Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "The Queen's Christmas Broadcast 2020 👑🎄 📺 - BBC" video.
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How does she do it? #1 She and her family have the very best medical care in the world! If they'd had to put up with state-run healthcare they would have had average lifespans. Anyone who says different should perhaps examine their Stockholm syndrome relationship to the NHS, the most sacred cow that Britons are required to worship. The RF is treated far better than any other citizen in every way. . They have never, ever had to deal with the stresses of dreaded bills coming through the door, all the aggro with various services providers (e.g. anyone having to deal with BT or one of the big 6 energy providers about poor service automatically loses 5 years of their expected longevity), neighbours from hell, trying to get supermarket Hunger Games delivery slots during lockdown, worrying about whether their kids' shoes can last another term, trying to get plumbers, roofers, electricians etc to see to emergencies and worrying about paying for the repairs, becoming a victim of crimes which the police don't deal with, and hundreds of other daily and deeply erosive external stressors. I'd swap all that in a trice for a lifetime of camera flashing and chronic intense public scrutiny of my private life. (Note that I'm a Monarchist and have the greatest respect, admiration and fondness for HMTQ. I would never underestimate the role that she has fulfilled in such a perfectly dedicated, exemplary way. )
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@FelipeElLocito You write so eloquently and accurately about HMTQ's extraordinary service to our nation and the Commonwealth. Thank you. I wish I could give you a thumbs up - the one thing that I can't support is your view of constitutional monarchy. I can understand how it seems anachronistic, though it's worked phenomenally well for the UK and many other nations, and clearly still does. For the superb way HMTQ has reigned and built a c. 2.5 billion citizen Commonwealth of Nations founded on mutual support, respect and friendship I would happily give my support for her to be proclaimed 'Elizabeth the Great'.
The mere suggestion of abolishing our Monarchy fills me with horror at the thought of the inevitably ignoble and vulgar activities of all those who would then jostle and spar for the presidential role every 4 or 8 years or whatever. Alongside which, the UK would have to change its constitution almost completely, we'd lose so much for the gain of seeming to be 'up-to-date'. I'm not expecting to change your mind here. But I wanted to add another perspective. Because the types of people who'd be up there badmouthing each other as fellow candidates for UK president would be exactly those you so rightly pillory in your next comment! Yes, this gvt is monstrous and incredibly incompetent, maybe the worst in my lifetime. But BoJo and his similarly hugely privileged cabinet are so entitled, self-righteous and greedy that they would all have the brass neck to stand....and one of these self-serving, duplicitous incompetents would then get elected... We can never allow this to happen. Thus, an apolitical constitutional monarchy which is wealthy enough not to be bothered by the opportunities for yet more wealth and power-gathering is the best compromise IMHO.
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