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An open letter to her Maj

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if you’re not already sick to the back teeth with all the Jubilee goings on then may I recommend that you hop over to Katabsis and read thier open letter to Her Maj – it’ll be time well spent honest. “Dear Maj,So it has been sixty years. It is time for us to have a chat. I usually steer clear of collectivist language but today it seems appropriate. For today it is clear that any beneficent collective identity has been ripped away from us under your stewardship and what I have come to claim as positive and peculiarly ‘British’ in … Continue reading →

More on the monarchy

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Just as a quick follow up on yesterdays post on the Jubilee and such, do take the time to go and read this rather sterling article: http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/thoughts-on-the-diamond-jubilee/ “Thoughts on the Diamond Jubilee:Sixty Years a Rubber StampBy Sean GabbThose of us who pay attention to such things will have noticed a difference between the BBC coverage of the Golden Jubilee in 2002 and of the present Diamond Jubilee. Ten years ago, the coverage was adequate, though reluctant and even a little stiff. This time, it has been gushing and completely uncritical. There are various possible reasons for my observation…” The comments … Continue reading →

Protests and pagents

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Another rambling post I’m afraid, very soon London will be over run for the sum by both the pageantry for the queens jubilee and then shortly after the Olympics. During this period I intend to avoid central London as much as possible, other people it seems plan to go into London not so much to enjoy the festivities (such as we’re told they’ll be) as to protest them. Yet again I wonder about the motives and intelligence of the people planning protests that I’ve read of so far, though at the same time I hope that they’ll be no arrests … Continue reading →