File under “clearing low bars”
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Said by the people who literally print all the fucking money. Jesus fucking Christ.
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I must be out of touch here, when did Starmer support PR? I recall hearing of a Labour conference where a majority voted in favour of PR, but I thought Starmer rejected it then, Mark Drakeford criticised him for it at the time.
Or did he claim to support electoral reform when he was first elected leader?
BBC chair quits over links to loans for Boris Johnson — the man who appointed him
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The Endumbening continues.
Can’t leave reference materials about, kids might read 'em.
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I never knew “If you hate the royal family, clap your hands” was the new national anthem.
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The silence will be deafening.
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I mean, the change doesn’t sound as bad as the headline makes it out to be
The public will be given an active role in the ceremony for the first time, with people around the world set to be asked to cry out and swear allegiance to the King.
This “homage of the people” replaces the traditional “homage of peers” where hereditary peers swear allegiance to the new monarch. Instead everyone in the Abbey and watching at home will be invited to pay homage in what Lambeth Palace described as a “chorus of millions”.
So it’s basically optional and replaces the the aristocracy with the citizenry.
The rest of the changes seem mostly positive:
In a coronation full of firsts, female clergy will play a prominent role, and the King himself will pray out loud.
The Christian service will also see religious leaders from other faiths have an active part for the first time.
The Coronation on Saturday will be the first to incorporate other languages spoken in Britain, with a hymn set to be sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.
There is still that, but then again he is also the head of the Anglican church, so completely dropping it would be weird:
Despite changes designed to reflect other faiths, the three oaths the King will take and form the heart of the service remain unchanged, including the promise to maintain “the Protestant Reformed Religion”.
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There will be no silence here
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“When Nobby had gone Vimes reached behind the desk and picked up a faded copy of Twurp’s Peerage or, as he personally thought of it, the guide to the criminal classes.“
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The real reason it’s good to be king:
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