Comments by "Alice Merray" (@alicemerray) on "The Politics of King Charles' First Speech, Plus Is Suella Trying To Get Sacked? | Pod Save The Uk" video.

  1. Agreed. Obviously, most years 11th isn't either a Sunday or a Saturday, but I have NO memory of ever stopping for a silence either at school or work (I'm now retired). Neither has my OH. It was always all about Remembrance Sunday, the nearest Sunday to 11th. Individuals or some groups may have marked the actual Armistice, and I have zero problem with that, but it was very much a choice (so is marking RS, but YKWIM). In recent days we have seen one 'newspaper' describe this coming couple of days as 'our sacred weekend', when it's nothing of the sort. I for one believe most of those who fought and died for our freedoms would be appalled by this feverish nonsense. I also wonder if charitable organisations are the ones actually benefiting from all the poppy 'merch' that exists now?
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  2. You missed a couple of elements of the King's Speech performance out. The way the doors of the Commons are deliberately slammed shut at the last moment in Black Rod's face and the performatively rowdy way the MPs make their way up to the Lords chamber. It's all supposed to symbolise how the Commons is really in charge and they're going to listen to the King under protest.
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  3. I think it looks much worse on Charles, or any man, because he looks like a character from a light opera about a tinpot Ruritanian country, or worse, like a dictator in the style of Idi Amin or Quaddafi - one of those who has awarded himself a ton of medals. The Queen, on the other hand, was basically wearing an evening dress of the type (if not the style) a lot of women still wear quite often. Not at lunchtime perhaps, but occasionally during daylight hours if the occasion calls for it. He looks like a loony, she just looked over-dressed.
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