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Get the bunting out, let's have a street party

78 replies

fucketyfuckwit · 09/09/2022 20:20

I can't help that all this mourning and cancelling everything is against what the queen herself would have wanted.

I think we should get the bunting out, line up the street parties and celebrate her life.

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oreobiscitz · 09/09/2022 21:21

Cancelling kids sport is not acceptable

They've missed enough in the last 3 years

jewishmum · 09/09/2022 21:21

I don't get why the common people are affected by this at all. If people stopped showing an interest in the monarchy of the UK it would be best.

Manekinek0 · 09/09/2022 21:32

God no! My neighbours need no encouragement and I am on earlies this weekend.

Creameggs223 · 09/09/2022 21:33

GhostCastle · 09/09/2022 20:36

Grass roots football has been cancelled. My teenage son will now be on the PS when he could have been outside playing with his team. I’m not a fan of the royal family. Less so now.

Send him the park or field with his mates to play football Instead, am not a fan of the royals but wouldn't get my knickers in a twist about one match being cancelled and you certainly can't blame them for your lack of control over screen time!

perturbed1 · 09/09/2022 21:35

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carefullycourageous · 09/09/2022 21:36

Oh please no not street parties! Anything but that! The nation has had a bad enough week without that as well.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 09/09/2022 21:38

I don't think Prince Andrew will be holding a party. Any chance of wheedling his way back into Royal life has probably gone for good.

PerfectPictureFrame · 09/09/2022 21:39

No...the Queen was a lady of tradition. If she felt differently, this would have been reflected in the mourning of Prince Philip and his funeral.

AdoraBell · 09/09/2022 21:46

The football was postponed by the football bosses, according to the news. Anyone annoyed about that should complain to the FA, or whichever board it is.

And no, OP, this isn’t the time to have street parties. As a pp said, Queen Elizabeth was an upholder of traditions.

GhostCastle · 09/09/2022 21:52

Creameggs223 · 09/09/2022 21:33

Send him the park or field with his mates to play football Instead, am not a fan of the royals but wouldn't get my knickers in a twist about one match being cancelled and you certainly can't blame them for your lack of control over screen time!

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So predictable. I do restrict his screen time, thanks for your concern. He could go to the park with his friends. The point is he should be playing a match. He has been looking forward to it all week. We aren’t going to spend the weekend mourning, so what is the point?

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 09/09/2022 21:52

Dalaidramailama · 09/09/2022 20:46

I know my sons now have a fortnight with no football. I mean what the fuck? Why? No other sport has been cancelled.

Probably because she was a patron of the FA.

Your son presumably managed through lockdown, he will cope with 2 weeks FFS

DoDisDenDoDat · 09/09/2022 21:59

From our local rugby club - sensible decision:

Following guidance from the RFU and Government, we have been advised that games can and should go ahead this weekend to honour Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Rugby, at its heart, is about community and bringing people together, in good times and in sad. Rugby clubs are a source of strength and support during times of uncertainty, and we hope that enabling games and other rugby activities to go ahead this weekend, with families and friends congregating, will help us all to unite at this time of national mourning.

limitededitionbarbie · 09/09/2022 22:11

I think she's of loved to have seen people having parties.

I mean it's one big wake of it's done nicely.

She was a queen of her people and you can celebrate her life.

JaninaDuszejko · 09/09/2022 22:23

My DD's team are having a practice instead of the game that was scheduled. I think that's fine.

We were at the theatre on Thursday evening and her death was marked by the national anthem and a minutes silence. I think there's value in collective mourning like that.

Dalaidramailama · 09/09/2022 22:26

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet

It is precisely because of lockdown and all the missed sport that this is ridiculous!!

Roll on two weeks and people can find something else to be depressed about.

Johnnysgirl · 09/09/2022 22:27

GhostCastle · 09/09/2022 20:36

Grass roots football has been cancelled. My teenage son will now be on the PS when he could have been outside playing with his team. I’m not a fan of the royal family. Less so now.

What, because a 96 year old member of it had the temerity to die?
Very inconvenient for you, for sure.

L1ttledrummergirl · 09/09/2022 22:29

The official guidance is that sports don't have to stop. It's at the discretion of the organisers.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-demise-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-national-mourning-guidance/the-demise-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-national-mourning-guidance

You need to take it up with your coach.

Dalaidramailama · 09/09/2022 22:31

Nothing to do with the coaches a lot of the clubs have said no because they don’t want to face bad publicity for going against guidelines.

Two weeks of no football because a 96 year old has died.

jesus wept.

Johnnysgirl · 09/09/2022 22:33

Dalaidramailama · 09/09/2022 22:31

Nothing to do with the coaches a lot of the clubs have said no because they don’t want to face bad publicity for going against guidelines.

Two weeks of no football because a 96 year old has died.

jesus wept.

Because the Queen has died...

Topaz67 · 09/09/2022 22:36

NoodleSnow · 09/09/2022 21:02

The weirdest thing about cancelling all football is that I’ve observed more silences, tributes, minutes of applause and renditions of the national anthem inside football grounds than I have anywhere else. Clubs have always marked the passing of significant figures both within and beyond their own community.
Cancelling all matches takes away the opportunity for many people to mark the event collectively.

Absolutely! I went to a match one New Years Day and the club paid tribute to all the fans who had died in the year on the big screen. It was really moving and I’m sure that families and friends would’ve appreciated it. I would love to celebrate the life of a fabulous woman with a huge crowd, it would be so much more emotional than all the TV coverage.

GhostCastle · 09/09/2022 22:36

Johnnysgirl · 09/09/2022 22:27

What, because a 96 year old member of it had the temerity to die?
Very inconvenient for you, for sure.

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What has that got to do with kids playing sport? It’s not an inconvenience to me. It’s over the top.Yes, she was 96 old. A 96 year old who had a long and privileged life.

LilyPond2 · 09/09/2022 22:39

I disagree with "enforced mourning" full stop. I can understand not holding events that actually clash with the funeral, as very large numbers will no doubt wish to watch, but people should be free to get on with their lives as normal if they want to.

Dalaidramailama · 09/09/2022 22:55

@Johnnysgirl

The queen has died. And?

that’s not a good enough reason for my sons to miss out on playing sport for the next two weeks. Training and matches. It makes zero sense when other activities and god knows what else is still going ahead. I don’t give a shit if they coped during lockdown there was a valid reason for that.

CousinGregg · 09/09/2022 22:59

Yeah coz kids haven't already lost enough over the last 2 years ffs!

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 09/09/2022 23:00

God I’d hate it if I had kids who couldn’t cope without kicking a ball about for a little while, or had the imagination to do it off their own back rather than relying on organised time by other people.

I don’t actually think it was justified calling off sports for six months or however long it was in lockdown, lots of us don’t. I do think there is an importance in national mourning. That’s just my opinion though, neither one of us are right or wrong.

But if you are pissed off take it up with the FA

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