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yolofish · 25/01/2020 19:13

A thread for those who wish to discuss what's in the news and what your take on it is.

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derxa · 27/01/2020 16:57

If Meghan and Harry go off and live their own life and fund themselves then good luck to them. But unfortunately that's not what they want. And that's why this is a public interest story.
TM, PH and MM are all flawed human beings just as I am. I don't get this casting of people as angels and demons. Maybe that's just the MN game and I don't understand it.

yolofish · 27/01/2020 16:58

I loathe Piers Morgan, but like a stopped clock its possible he's right twice a day. Express is an absolute rag, as is the Mail but at least the Mail has better gossip about people I (sometimes) have heard of.

Like perf I'll read anything, even the back of a cereal box.

rockingchair both those quotes above imply a greater knowledge of the standing of the RF than M previously claimed.

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yolofish · 27/01/2020 16:59

Actually the very fact that she referred to Kate as "Princess Kate" demonstrates how little she actually did know about the RF.

Princess Kate, Princess Diana - journalistic shorthand.

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Froq · 27/01/2020 17:01

Good lord. Even when it’s in black and white it’s argued with.

Here, have an inspiration banana

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Encyclo · 27/01/2020 17:07

You mean like your endless defence of TM, even when he's now openly threatening his Daughter on TV Froq?

GoFiguire · 27/01/2020 17:13

But Diana was the Princess of Wales, so she did have Princess in her title. Kate is a Duchess so “Duchess Kate” should have been the moniker.

Froq · 27/01/2020 17:14

My endless defence of TM?

Where was that then?

Have my favourite banana, the ‘work hard’ one.

ilovejeffgoldblum · 27/01/2020 17:16

I also don't seem to remember froq endless defence of tm either, maybe I was asleep!

Encyclo · 27/01/2020 17:17

A quick scroll back of your own comments this afternoon will demonstrate what I'm talking about.

rockingchaircandle · 27/01/2020 17:18

Did I miss a quote?

She said she "didn't get the same understanding" of the RF being an American and "didn't know much about him"

Then in the other quote she says she was a fan of princesses of a child and aware of Kate's wedding. That doesn't contradict the first sentence!

Although if she thought she was going to get to be She-Ra I can see how she would be disappointed and step back!

DandyAndFine · 27/01/2020 17:19

I knew about the bananas of course and had heard or seen one of two but ... ‘work hard’? To give to a sex worker who requires support? Shock

DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:23

DandyandFine PMSL. Good point!

DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:25

I'm sure sex workers don't need a fucking banana to remind them of all the fucking bananas they've 'worked hard' on over the years.

Lordfrontpaw · 27/01/2020 17:27

Write on my banana and I will get very annoyed. However I have been knows the stick edible eyes on DS and DHs sandwiches.

DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:29

There's something rather phallic about a banana though.

Lordfrontpaw · 27/01/2020 17:30

Maybe write something pnaaarrr pnaaarrr on it?

DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:31

'Oooo, you're a big banana aren't you!'

rockingchaircandle · 27/01/2020 17:31

You've not proven to be the most observant poster before though, @ilovejeffgoldblum... I noticed the spirited defence, maybe because it was so different to how I felt? We all measure these things differently I suppose

rockingchaircandle · 27/01/2020 17:33

I still feel sorry for HMQ, Charles and William who have been left to pick up the pieces.

In what way?

DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:33

You'd need to be spectacularly um 'misguided'(?) to hand a bunch of prostitutes a bunch of bananas to munch on lol. 'Get that into you lurve'. 'Im sure you've swallowed bigger than me in your time'.

rockingchaircandle · 27/01/2020 17:43

I remember vaguely reading about the banana messages at the time and thinking it seemed a bit trite but didn't make me think less of her, and she raised awareness.

You'd need to be spectacularly um 'misguided'(?) to hand a bunch of prostitutes a bunch of bananas to munch on lol. 'Get that into you lurve'. 'Im sure you've swallowed bigger than me in your time'.
This comment, to me, seems very 'misguided'

Encyclo · 27/01/2020 17:46

I thought it was odd, not gonna lie

ilovejeffgoldblum · 27/01/2020 17:50

Ahh back to pointed personal comments I see ! , I would hardly call it spirited , I've read every post and haven't seen froq defend him , just refuse to condemn him which isn't the same at all!

yolofish · 27/01/2020 17:51
  • still feel sorry for HMQ, Charles and William who have been left to pick up the pieces.

In what way?*

rockingchair because to my knowledge we still have a working monarchy, unless the revolution is coming tomorrow - which I doubt.

HMQ has been in post over 70 years; Charles is coming up to 75; William is 40(?) and has a young family. For years they counted on Hazza stepping up to the mark, perhaps wrongly, but now he's stepped away there are gaps to fill in the workload at the very least.

Plus they do actually care about what they represent I believe, so they will also be involved in as much damage limitation as they can.

The 'spare' and relatively new wife buggering off to become loose cannons outside the fold of royal protection, security and the royal rota for media can only be a practical headache, alongside the emotional turmoil for them all.

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DeTwamps · 27/01/2020 17:55

You'd need to be spectacularly um 'misguided'(?) to hand a bunch of prostitutes a bunch of bananas to munch on lol. 'Get that into you lurve'. 'Im sure you've swallowed bigger than me in your time'.
This comment, to me, seems very 'misguided'

How so @rockingchaircandle