Time for the Queen to abdicate?

[GreenFingersWouldBeHandy]

If the first day of our new 'Prime Minister' is spent having to do a 1,000 mile round trip to Balmoral and back, rather than sorting out immediate problems, then is it time for the Queen to abdicate and let Charles take over?

The flight to Aberdeen is an hour and a half from London. Liz and Boris could be there and back in half a day.

indeed I think they were, as it's been planned for a while thatb they would go to the Queen and then get back to business this afternoon.

it would have been the same trip in reverse for the Queen who is always a at Balmoral at this time of year.

why does it matter which way round it is?

A 1000 mile round trip is 1000 miles OP. That isn't what you said though!

Take a break may be a bit high brow for her. Think she's more of a Biff, Chip and Kipper lass

What's the point in her abdicating? She'll be popping her clogs soon. Might as well get herself in the Guinness Book of Records.

Doubt anyone else will beat her reign.

I also agree the monarchy should be scrapped. Absolute joke.

@sparepantsandtoothbrush

I actually said

a 1,000 mile round trip to Balmoral and back

Forgive me for not including the extra 32 miles.

Pedantic, much?

I think they were making a point that ‘round trip’ already means there and back, so there was no need to type “and back” after 1000 mile round trip.

oh boo fucking hoo making liz and boris come to scotland, i mean they forget we exist at times but want to keep up as it suits them
im far from being a monarchist but i think the queens played a blinder here, its no secret how much she likes being at balmoral so making them come up here makes me smile a bit

London to Balmoral is 516 miles.

So it's actually 1,032 miles.

Have you heard of Googlemaps?

Oh dear, how embarrassing for you op. The point the poster was making is that a "round trip" refers to going there AND back. So you can't do a "round trip and back"

Imagine starting with Winston Churchill and ending with Liz Truss - although the way the Tories are going Her Maj might to squeeze another one in yet.

Well,I would walk 500 miles...

Actually I wouldnt

Scrap the lot of them.

Surely if you do a thousand mile round trip and back, it means you do it twice - now that would be a waste of time.

She won't abdicate.

However, I really don't see why abdication should be such a terrible problem if she is now too frail with her mobility (and possibly other issues at the age of 96) to be able to do the job fully. I think this does increasingly seem to be the case.

I think we are very possibly either virtually in a regency situation now, or something very close to it. And Charles himself, whilst still healthy as far as we know, is himself in his seventies.

I don't particularly want to abolish the monarchy, though I no longer hold to that as a strong opinion the way I used to.

I'm so mad. You beat me to it.

@GreenFingersWouldBeHandy

A little clearer for those in the back.

What's a "round trip and back"?

Awesome

I do think there needs to come a point where, for her own health if nothing else, she passes the whole thing down to Charles.

I mean, she's pushing 100. It doesn't do her any good to continue to do queen duties - she's had a lifetime to serve, now she gets to properly put her feet up and watch Brookside in peace.

😇

Yeah this. Get rid of the whole lot of them. Pointless.

Behave yourself 🤣

The Queen always said she wouldn't abdicate although she probably didn't realise she'd live for so long.
She's clearly not been well for a while now and she certainly has handled most responsibilities on to Charles and William anyway. I still think she'll die on the throne though. It's what she believes in..

Oh and, if there were no monarc we would still be under the leadership of president Boris

such lazy thinking, really. there are PLENTY of other people who could be president. Tanni Grey Thompson. Floella Benamin. Gary Linekar. Betty Boothroyd. Phil Neville. Doreen Lawrence. (oh she's my new favourite).

I don't think she needs to abdicate. They could have just done it via Zoom/Teams.

also getting "this meeting could have been an email" vibe from this trip. In 2 planes.

Why did they have to go in 2 planes?

Such a waste of money.

Isnt a round trip and back 3 trips in total.

Time for them all to go. How can we claim to be a democracy with these unelected leeches as head of state?