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During today's 50 mile ride I went past this sign and immediately thought "crosswinds"

I like the way that the German PanzerHaubitzes can fire 5 shells at a target such that they will all hit at the same time.

So am I.

She can't.

The majority of the country is owned by the descendants of medieval warlords, mostly descendants ofthe Norman nobility.

I respect the Queen, I do not respect the anachronistic institution that is the Monarchy.

You are aware that Boris currently holds the most powerful position in the country ? He sets the Political agenda, he hires and fires the Officers of State, he controls the national economy, and can declare war if he so wishes, ( although nominally the latter is done in the name of the Queen ). What additional powers would being President give him ?

As the Russian army retreats from Kharkiv the conscripted cannon fodder of their allied Luhansk People's Republic are being prevented from withdrawing with them across the border into Mother Russia.

But what power does the Queen actually hold ? Since the Glorious Revolution the true Political power has lain increasingly with the Prime Minister, so replacing an hereditary monarchy with a ceremonial President on a fixed term isn't that damaging. The main benefit of a republic would be to remove all the historical fluff, sycophancy, and arse licking that surrounds the mythical aura of "God's annointed".

A land locked Ukraine is a disaster for Global food supplies.

It is a war being fought on Ukrainian soil. Unless NATO deploys "boots on the ground" what else do we do ? The Russians have had their noses severely bloodied, their army's morale is plummeting, along with their stock of serviceable tanks, and there can be no doubt that the Special Military Operation is vastly off plan, well beyond it's intended timetable, and way off it's intended outcome.

How is the Russian control of Kyiv, a day 3 target, or Kharkiv, a day 5 target, going ? How many weeks in and they still do not have complete control of the Donbas, despite starting the war occupying nearly 50%, and they haven't moved an inch beyond Kherson in a month. When is the invasion of Odessa taking place ?

Apparently it's an unbroken line of God's annointed Kings and Queens succeeding their parents all the way back to the Saxons. That is if you want ignore William the Bastard who invaded and stole the crown by force, William 3rd who effectively took over in a military coup, the whole mishegas of the Wars of the Roses, King James of Scotland, ( at that time a separate country ), following the childless Elisabeth 1, George 1 becoming King from position 51 in the line of succession, and even our current Head of State who was born as the first child of the "spare".

Suceed her father as Monarch. Give birth to the future Prince of Wales, Duke of York, and Earl of Wessex.

"The Spanish Infanta is not a virgin" "Oh, that's alright, only one of you has to be".

A selection of Pratchettisms on the subject; "I'm going to have a word with young Verence,' said Nanny. 'He is the king, Nanny,' said Agnes. 'That's no reason for him to go around acting like he was royalty.' =========================================== "....she lived in hope, and prepared her granddaughter for a royal life by seeing to it, whenever possible, that Ermintrude was not taught anything that could possibly be of any practical use whatsoever" ====================================== "The city of Genua had run out of royalty, inbreeding having progressed to the point where the sole remaining example consisted mostly of teeth " ========================================== "Take the crown off a king and all you had was someone good at having a weak chin and waving to people" =========================================== “Royalty was like dandelions. No matter how many heads you chopped off, the roots were still there underground, waiting to spring up again." =============================================== It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: "Kings. What a good idea." Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.” ================================================= “Royalty pollutes people’s minds, boy. honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone’s granddad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs was.”

Every good republican knows his history.

Erase

Not popular with the Scots.

Died too young to really register - and ultimately his son lost nearly all of France.

Alfred was never King of England, let alone Britain or the UK. Then again, he did institute the first version of the Royal Navy.

And set himself up as head of both Church and State. And remember, it wasn't an altruistic act, he needed a second divorce. If you want to consider the development of the CofE and removal of Catholic influence, his children Edward and Elizabeth did far more.

11 small pro-Russian parties which were seen as collaborators. The largest of them had 44 seats out of the 450 seat Parliament, 9 of them had none at all. Pretty similar action to Britain banning the British Union of Fascists in WW2. Good try, though.I think you can do better.

What a good little Putin shill you are - whataboutery as a deflection tactic at it's finest. How many of those were deliberately targetted ? How many women and girls were raped ? How many civilians forcibly deported to 'filtration' camps ? In your opinion is the Russian invasion justified ? ( That is YOUR opinion, not a link to some deluded anti-western keyboard warrior's verbal diarrhea ).