Aye....Union Flags.

 

Personally I'd give them life if they were'nt on the coast.

 

I agree with the first part.

 

And to the second......why?.......are the other parts of the country not allowed to show their flags that way either? 

St George's flag does not have  ENGLAND written on it.

Or, SUN.

Is JJB alright.....

They look tacky and rubbish either way. 

 

If the only way we can be 'patriotic' is via sycophancy towards a feudal monarch then why bother?

You've always got Morris Dancing  

Am I brave enough or do I like my windows intact.

I've no problem debating the iconicity or taste of our flags. However whilst one associates them occasionally with the evil end of the political spectrum, I applaud the peeps for claiming them back now and again. Football or Monarchy. I do hope everyone has a lovely few days celebration, they deserve it.

What's to celebrate and feel 'patriotic' about?  A selfish old pampered pointless figurehead has been sitting in privilege for a million years? I know we keep hearing how she's enriched our lives but really, has she bolloxs!  Might as well chuck out the bunting for Rod Stewart, David Attenborough and Paul McCartney.  At least they've actually done something.

 

She can't even do the decent thing and let Charles have a go. Meanwhile the country's gone down the crapper and is more unequal than almost every first world nation.  Not surprising when our monarchy stand for deference and class superiority. 

 

Shame there isn't a Sex Pistols style band to at least p*** on the parade.

 

As for morally dubious tourism argument, that says our constitution's function is to serve the tourist dollar, how about spending £60 million a year, every year on an Alton Towers style theme park for the centre of London and we'd see a far better tourist return and more jobs created?

I'll get back to you. As an immediate and monetary point I would suggest that the 9 billion we've just given London to waste on the Olympics more than covers your requirements. According to chewsder's Grauniad, The Queen costs us 32 million a year. They could have paid that by introducing a pasty tax.

Mr Blizz shouts at upside down flags too. 

Selective accounting, but I wouldn't agree with it if it were £0.00 a year.  I morally disagree with the concept of royalty.

 

Closing off huge chunks of London must have cost a couple of mil' just for the next few days. 

 

Everything with the prefix HM used to be funded by royalty from the crown estate.  They stitched the nation up centuries ago, kept their status but got the mug tax payer to fund all those institutions that have the monarch as their head.

I've never heard 9 gigapounds referred to as selective mind. Bottom line..... The jubilee is optional entertainment. I'm not doing anything for it but I don't begrudge people having fun. I expect to enjoys self in the same way on 5.5.18. Bottom line (again) Murdoch wants everyone to have your opinion and he is a complete and utter arsehole.

Come 2014 the flag may change slightly 

While i am here, can i just say, The Queen is not just the Queen of London, nor England.......thank you! x

Enjoy the festivities, all who wish to do so 

Is there going to be some gesture from Her Majesty to her loyal subjects? 
I mean this very sincerely, she has done a grand job, but she has gathered an incredible amount of wealth over the years. I cant remember her ever giving some to anyone?

Or is she not allowed?? 

 

 

She gave a family friend of ours slightly less than a poond a few Thursders back mind.

Lovely, bet it was a wonder what to spend it on