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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Queen Elizabeth II has passed on |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2022, 3:34 am
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Replies: 290
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| Nope...not quite. The President of the US and the Prime Minister of Canada have actual executive power. The Queen (or King) of the UK have very little actual executive power----but they are, at times, influential. The equivalent would be the UK Prime Minister. I think what TwisterUprocker was tryin... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Queen Elizabeth II has passed on |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2022, 6:21 am
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Replies: 290
Views: 8,723
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| Just a point to anyone who has referred to her as the "Queen Of England". She was Queen of the whole United Kingdom,not just England.The British Crown came about when the King of Scotland inherited the crown of England. The Queen's mother was Scottish and she died in her own personal resid... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: England’s oldest pub closes |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2022, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 24
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| I saw that story. The town it's in,St Albans,is also one of the oldest in England being known to the Romans as Verulamium.Chances are there are probably remains underground of an ancient Roman inn somewhere in the vicinity as well. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Prince Andrew's titles & patronages revoked. |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2022, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 86
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| Oh dear, a former maid of Prince Andrew doesn't paint a very nice picture of him https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/former-palace-maid-spills-on-prince-andrews-entitled-demands/news-story/de6a4f333b55090f4e154915d0258d34 I suspect most of the royal family are out of touch w... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Under-fire Boris Johnson denies lying about lockdown parties |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2022, 5:34 pm
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| I'm perhaps being too sceptical about Sue Gray as she may well conduct the investigation without any bias but ultimately the report of her findings has to be signed off by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister,which goes against conflict of interest considerations.He's already planning to sack some of his... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Under-fire Boris Johnson denies lying about lockdown parties |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2022, 2:59 pm
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| The man is a lying idiot and the British public are not being fooled.He himself made the regulations at the time with restrictions on social events and meeting people from other households. He's trying to make us believe that he didn't think a Conservative Party event on his own doorstep with food,a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: British culture |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2022, 1:07 pm
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Replies: 131
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| Since the subject seems to be British violence.It seems that people head butt in fights there, or at least on the tv shows.Just curious. That, my friend, is called a Glasgow kiss. You don't want to know what Glasgow smile is. Back in the 70s and 80s into the 90s there was a lot of gang violence in ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What's the political climate like in the UK right now? |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2020, 10:16 am
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| The 'trade deal' is simply a downgrading of the one we already had,as instead of having free movement of goods we now have to declare all exports and imports to and from the EU to Customs,even if only transhipping there to go to the rest of the world.Not only that,if going by sea they have to be dec... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The all encompassing UK General Election thread! |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2019, 5:18 am
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Replies: 98
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| Win for democracy and Britain gains independence and freedom. A bunch of corrupt bankers in Belgium should not dictate terms to Britain. This is a great win for British nationalism and keeping Britain for Britain. Brexit is likely to cause chaos,at least in the short term,for exporters and importer... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: UK or England thread? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2018, 4:29 pm
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| What has happened to our beloved duo Ant and Dec? Does Ant have mental health problems? I think it's stress and alcohol problems, I could be wrong. I don't have much sympathy over drunk driving though. I just can't grasp the way some people are able to ignore risks even when they are being taken wi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Another question for the Brits here. |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018, 5:50 pm
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| Handguns were banned in England,Scotland and Wales in 1996 after the Dunblane school shooting and we have stricter gun controls in general than most of Europe,so unless Lara was buying novelty cigarette lighters shaped like guns,she couldn't buy them in London.Handguns aren't banned in Northern Irel... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Nerve agent used in UK - attempted murder of Russian spy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018, 5:39 pm
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| It's perhaps being overlooked that a policeman is still seriously ill in hospital and the inventor of Novichok says that any members of the public who came in contact with it could possibly be affected by it in future,as the effects can be long term.This was an reckless attack on the UK,regardless o... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: UK or England thread? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2018, 2:25 pm
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| I don't shop at Sainsburys Kraftie and they are not the most popular of supermarkets. I tend to go to Aldi and Asda, or Tesco or Lidl. Not sure where others tend to shop on here - perhaps some will comment? Morrison's Marks & Spencer I've got plenty of other supermakets nearby like Aldi's,Lidl'... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Jokes About Asperger's |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 117
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| What do you call a group of Aspies ? A cast of Aspersions. Sorry Pluto, English is still somewhat a foreign language to me. So I don't get your joke. Could you either rephrase or explain it to me please? Thanks in advance. It's a play on words cast aspersions - say harsh critical things about someo... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Jokes About Asperger's |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 117
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What do you call a group of Aspies ?
A cast of Aspersions. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's your ethnicity? thread. |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2018, 7:04 pm
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Replies: 59
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| Scottish but with distant English,Irish and Anglo-Indian ancestry. |
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