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France by a country mile. A lovely passionate tune that inspires.

And you can't beat the irony of the French having an anthem that calls for their citizens to pick up arms.

if u like it soooooooooooooo much, ask your contrymen to adopt it.


GSTQ.

France by a country mile. A lovely passionate tune that inspires.

And you can't beat the irony of the French having an anthem that calls for their citizens to pick up arms.

if u like it soooooooooooooo much, ask your contrymen to adopt it.


GSTQ.

You forgot to add the best version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nO0F4ugss&feature=related

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

Not trying to start an argument, but what do you consider to be your heritage ?

( And I promise not to make any gags about the Queen 'raining' over you  :o )

Abolish the monarchy and the House of Lords.  Ridiculous establishments for a modern, democratic nation.

Only if you'll abolish the House of Commons, then. 

Can't stand our Gordon.

Abolish the monarchy and the House of Lords.  Ridiculous establishments for a modern, democratic nation.

Eh? We're not the only monarchy in the world.  How does it 'set us apart'?

Abolish the Monarcy and Great Britain has nothing that sets it apart from the rest of the world.

A lot of countries are envious that we have a queen and that is proven by the vast amount of visitors they get when they travel.

Like it or not they are ambassadors for this country and when they travel they advertise us and bring prosperity to the nation.

No other nation thinks that we should get rid of the Monarchy. It is just British people who don't like them and I can't understand why?

Maybe it's jealousy. Brits in general don't like to see anyone who apparently wields more power than they do.

I'm happy to be a subject of my Queen. It's not like she's going to ask me to lay down my life for her.

She doesn't ring me up every now and again demanding that I kneel for a minute or two.

Believe me whatever they cost the nation the Monarchy are a bargain.

(Apart from Edward of course)

Eh? We're not the only monarchy in the world.  How does it 'set us apart'?

I'm talking about the more powerful countries. We're set apart from them.


Lots of people do lots of silly things.  Doesn't mean they're right.

If it's democracy you're after then unfortunately what lots of people do is right.

So the majoirty of the world come to britain to gawp at the Queen???  What LOTs do is not necessarilly right.


I don't like it, and Ginger Spice has been an ambassador for the country - doesn't mean her children and her children's children should be given extra privileges, does it?

Is that the best you could come up with?     ;D

She's better than racist Phil.


They are completely irrelevant to British people.  An elected president as a 'figurehead' would make far more sense.  In my opinion of course.

But what if we end up with someone like George Bush? At least the Monarchy are trained from birth to be ambassadors and do and say the right things. Admittedly they make mistakes but they are human after all.

WTF? We had someone like George Bush - you remember him - big cheesy grin - made a fortune leading us into needless wars - Blair I think they called him. He now lives in a stately home and we pay for his guards - while we pay for a useless figurehead and her hangers-on.


I don't like to see people placed into positions of privilege and power just because they were born in the right family.

You'd rather vote them in to power and privilege? What about non royals born in to money? Should they be denied it? It's not their fault.

The Monarchy goes back a long time and if you're born in to it now then yes you're privileged. Years ago you had to fight wars and get your head chopped off and things. It's a long standing family line that shouldn't be broken just because it's easier these days.

Nobody's saying disband the familly line - it's the giving them power that's wrong.


Why do you want to be a subject of someone else?  Is she better than you?

It's not that I want to be but I am and it's not a problem so I don't mind. I'd prefer to be a subjct of my Queen than to have someone with any background voted in to rule over me as a president.

Is Gordon Brown's background closer to yours than Lizzy's? He's the one that rules over you.


No, she'd have to pay extra for that...

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If the British Monarchy's a bargain - I wish I was a bargain to the country as well. The Swedish Monarchy's a bargain - ours is an extravagant waste of time.
I don't believe you.

Well it's true so you should


...and the rest of his family.

Most of them probably yes. Not the Queen though. She's ace!!!

This is a level right? The Queen can remove the Prime Minister? You really believe that?

Of course she can. She owns him in the same way that she owns you.

Queeny owns everything!!!!!!

I always thought she could tbh. I know it wouldn't happen but I bet there's something that says she can. I bet if she didn't want him in the first place he wouldn't have got a look in.

She's the big cheese you know. The head honcho. The gaffer. The PM just runs things on her behalf so she can do more socialising with her friends at our expense.

Like you say, ignoring all the flaws in our electoral system, that allows a minority choice total power, Our Gordon wasn't democratically elected, and any system that allows any old Tom Dick or Harry to suddenly become our leader ( one with the power to actually lead us to war etc, not just a figurehead like Liz ) is every bit as flawed as the idea of a monarchy.

wow how wrong can 1 person be?

Explain to me how Mr Brown was not democratically elected.

I probably shouldn't be answering for someone else, but I guess that the point is that Gordon Brown was not leader of the Labour party at the time of the last election. It's possible to argue that no PM is truly democratically elected since many people vote for a local candidate rather than a particular party but I don't think that is a worthwhile debate.

Errm every PM is democratically elected.

Oh dear, I know that I shouldn't be starting this but I can't help myself.

Strictly speaking only the MPs are democratically elected. The majority party then forms a government and the leader of that party is PM. In some cases, in a hung parliament, deals are done to work out a working majority with the support of one or more other parties - otherwise another election is held. So the leader of a minority party could be PM. This is leaving aside the tricky issue of whether people actually vote for their local candidate, the party or the leader of that party. The way that the leader of the party is determined varies depending on the party but this is always by a small percentage of the population, typically only members of the party would vote. In Gordon Brown's case no other candidates stood for election as leader of the Labour party so nobody got to vote for him. So, IMHO, it would be difficult to say that he was democratically elected.

Typically, presidents could be said to be elected democratically, since people vote directly for them - however, in the case of a vice-president taking over the reins in the event of assassination, for example, even this would not be true.

I know that I'm going to regret posting this - sorry.

Just to summise this for those that don't understand.

What he's saying is that GSTQ is a quality f**king song!!!!!

Errm every PM is democratically elected.

That is the way our system works though, it is a democratic system!

Our rules and laws are decided the same way are you now saying that isn't democratic?

It's flawed democracy.  It's not a terrible system, but it's not perfect.  Just like our monarchy is ridiculous, and an elected president would be better although not perfect. 

FYP

FYP

It's flawed democracy.  It's not a terrible system, but it's not perfect.  Just like our monarchy is ridiculous, and an elected president would be better although not perfect. 

That is the way our system works though, it is a democratic system!

Our rules and laws are decided the same way are you now saying that isn't democratic?

In my political lifetime ( since Maggie ) I'd pretty much have to say that all the political leaders we've had ( and the nearlyruns who weren't quite ruthless enough ) are to a man ( woman ) totally self deluded, thieving, lying, scheming, bigoted, twats, who don't give a monkeys about you, me, or our country, but are either feathering their own nests, or making sure their name goes down in the history books because they've proved to the world how strong they are to stand up for their own beliefs, rather than considering what is best for our country, and the poor sods that have to live and die here.

The British national anthem, is IMO pants, but of these three more tuneful ones, which do the people of Blondepoker prefer?

Madge is a dirty old whore bag!  The royals are full of inbreds and they are all fking ugly imposters I think we should tie them to the stake and burn them all!

Viva republic!

The thought of which scares the pants off me. 


 

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Elected representative >>> inbred toff who thinks the world smells of fresh paint.