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State opening of parliament and Queen's speech is being delayed

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RTKangaMummy · 12/06/2017 13:01

According to BBC NEWS

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SherbrookeFosterer · 16/06/2017 21:29

We as she is doing a dess down day for this state opening, just her normal clothes and no crown etc, she could really go to town and just read it off her iPad, then get the goatskin one forwarded later.

FlyingJellyfishintheAttic · 13/06/2017 18:28

*So the new govt scapegoat is an actual goat
Ha&

This made me laugh :)

QueenEdith · 13/06/2017 17:55
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Who's Queen?!?

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She can do what she likes!

ExplodedCloud · 13/06/2017 13:06

It's been confirmed now. First time in over 100 years.

ExplodedCloud · 13/06/2017 08:09

You can't open Parliament in the morning! Good God what sort of philistine would do that?
:)

Badders123 · 13/06/2017 01:30

So the new govt scapegoat is an actual goat
Ha

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RTKangaMummy · 13/06/2017 00:40

Hope so NL SmileSmileSmile

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RTKangaMummy · 13/06/2017 00:39

But some bloke years ago called Charles made that not possible

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RTKangaMummy · 13/06/2017 00:33

I said the same to DH about Queen running country cos at least she knows all the mistakes all the PMs have made over last 64 years so might use some of that knowledge to run the country properly

I want to her to just get on with it next week cos I want to watch PMQs and I am busy the following week so won't be able to watch it live

So weak and wobbly must get on with it to fit into my timetable too GrinGrinGrin

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MaryTheCanary · 13/06/2017 00:23

Good gawd. The way things are going, I'm tempted to wonder whether it might not be better for all if Her Maj just stepped in and ran the whole bloody government for a few years until everyone had sorted themselves out.

NorthernLurker · 13/06/2017 00:23

The queen could open parliament in the morning and just make it to ascot but she will be very, very pissed off. It needs sorting quick. The Spanish royals are visiting mid July - the visit was cancelled last year because they were having a constitutional crisis......

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RTKangaMummy · 13/06/2017 00:16

I really don't see why WEAK & WOBBLY can't get on with writing her speech to a deadline

After all she just needs to take anything out of manifesto that might be controversial, so it will only be a few sentences long with lots of waffle

She is meeting DUP and others later today and then over for lunch over to France

I mean if she can't meet this time deadline then what is she going to do with brexit and those timed deadlines?

Most deadlines in the RL job market have to be met otherwise you are penalised, aren't you?

I really hope she doesn't get to mess up the Queen's favourite week of the year at Royal Ascot just thru her incompetence AngryAngryAngry

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BubblesBuddy · 12/06/2017 23:04

Just to correct the info above - Royal Ascot is 20th - 24th June this year and she does the Royal procession every day. The Queen would no doubt put duty above Royal Ascot but she won't like it. Royal Ascot is a highlight of her year!

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 12/06/2017 17:32
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ExplodedCloud · 12/06/2017 17:30

Thumb Grin
"Oh. Tuesday? One's having one's hair set. Soz.'

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 12/06/2017 16:40

Am also having visions of Queenie saying "no, sorry, one is not available that day or any other" just for the sake of it. Grin

I know she wouldn't really - but I bet she'd WANT to.

rollonthesummer · 12/06/2017 16:36

Would love to be a fly on the wall!!

ExplodedCloud · 12/06/2017 15:29

"My government will try not to bugger things up any more than they already have done. There job done, come on Phillip, we can get home in time for Countdown and a Chelsea bun."

drspouse · 12/06/2017 15:25

They must surely have a bit of vellum knocking about the place
I'm sure they could cut it off the side of another document, if it's going to be short.

JimmyGrimble · 12/06/2017 14:56

She's busy ripping up the manifesto.

christinarossetti · 12/06/2017 14:52

May is clearly panicking. She can't even start the first draft yet, as the DUP haven't confirmed that they will support her minority government and the campaign Manifesto was so flimsy and inadequate that it will take some doing to turn it into speech.

Brexit negotiations to start in, what? a week now?

ExplodedCloud · 12/06/2017 14:44

Surely with all the 'controversial' stuff taken out because of the minority govt, there's not much to actually write? They must surely have a bit of vellum knocking about the place...

TeacupDrama · 12/06/2017 14:37

Maybe she could just read it off normal paper and get goatskin vellum copy done later, s
uspect there are not too many unemployed vellum writers to wheel in for emergency quick writing session

EdithWeston · 12/06/2017 14:24

Well it had been due on 19th, and that's during Royal Ascot 16-20th. II can imagine the Queen being pretty pleased if she can nip off for more of the racing.

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But she might be a little cross if they don't get on with it and it delays departure for Scotland (first Holyrood garden party 4 July)

alltouchedout · 12/06/2017 14:14

I'm a republican but oh, I can't help but grin at the thought of the queen just responding to all attempts to arrange a queen's speech with "not that day, I'm busy".

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