like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

Scratch that, he already is as bald.

lol was gonna say

You throw the ball in the air, then smash it with your tennis racquet

Enjoying a falafel wrap from Al-Quds in Hackney 👍

— Jeremy Corbyn (@shornKOOMINS) September 8, 2022

A *very* well connected FB friend, hitherto not prone to rumour mongering, has already heard from “reliable sources” that EIIR is RIP.

lol Crombone

im going with a rasputin theory: they announced it deniably but can't finish her, she's scuttling round the palace with a dozen speedballs in her as the rifles crack, lassoos at the ready and the palace swimming pool full of ice

charles plans to rule as george iirc, if he survives her that is (still time)

i feel my George rising already

I have zero affection for or attachment to the queen, but the idea of "England has a queen" has been so much a part of my knowledge of the world that "England has a king" sounds kind of funny. Like, a king seems way more antiquated as a concept somehow. I realize this is solely a subjective experience thing.

charles plans to rule as george iirc, if he survives her that is (still time)

George the IIRCth

Kings just rule, and most are never understood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArNz8U7tgU4

lol

if we thought the national crisis of meaning was bad enough already... all the unprocessed trauma over the massive imperial collapse she presided over has been relatively contained or displaced by her cult and the binding role it seems to play in our national politics but who the hell are we now. sad island enacting embarrassing rituals to convince ourselves of something everyone on some level must know is bollocks. we shouldn't feel too sorry for ourselves but we are not all well

at all well

You've still got James Bond

All trace of the Queen story just vanished from the front page of Guardian online, presumably someone’s trying to figure out his to change burgundy to black on the CSS style sheet

*how

stoked for the madness of king george

that good old fashioned George V speedball is a fantastic way to go, it's a pity the NHS don't do them.

Here's a picture of Queen Elizabeth in Aden. Dated 1954.

The Queen ruled over South Yemen as a colony in which native Yemenis were separated from the public image while white Britons lingered around as if it was their own country. pic.twitter.com/EazulWeKfr

— روني الدنماركي (@Aldanimarki) September 8, 2022

Posted a thread about Queen Elizabeth's violent and racist colonial rule of South Yemen and instead I get people in my mentions thirsting for her outfit.

Some of you are not well.

— روني الدنماركي (@Aldanimarki) September 8, 2022

that Corbyn post is even better than the Dril one, kudos to the old boy.

oh it's a parody account, what a shame.

if we thought the national crisis of meaning was bad enough already... all the unprocessed trauma over the massive imperial collapse she presided over has been relatively contained or displaced by her cult and the binding role it seems to play in our national politics but who the hell are we now. sad island enacting embarrassing rituals to convince ourselves of something everyone on some level must know is bollocks. we shouldn't feel too sorry for ourselves but we are not all well

― Left, Thursday, September 8, 2022 11:59 AM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It will just go on with Charles.

xp

was about to say, cooler heads have explained it to me

i mean still it's a day for festivity

https://www.theonion.com/note-do-not-run-until-fucking-queen-is-dead-or-people-1849511595

It will just go on with Charles.

I doubt it, he's about as popular as leprosy.

But then unpopular Hanoverian monarchs are hardly a novelty in the UK.

we got the hanover gang over

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I have no doubt a large portion of the public will find a convoluted way to fall in love with their new king, if only because the alternative is indeed, as Left says, processing the past.

There'll surely be some of the Commonwealth taking the opportunity to retire her number (#1)

xxpost I misread that as the "Hangover" gang and was wondering what Bradley Cooper and Zach Galafianakis had to do with anything.

never thought that some people might continue to drown in the myth of hereditary monarchy, interesting thought

I have no doubt a large portion of the public will find a convoluted way to fall in love with their new king, if only because the alternative is indeed, as Left says, processing the past.

Hardly anyone's "in love" with the Queen anyway, it's more about inertia than anything else. They're going to have to process the present too, because having Charles as king is surely going to hasten the demise of the Union.

handover is always, always historically tricky for the monarchy. it's just been a long time since we rock and rolled

striking how the people on twitter attacking, in openly racist ways, people affected by british imperialism, almost all have bios full of terf shit... years ago it would just be flags and brexit but now this has become entangled with the national project and colonial apologism in some truly deranged ways... I guess it's our brand now... I need to get off the internet before I lose my mind

too late tbh

The way Charles goes off the Tories themselves will get rid of the monarchy.

And Queen Camilla lol

hanover handover hangover?

Tbh this is a much-needed bit of levity in times of absolute crushing misery, so thanks, The Queen.

A Labour government is never going to get rid of the monarchy so it has to the Tories!

Johnson's available

striking how the people on twitter attacking, in openly racist ways, people affected by british imperialism, almost all have bios full of terf shit... years ago it would just be flags and brexit but now this has become entangled with the national project and colonial apologism in some truly deranged ways... I guess it's our brand now... I need to get off the internet before I lose my mind

― Left, Thursday, September 8, 2022 12:36 PM (sixteen minutes ago)

teh queen is a feminist icon, dontcha know

ugh! MacMillan and Schama were just trying to out-gravitas each other on R4 and talking some reight rinse.

you'd think McMillan would appreciate all the good rhymes you can get for "Queen" and "dead"

I actually like one of her books but in common with a lot of history profs she's totally full of shit when commenting on current events.