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Phil the Greek
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Took the youngest to see Santa at Jenners in Princess St last Christmas. When I yelled out "Tek the f*****g photo." I was escorted oot. Seems like it's wan rule for the Royals and another for us. 
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Ha ha. That made me laugh!
What made me laugh more was the gay one in full uniform complete with medals after serving about five minutes in the marines.
What made me laugh more was the gay one in full uniform complete with medals after serving about five minutes in the marines.
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Yes, I've long suspected that; I reckon he should have a rainbow-coloured uniform. I also suspected that his might have been a show marriage.
As for 'five minutes in the Marines', from what I understand he never actually passed out.
I'd be very interested to learn what those medals are actually for. Charlie Boy's are the same - I looked them up: medals for attending the Queen's jubilee celebrations, for example.
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/13/world/prince-edward-quits-the-royal-marines.html
Isn't this a military uniform?
What utter nonsense.
Brainwashing anyone?
Isn't this a military uniform?
What utter nonsense.
Brainwashing anyone?
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If a member of the public walked around in that uniform with all the medals, he would be ridiculed beyond belief but because he is a royal, somehow it is acceptable.
Don't laugh, it's true:
1: Order of Merit, civil version
2: GCB
3: Queen's Service Order (New Zealand)
4: Queen's Coronation medal
5: Queen's Silver Jubilee medal
6: Queen's Golden Jubilee medal
7: Canadian forces decoration
8: NZ commemorative medal
9: Knight of Most Noble Order of the Garter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6147544.stm
Incidentally, my dad used to jokingly put letters after his name: AS IS FGS
= Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star (all of which he actually won, of course).
I'm sorry. I did laugh.
I wonder if they actually believe it all or do they just think we're stupid?
I wonder if they actually believe it all or do they just think we're stupid?
These orders, Bath, Merit and Garter, are often awarded to people with real achievements to their name. Awarding them to the royal twits for successfully continuing to breath devalues them. The awards that is. Mind you many are given to civil servants for doing their job. Corrupt or what?
These royals look more and more like Michael Jackson, pity they can't sing.
These royals look more and more like Michael Jackson, pity they can't sing.
At one time, the honours system was probably a good and honest way of rewarding those who actually did something to improve the country in some way.
I'm afraid that these days it is more to do with who contributes financially to certain political parties (but not UKIP!) along with 'celebrities' who are in the public eye and, of course, not forgetting members of the royal family.
Personally, I am singularly unimpressed by people who are awarded honours, and that includes most of the 'hangers on' to the royal family. Phil the Greek is OK in my book, though, along with the Queen.
On the other hand, the award of a VC or a GC does have my sincere admiration.
I'm afraid that these days it is more to do with who contributes financially to certain political parties (but not UKIP!) along with 'celebrities' who are in the public eye and, of course, not forgetting members of the royal family.
Personally, I am singularly unimpressed by people who are awarded honours, and that includes most of the 'hangers on' to the royal family. Phil the Greek is OK in my book, though, along with the Queen.
On the other hand, the award of a VC or a GC does have my sincere admiration.
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Nutters who vote for it all - shouldn't complain when they get it.
Prime example of what we get - Iain Duncan Smith quite likely shafting the poor, denouncing welfare etc...
http://www.monbiot.com/2013/07/01/robber-barons/
...The minister responsible for cutting income support for the poor, Iain Duncan Smith, lives on an estate owned by his wife’s family. Over the past ten years, it has received €1.5m in income support from taxpayers(9). How much more obvious do these double standards have to be before we begin to notice?...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/30/hugh-muir-diary-iain-duncan-smith
"(9) ...For over the years, the farm business operating off the country estate part-owned by Duncan Smith's son – with the minister's wife as a trustee – has received well over a million pounds in taxpayer subsidies. Swanbourne Home Farms, run in partnership between the minister's in-laws, Baron and Baroness Cottesloe, brother-in-law Thomas, and cousin Richard Brooks, has been given €1,517,535 over a 10-year period in funding from the EU. It has also been the recipient of grants understood to be worth tens of thousands of pounds from Natural England. Described by the EU as "income support" for farmers, these common agricultural policy payments were established by the 1957 treaty of Rome to ensure "fair standard of living for the agricultural community". None of it goes to the Duncan Smiths. "Neither Iain Duncan Smith or his wife receive any income whatsoever from the Swanbourne Estate," his spokesman says. And few would quibble with the payments themselves. Still, it shows that the best of us need a hand from time to time..."
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Prime example of what we get - Iain Duncan Smith quite likely shafting the poor, denouncing welfare etc...
http://www.monbiot.com/2013/07/01/robber-barons/
...The minister responsible for cutting income support for the poor, Iain Duncan Smith, lives on an estate owned by his wife’s family. Over the past ten years, it has received €1.5m in income support from taxpayers(9). How much more obvious do these double standards have to be before we begin to notice?...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/30/hugh-muir-diary-iain-duncan-smith
"(9) ...For over the years, the farm business operating off the country estate part-owned by Duncan Smith's son – with the minister's wife as a trustee – has received well over a million pounds in taxpayer subsidies. Swanbourne Home Farms, run in partnership between the minister's in-laws, Baron and Baroness Cottesloe, brother-in-law Thomas, and cousin Richard Brooks, has been given €1,517,535 over a 10-year period in funding from the EU. It has also been the recipient of grants understood to be worth tens of thousands of pounds from Natural England. Described by the EU as "income support" for farmers, these common agricultural policy payments were established by the 1957 treaty of Rome to ensure "fair standard of living for the agricultural community". None of it goes to the Duncan Smiths. "Neither Iain Duncan Smith or his wife receive any income whatsoever from the Swanbourne Estate," his spokesman says. And few would quibble with the payments themselves. Still, it shows that the best of us need a hand from time to time..."
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It's not fair to attack someone for being wealthy, or having wealthy parents. By all accounts IDS was genuinely shocked by the poverty and lack of aspiration in many parts of Britain, and has sought to improve the situation. There are a lot of people who do not want to work and are allowed to scrounge. There are many more people who work, and want to work more but the benefits system makes it not worthwhile. Why should a single mum go from working 20 to 30 hours per week if the benefits system means a drop in after tax income? That is what often happens. I believe the last government focussed resources on the worst problem families, as they are the ones who use a disproportionate of public resources i.e. police, courts, social services etc. And I believe IDS was involved in that initiative.
This is also a government that had the balls to significantly cut mortgage interest relief for buy to let landlords, something the Labour lot did not do despite all their "oh we are so caring and nice it hurts" rhetoric. Personally I think it should have gone altogether but it's a good start. Oh, and employment has plummeted under the Tory-Liberal watch, which has greatly helped alleviate poverty.
I'm not keen on the Grauniad. Does it show?
This is also a government that had the balls to significantly cut mortgage interest relief for buy to let landlords, something the Labour lot did not do despite all their "oh we are so caring and nice it hurts" rhetoric. Personally I think it should have gone altogether but it's a good start. Oh, and employment has plummeted under the Tory-Liberal watch, which has greatly helped alleviate poverty.
I'm not keen on the Grauniad. Does it show?
It is if the wealth was stolen in the first place which is likely to be the case for Baron whoever.
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