Steve Herman
“It no longer feels like a wild proposition to suggest that King Charles III might abdicate in order to save the Crown.” - LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/crown-charles-william-andrew-opinion-5HjdTNf_2/
If the crown is in peril, King Charles must consider the unthinkable and step aside for William, writes Shelagh Fogarty | LBC

God Save The Crown. But how?

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Feb 23 at 1:14pmWeb
Show threadFaraiweFeb 23

@newsguyusa I mean, why save the crown? It's a toxic, shitty institution based off of the worst in humanity, and which has provided ZERO real benefit for those under it.

The mindless zombies who worship the pageantry be damned. End every monarchy.

Show threadint%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)Feb 23
@newsguyusa
The crown is a gangrenous appendage that needs amputation to save the state from them.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Feb 23
@newsguyusa Charles would love an excuse to give it up imo. Being king is the last thing he wants to do with his life. He'd like to retire in obscurity and grow cabbages.
Show threadDonald RoyFeb 23
@newsguyusa Whether he does so rests on the distinction between formal and actual responsibility. It is not unknown for someone to take formal responsibility for something that they had advised against but been unable to prevent. The classic case of this is the resignation of #lordcarrington immediately after the invasion of the #falklandislands in April 1982. For him to abdicate would be an extraordinary break with tradition - whereby royals seldom take actual responsibility let alone formal!
Show threadDonald RoyFeb 23
@newsguyusa The underlying problem has been the #uk reliance on what has been called the 'good chap' theory of governance. Not my description but that first outlined by #lordhennessy . Such a system does not cope well with the likes of #borisJohnson , #petermandelson or #andrewmountbattenwindsor !
Show threadRichard RatheFeb 23

@newsguyusa

Current #British #Monarchy...

"It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

--Macbeth

Show threadme_valentijnFeb 23
@newsguyusa
It's not like William and his brats will turn out any better. Wealth and power are a disease, and no one is immune.
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Feb 23
@newsguyusa It's not a meaningful change if you get a new desktop skin, but still keep the same OS under the hood.
Show threadPasswordsarehard4Feb 23
@faduda @newsguyusa firing a full broadside at those slackers designing UI, huh?
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Feb 23
@passwordsarehard4 @newsguyusa I'm all for good UI and UX, but don't mistake a new coat of paint for a new product when it's still the same old rustbucket
Show threadPasswordsarehard4Feb 23
@faduda @newsguyusa I agree, just being cheeky. I never understood how games like Madden and FIFA sold new”new” games each year. At most they should have been roster DLC packs for $15.
Show threadBadscrewFeb 25
@newsguyusa good time to stop this nonsense and remove the royalty altogether