Queen pulling a sickie?

122025278

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I couldn't give a damn what she does, but she IS suffering from a bug. It's not like she's 30 or 40 years old. She's pretty old.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Da Queen can do what she wants. She PWNS Wales, and YOU!!!!1!

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nulli tertius

Original post by 122025278

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-21635900

I'm just a little bit suspicious that the Queen has pulled out of an event today in Wales. How often do you see other politicians getting ill and not turning up to engagements, hardly ever. Apparently she has an upset tummy. Sounds like she's pulling a sickie to me. Also I find it a coincidence that the visit is to Wales, where the monarch is typically not as popular. She should "man up".

Maybe she's decided she wants a long lie in on Saturday and the weekend off or something so she can laud it up in her palace like she does all week. I think there needs to be an investigation and disciplinary action if needed.

She is 86.

Actually if you have ever booked a politician for an event, you would know that there is no guarantee of them turning up until they appear at the door. MPs are very unreliable guests. You always need a plan B.

However, I do wonder if the illness is diplomatic. She is due to visit Rome in the next couple of days.

Presumably she would be received by the Pope :confused:

and then meet the Italian Prime Minister :confused:

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fallen_acorns

Original post by 122025278

shes 86 years old???

most people I know at that age are pretty much always ill with something..

give her a break..

--- there are many reasons to dislike the queen, and to have a go at the monarchy.. but question whether an 86 year old woman is really sick.. is making something out of nothing..

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Original post by fallen_acorns

If she can't do it, get someone else who can.

We don't have pilots at 86, surgeons at 86, scientists at 86 etc.

Is it really safe having her finger on the nuclear button, when she could so easily mistake it for the TV remote?

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Fullofsurprises

Original post by 122025278

I'm not convinced that they give her access to the Trident control system directly - maybe she has to phone someone to launch thermonuclear armageddon? Isn't that what one's Prime Minister is for?

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Original post by Fullofsurprises

I'm not convinced that they give her access to the Trident control system directly - maybe she has to phone someone to launch thermonuclear armageddon? Isn't that what one's Prime Minister is for?

We meet again. They don't give her access to Trident. That would be a decision for the Cabinet and relayed by the Chiefs of Staff.

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sevchenko

she's an old woman, why should she force herself to do things when his not well. Why do some people try and make a conspiracy of nothing

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nulli tertius

Original post by Fullofsurprises

I'm not convinced that they give her access to the Trident control system directly - maybe she has to phone someone to launch thermonuclear armageddon? Isn't that what one's Prime Minister is for?

Trident is under the control of the Prime Minister, one other unnamed minister chosen by the PM (probably Hague) and John Humphrys.

The latter is because if the captain of the submarine doesn't receive the regular status messages from the Admiralty, he is supposed to go through a series of tests to establish if Britain still exists, one of which is whether the Today programme is still being broadcast. If he doesn't get a satisfactory response he opens sealed orders from the PM. It is thought that they will say one of:-launch, don't launch, put yourself under Obama's orders, put yourself under Julia Gillard's orders or do what you think best. Given that it is no longer obvious who will have blown us up, probably the Obama or Gillard option is now the most likely.

The Queen's role would be to appoint a new PM if we lost Cameron for any reason and to make emergency laws by Order in Council. The Privy Council has a quorum of three. In a crisis there would be a senior minister in full time attendance on her and so that minister, Prince Philip and her private secretary are the quorum. Succession to the Crown is automatic as in the case of 1217, when King John died with a French army in the realm.

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Fullofsurprises

Original post by nulli tertius

The latter is because if the captain of the submarine doesn't receive the regular status messages from the Admiralty, he is supposed to go through a series of tests to establish if Britain still exists, one of which is whether the Today programme is still being broadcast.

Yes, some people have found that little detail troubling, given that Radio 4 has a notorious tendency to drop off the air randomly for brief periods in the normal broadcasting day.

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122025278

Original post by nulli tertius

Well that explains why the old fart Humphrys is able to milk the BBC for £800k a year.