or Belgium. Anyway, foie gras is one of those truely horrible and legally weird things. The production is considered as animal cruelty and thus banned in most EU countries (exceptions France, Spain, (parts of) Belgium, Hungary and Bulgaria). However the sale is permitted in everywhere in the EU, if I am not mistaken. Foie gras should be forbidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 hours ago, mormont said: Meanwhile, I present to you possibly the least surprising sentence in recent UK political history: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60439796 Of course he did. If there was one person in the cabinet, heck the whole country, you'd have picked to be a staunch defender of the individual's right to eat foie gras it would 100% be Jacob. The other weird objection I saw was the Defence Secretary complaining it will make it harder to make the bearskin hits for the Guards regiments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 hours ago, mormont said: Of course he did. If there was one person in the cabinet, heck the whole country, you'd have picked to be a staunch defender of the individual's right. But not an individuals rights to decide what to do with their own body, or sex organs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Uh oh, the Queen has the covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Uh oh, the Queen has the covid. Oh no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindwalker Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Well, we knew Charles was desperate, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Mindwalker said: Well, we knew Charles was desperate, but still... Except he has it too, and he’s no spring chicken either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 She’s 95, she got Covid and it’s just like a mild cold. That’s how good the vaccines are.. plus access to the worlds best medical care, drinking the blood of peasants and being subterranean lizard people in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoodedCrow Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Yes, Queen Elizabeth the second…drinking the blood of peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Presumably Johnson is really desperate that Liz doesn't die of COVID since it would make his 'mission accomplished' announcement look spectacularly ill-considered. If I'm following the announcement right, COVID has agreed to stop at the border. England at least now has decided to live with it, which means you have your freedom back. Except that the Prime Minister wants you to celebrate your new-found freedom by, er, not exercising it. Instead you should do all the things you were doing before, but voluntarily this time. Except testing or anything that costs money, because that will end. The strategy is to learn to live with not spending any more money on COVID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Would it look as bad if only Charles died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 46 minutes ago, mormont said: Presumably Johnson is really desperate that Liz doesn't die of COVID since it would make his 'mission accomplished' announcement look spectacularly ill-considered. If I'm following the announcement right, COVID has agreed to stop at the border. England at least now has decided to live with it, which means you have your freedom back. Except that the Prime Minister wants you to celebrate your new-found freedom by, er, not exercising it. Instead you should do all the things you were doing before, but voluntarily this time. Except testing or anything that costs money, because that will end. The strategy is to learn to live with not spending any more money on COVID. Andrew desperate, too, that she’s written that cheque for £12 mill already, because I doubt Chuck or Willy will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said: Would it look as bad if only Charles died? Who is going to play king if Charles dies first? Andrew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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