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Nobody has died, the royals are quitting because they're sick of our poo poo electing Tories. May will crown herself empress when the election gives them an extra 10 seats and she'll try to dissolve parliament before declaring all the colonies are her personal property, including the ocean. The UK goes full crazed pariah state.
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TheHoodedClaw posted:It's "Macron wins over French debate audience" right now? Yeah but if I click through to an article the little sidebar one is showing me this:  which is from the weekend.
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Reports from an agency in France that it is Prince Phillp that has died. Although they are likely just joining in the speculation, although they could of just the hours mixed up on the embargo.
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ukle posted:Reports from an agency in France that it is Prince Phillp that has died. Although they are likely just joining in the speculation, although they could of just the hours mixed up on the embargo. Well apparently neither BBC or any of the other big UK news orgs have turned up at the Palace so who knows? You'd assume they'd be there the moment there was even a sniff of a royal death.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Well apparently neither BBC or any of the other big UK news orgs have turned up at the Palace so who knows? You'd assume they'd be there the moment there was even a sniff of a royal death. Yeah that sounds like a false alarm to me.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Well apparently neither BBC or any of the other big UK news orgs have turned up at the Palace so who knows? You'd assume they'd be there the moment there was even a sniff of a royal death. Yeah various actual people in the know seem to say its not a death. So WTF is going on. If its abdication its a very odd timing.
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May 4, 2017 07:14
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Prince Charles has been disinherited for shits and giggles and the Queen is abdicating in favor of Prince George.
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May 4, 2017 07:15
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hello thread good morning and please remember to do a democracy today https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/860011105808113664
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May 4, 2017 07:18
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In the comments on Guardian Live, a journalist is specifically stating that they've not heard anything and aren't holding any news back: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2017/may/04/general-election-2017-polls-open-local-council-mayoral-politics-live So it kind of looks like a rumour that grew legs.
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May 4, 2017 07:23
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Pistol_Pete posted:In the comments on Guardian Live, a journalist is specifically stating that they've not heard anything and aren't holding any news back: Their was a full staff meeting called this morning that's been confirmed by a few sources, and it is unusual. But various sources are saying its not about anything of concern. Really does seem to be a rumour based on part fact and people have extrapolated dramatically from it. e.g. https://twitter.com/AP/status/860014697839570944?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet If there is any news to be made public it will be released at 8am as that's the normal protocol.
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May 4, 2017 07:30
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My uncle who works at the Palace says that we're getting a new Queen who can both exercise the Royal Prerogative *and* be compatible with modern liberal democracy!
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May 4, 2017 07:37
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If the press already know what's happened then there is no reason to be outside the palace waiting for news, they can spend that time writing and down saville row fighting over the last black tie.
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May 4, 2017 07:48
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my condolences to the people of this thread who may have lost one of their dear royalty
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May 4, 2017 07:47
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I hope they are all dead
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May 4, 2017 07:50
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I like Philip  he's the nation's slightly racist old grandpa being forced to go to places he really does not want to be by his wife, so is getting as much entertainment value out of it as possible by taking the piss in the full knowage that she cant yell at him for it in public.
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May 4, 2017 07:57
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learnincurve posted:If the press already know what's happened then there is no reason to be outside the palace waiting for news, they can spend that time writing and down saville row fighting over the last black tie. Have you watched like any news in the last 30 years? They'll run over their own grannies to be able to go live to someone standing outside somewhere where a thing happened 12 hours ago.
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May 4, 2017 08:00
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Serotonin posted:I hope they are all dead But then who will make the announcement? 
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learnincurve posted:I like Philip Slightly? Yeah racism is really funny.
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sebzilla posted:But then who will make the announcement? ME, from atop the pile of bloody corpses
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Serotonin posted:Slightly? Yeah racism is really funny. What's funny is that Philip is demonstrating what the Quality are really thinking behind all the smiles and platitudes. At least the old bastard's honest.
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May 4, 2017 08:05
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screw those filthy eurowogs we're taking our money and going home in a huff https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34754...ory-government/ quote:The Sun can reveal Mrs May is drawing up a “nuclear option” of immediately ending Britain’s £18bn annual Budget payments if Brexit talks breakdown,
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May 4, 2017 08:07
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i heard the queen said "vote for jeremy corbyn" on her deathbed e: gently caress i'm not even the first one to make that joke
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May 4, 2017 08:17
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BBC have broken their silence to say it's nothing.
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May 4, 2017 08:21
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LemonDrizzle posted:screw those filthy eurowogs we're taking our money and going home in a huff The nuclear option is doing something that ensures the EU will completely refuse to give us any deal? 
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May 4, 2017 08:25
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LemonDrizzle posted:screw those filthy eurowogs we're taking our money and going home in a huff lol article 50 wasn't invoked that long ago and they're already talking this
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May 4, 2017 08:26
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Lord of the Llamas posted:The nuclear option is doing something that ensures the EU will completely refuse to give us any deal? I expect the idea is there is the threat from the EU of no deal then this is the strongest response the UK could retaliate with.
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May 4, 2017 08:27
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Remember a few months ago when the foreign office was nervously shuffling its feet about how it had literally no negotiators for the brexit department with any kind of experience at negotiating huge international deals like this? Lol. So that's turning out well.
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May 4, 2017 08:29
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Note these meeting happen about once a year, but are not called in the middle of the night and asking everyone to get to in some cases to the other end of the country in 6 hours. The way the statements not just from the BBC, but also via other royal reporters are all worded the same 'no cause for concern regarding the health of either the Queen or Prince Philip' is odd in itself, and does lead to further speculation that it involves Charles.
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May 4, 2017 08:30
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charles not being king would be cool and good
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May 4, 2017 08:31
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Metro article shows something that looks suspiciously like a black horse drawn hearse, if it's not total bullshit and they are just doing rehearsals for later, it's not a royal hearse. Camilla?
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May 4, 2017 08:34
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i'm going to have to phone the council to find out where to vote because apparently there isn't anywhere i can stick my postcode to find out
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May 4, 2017 08:37
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Jose posted:i'm going to have to phone the council to find out where to vote because apparently there isn't anywhere i can stick my postcode to find out It should be on the front of your polling card. Assuming you haven't thrown it out. Otherwise check the authority that the election is for e.g. county council website, they should have the locations.
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May 4, 2017 08:40
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Don't think I even had a polling card actually.
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May 4, 2017 08:42
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They don't and I only registered to vote when the early election was called since I moved not that long ago so I'm not sure I got one. Or i threw it out because I get an obscene amount of poo poo through my letterbox from local takeaways
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May 4, 2017 08:43
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Pissflaps posted:I expect the idea is there is the threat from the EU of no deal then this is the strongest response the UK could retaliate with. It's a loving stupid idea.
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Lord of the Llamas posted:It's a loving stupid idea. Hopefully it won't come to that but it has to be a backstop option, surely?
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Pissflaps posted:Hopefully it won't come to that but it has to be a backstop option, surely? its going to come to that the way things are going currently
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Pissflaps posted:Hopefully it won't come to that but it has to be a backstop option, surely? Credible threats have to be on the same magnitude as the threat they're supposed to counter. This is more like a toddler having a tantrum in the supermarket hoping the grown ups will cave in and buy them all the sweeties.
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Lord of the Llamas posted:It's a loving stupid idea. Pretty sure the last 'negotiation' attempt was Cameron walking away from the negotiating table. Who could have possibly foreseen us having no hands to play when we're not so much at the table but not even in the same room.
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