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To be annoyed about the Jubilee

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thegreenlight · 30/05/2022 12:34

I know I’m being miserable but I’m bloody pissed off about the sodding Jubilee! I went to sainsburys this morning, paid £1.68 a litre for petrol and then popped in to be confronted by bottles of champagne! The last thing I feel like doing is celebrating! I spent all morning cancelling non-essential DDs as things are really tight with the rise in energy prices and the increased NI contribution.
funny how this ‘magic money tree’ can be harvested to pay for this event when people are genuinely struggling and are told to ‘get a better paid job’! I have a bloody well paid job, thankyou, but am still feeling the pinch. I know people are going to say that the economy will benefit - but how? If people spend more then inflation will rise and the BOE will put up the mortgage rates! I despair!

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Binsk · 30/05/2022 18:31

YANBU. The rising costs won't affect us (as in we won't have to go without anything or worry about finances), but does seem in very poor taste. I keep seeing people write that people should just enjoy the bank holiday and join in the celebration. But a large proportion of NMW/fairly low paid jobs (call centres, retail, cleaners, etc.) will not be given the bank holiday off. I doubt a lot of people can just switch off and enjoy a party when they are terrified about how they'll afford to simply live.
It is lovely that the Queen has reigned for so long thanks to being able to afford the best health care and luxurious living conditions. I don't blame those worrying about not having enough to eat or freezing in winter for not feeling like celebrating that.

TheOriginalEmu · 30/05/2022 18:33

JemimaPuddlegoose · 30/05/2022 17:51

It would be perfectly easy to celebrate the Jubilee, give people a long weekend, and find ways to respectfully honour the Queen, without splunking an utterly obscene amount of money from the magic money tree that apparently only appears when super wealthy people stick their hands out, and just as magically vanishes when terminally ill people are having their disability benefits taken away, and hospitals are being closed.

Obscene how much money this is costing us during such a severe cost of living crisis, when ordinary people's rights are being trampled on and Boris Johnson is essentially re-writing the law to make himself a dictator.

Why should my taxpayer money be spent throwing one of the richest women in the world a party?

The Queen has enough money to pay off rape victims, she can afford to finance her own party.

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BestDove · 30/05/2022 18:34

Happy to have a freebie bank holiday and hoping for sunshine to have bbqs. However, I think that the concept of the monarchy is ludicrous in this day and age. A referendum would be interesting to see how the general public feels.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 30/05/2022 18:37

I have seen figures showing that the royal family bring in more revenue in terms of tourists, etc than they actually cost

Care to share, MintyMoocow?

RampantIvy · 30/05/2022 18:42

KimikosNightmare · 30/05/2022 18:28

This thread reminds me of many Brexit threads. I was and still am a Remainer but there are some boody awful, ignorant, rude and self- satisfied Remainers.

I'm not a Royalist but my goodness there are some boody awful, ignorant, rude and self- satisfied anti- Royalists.

I think you have hit the nail on the head here.

What is so awful about the queen @CreamyBruley?

CreamyBruley · 30/05/2022 18:45

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Blossomtoes · 30/05/2022 18:47

privilege didn't make Andrew a paedo, he did that all by himself

Nothing did. He’s never even been accused of paedophilia, let alone convicted.

baibey · 30/05/2022 18:50

CreamyBruley · 30/05/2022 13:06

Same - I cannot understand why we are celebrating the jubilee of such an awful woman tbh.

I keep seeing a poster for a party at my local park and I'm just praying it absolutely pisses it down all day.

But it's not about the queen! I'll be joining in for the kids and as an excuse to have a cheeky drink. Couldn't care less about the royal famalam.

goodbyestranger · 30/05/2022 18:51

Well said CreamyBruley. Her response to the court case was revolting.

Oh my goodness Blossomtoes, in what world was he not facing down a claim of being a paedo? It was a civil case only unfortunately, so criminal convictions weren't an issue. But we are on very, very semantic ground here. He had to pay off the claimant, no choice, absolutely an admission of doing what he was accused of having done.

Abbaloverandmum · 30/05/2022 18:51

Green King pubs are giving free pints away today. You have to say 1952 when you order and it's only on a pint of GK beer. They wanted to sell them for just 6p but were told that licensing laws prevent that but they can give them away.

Blossomtoes · 30/05/2022 18:56

in what world was he not facing down a claim of being a paedo?

In the world where his victim was 17, ie over the age of consent. Presumably you do understand the meaning of paedophilia?

CurlyCew · 30/05/2022 18:56

I think the RF missed a trick here. HM could have said something like...

" I am delighted and privileged to look forward to my Platinum Jubilee in June of this year. I would like to acknowledge all of you for the sacrifices and difficulties you have had during Covid, and now because of the rising costs of living. In view of that my family and I have agreed to have a low key celebration, beginning with a service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey, and followed by a private family lunch in Windsor."

She could have dialled it down big time, but didn't so here we are at each other's throats about who what where when etc.

Mamamia7962 · 30/05/2022 19:08

CreameyBruley - There was never a charge of rape. The offence would have been if PA knew whether VG was trafficked.

Antarcticant · 30/05/2022 19:08

CurlyCew · 30/05/2022 18:56

I think the RF missed a trick here. HM could have said something like...

" I am delighted and privileged to look forward to my Platinum Jubilee in June of this year. I would like to acknowledge all of you for the sacrifices and difficulties you have had during Covid, and now because of the rising costs of living. In view of that my family and I have agreed to have a low key celebration, beginning with a service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey, and followed by a private family lunch in Windsor."

She could have dialled it down big time, but didn't so here we are at each other's throats about who what where when etc.

I doubt it was the Queen's decision. She'll have taken advice on what it is believed the public wants, and her involvement won't have been much greater than signing off the official plan. I'm sure she could have 'put her foot down' if she absolutely hadn't wanted a celebration, but then you'd get people complaining she was a misery.

CreamyBruley · 30/05/2022 19:09

Mamamia7962 · 30/05/2022 19:08

CreameyBruley - There was never a charge of rape. The offence would have been if PA knew whether VG was trafficked.

Oh I do apologise. Obviously trafficking is absolutely fine.

ancientgran · 30/05/2022 19:09

Blossomtoes · 30/05/2022 18:56

in what world was he not facing down a claim of being a paedo?

In the world where his victim was 17, ie over the age of consent. Presumably you do understand the meaning of paedophilia?

Exactly, a 17 year old is way too old for a paedophile. People throw the word about without knowing what it actually means.

Dinotour · 30/05/2022 19:10

Has anyone found out how much tax payers money is being spent on it? Plenty complaining about it but haven't actually managed to state how much it's costing.

Dinotour · 30/05/2022 19:11

CreamyBruley · 30/05/2022 19:09

Oh I do apologise. Obviously trafficking is absolutely fine.

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If you have proof he was complicit and aware she was trafficked pass it to the police.

Mamamia7962 · 30/05/2022 19:13

CreameyBruley - Nobody is saying that it's fine but this is a public forum so you need to be careful.

CreamyBruley · 30/05/2022 19:14

Mamamia7962 · 30/05/2022 19:13

CreameyBruley - Nobody is saying that it's fine but this is a public forum so you need to be careful.

Yeah I’ll take my chances.

Obviously he’s completely innocent. That’s why his wonderful mother paid 12 million quid to his accuser.

CurlyCew · 30/05/2022 19:15

I realise that others organise her public life, but on this occasion I reckon as long as the four day Bank Holiday was preserved, no one would call her a "misery" for acknowledging the difficulties in people's lives over the last few years. In fact I think she would have commanded great respect for having a more low key event given the times we have gone through and are going through right now due to global events.
People can celebrate if they want to surely, they don't need the Queen to approve it.

100problems · 30/05/2022 19:20

I think Sainsbury's are going to be disappointed at the sales of champagne. Has no one at their marketing Dept ever even been to a street party? It's a drag your decorating table out and stick a red, white and blue tablecloth over it sort of event. Not Ascot.

I shall be thoroughly enjoying the entire weekend. I have all the reasons cited here not to: cash-strapped, Covid-depressed, cost of living anxiety but sod it!

My bunting (not plastic and re-used many, many times) is up, my cardboard crown is ready and it will be a lovely sunny day to enjoy with neighbours, family and friends. I will be glued to the TV the rest of the time and enjoying every minute of it.

Anyone imagining that I'm that favourite of MN, the "forelock tugging, cap doffer" couldn't be further from the truth. I'm just rather fond of the Queen in a been there all my life kind of way.

Blughbablugh · 30/05/2022 19:20

There was always going to be jubilee celebrations whatever economic situation we are in. Some people love to let everyone know that they are not celebrating and usually it's to do with being see to be against the royal family rather than anything else. It was exactly the same during the last royal celebrations, people couldn't wait to harp on about how they weren't celebrating. Personally, after over 2 years of shit I'm looking forward to having something to celebrate and a reason to see family.

Antarcticant · 30/05/2022 19:28

CurlyCew · 30/05/2022 19:15

I realise that others organise her public life, but on this occasion I reckon as long as the four day Bank Holiday was preserved, no one would call her a "misery" for acknowledging the difficulties in people's lives over the last few years. In fact I think she would have commanded great respect for having a more low key event given the times we have gone through and are going through right now due to global events.
People can celebrate if they want to surely, they don't need the Queen to approve it.

I suspect the official advice was along opposite lines - i.e. the public deserve a celebration because of the miseries of the last few years. The pageantry will have been in plan for some time - certainly before the cost of living crisis and energy bill rises had manifested themselves. I imagine the celebrations were conceived in the depths of lockdown misery in 2020 when the idea of everyone celebrating together in a summer carnival atmosphere would have seemed highly appealing to many.

CurlyCew · 30/05/2022 19:32

Fair enough that this was planned ages ago and was considered a necessary "lift" for those in misery.

That would be fine if everyone was in a position to afford to celebrate, and I do understand that it can be done with a jam tart and a bottle of pop, but you can do that any day.