Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful

Minusorange said:
Yep, one to annoy people more though, Charles isn't going to pay any inheritence tax on the private wealth being left to him


Not sure I could be bothered with a 5 mile queue to see the coffin when you can't even take photo or bring a chair with you
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Queueing seems as ingrained in our culture as cups of tea and the weather. It’s considered so central to the British identity, it’s even incorporated into the government’s citizenship exam.
The history of the British queue was founded in the Industrial Revolution, which saw huge numbers of people working in factories where everyone started and finished at the same time, creating crowds waiting to punch in their timecards or grab groceries after clocking out.



It was the Second World War that truly made us a nation obsessed with queuing as people waited in line to get their rations.
 
scarps said:
Maybe because it will be on so many different channels and people will have it on in each household in the living room BBC, bedroom ITV, gaming room Sky Sports Main Event
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I believe the figures quoted are the number of viewers, and not the number of devices in use? To be honest I have never really understood how they come by such figures <shrug>.
 
Rai200 said:
Perks that I'm sure you'll find the majority of people, especially those having things like surgeries or funerals delayed don't really give two ****s about.
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Surgeries and funerals are being delayed because of this? wtf!

Super sad that a family lost it's grandma / great-grandma... I won't handle losing mine well... but that's all it is to me, another family... I don't understand the big fuss... one of the few things the French did right. It's abhorrent to affect the funerals for other families & life-saving surgeries.

The stuff I've seen... people showing more love to a fictional family than they do to their own... I guess a psychologist would term it a displacement issue or similar.

Why people believe anyone else is better than them, I have no idea.
 
Chris Wilson said:
Queueing seems as ingrained in our culture as cups of tea and the weather. It’s considered so central to the British identity, it’s even incorporated into the government’s citizenship exam.
The history of the British queue was founded in the Industrial Revolution, which saw huge numbers of people working in factories where everyone started and finished at the same time, creating crowds waiting to punch in their timecards or grab groceries after clocking out.



It was the Second World War that truly made us a nation obsessed with queuing as people waited in line to get their rations.
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About time a supposed "progressive" monarch made an actual change... in passing, if not in life - no?

Respect the war(s) and the people involved / affected... but the vast majority of us weren't directly involved... build a future, don't live in the past.
 
TOW said:
Surgeries and funerals are being delayed because of this? wtf!
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I also found all of this "taking a day or two off as a mark of respect" really baffling. What does it achieve? Yes a beloved monarch died and it was sad, but taking online platforms offline or stopping other shared platforms is imo such an unnecessary and unconstructive thing to do, it has no positive impact except in the minds of the few people who make the self-indulgent decision to do it. I felt some sadness, I mentally paid my respects, but lets not exaggerate the impact this has on all of our lives unless you are a most ardent royalist. All of the main TV channels stopping everything for multiple days of rememberance despite not really having anything to say.

Center Parks made the headlines for saying it was going to spontaneously close all of its facilities for one day "as a mark of respect", potentially leaving families that had planned their holidays for months in the lurch and out of pocket. I mean seriously how utterly ridiculous and selfish is it to even consider doing that? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...Parcs-announces-close-day-Queens-funeral.html They have now thankfully seen sense after the public backlash and backtracked https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62893476

It never ceases to amaze me how the UK collectively loses the plot during any event that affects it on a national basis, we have to be one of the most emotionally fragile and knee-jerk nations on Earth and our predatory media encourages and relishes every second of it. Over the last few decades it's like we have forgotten how to behave calmly and rationally.
Rroff said:
Personally never been onboard with inheritance tax in the first place.
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Yeah, for the average person it is basically a death tax. You pay tax on that money all your life then when you die it is taxed again, because heavens forbid that someone chooses to leave their own hard-earned money or property to those they love to help them through this life without being penalized for it.
 
CapitalOne said:
Thank god they are keeping the queue to the south of the river.

RIP and all that but this whole situation is verging on the ridiculous, particularly the closures on Monday. I’ll have had my lifetime fill of the monarchy by the end of this as I suspect will many others much younger than me.
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Yeah it's all a bit too much. Half expecting us to be Tom's "you will be sad and you will mourn". My partner was actually going to centre parks this weekend for a hen do. She was leaving the Sunday anyway but now they all have to leave a day early.

I feel the last week of events have just solidified people's opinions though. If you weren't keen on the idea of monarchy before, this week will ensure you're really not a fan. If you were. It seems the love has only risen.
 
CapitalOne said:
Thank god they are keeping the queue to the south of the river.

RIP and all that but this whole situation is verging on the ridiculous, particularly the closures on Monday. I’ll have had my lifetime fill of the monarchy by the end of this as I suspect will many others much younger than me.
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I just read about the five mile queue to pay respect, which will have an army of attendants providing food and water etc. Who decided that people needed this? I mean sure if you offer it people will take it, but would anyone have thought they needed to go up to the coffin, or felt that the usual methods of a commoner grieving for a royal were inadequate? It's just bizzarre to me.
 
Richdog said:
I just read about the five mile queue to pay respect, which will have an army of attendants providing food and water etc. Who decided that people needed this? I mean sure if you offer it people will take it, but would anyone have thought they needed to go up to the coffin, or felt that the usual methods of a commoner grieving for a royal were inadequate? It's just bizzarre to me.
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Why do you have the idea that going to be part of it means you're grieving.

You can pay your respects, get emotional at how it relates to your life experiences or gawk at the spectacle and it is a very fancy spectacle.

A security nightmare of VIPs are flying in to the highest profile event of the year(at least) and it'll be amazing publicity to be one of the chosen.
 
I believe the figures quoted are the number of viewers, and not the number of devices in use? To be honest I have never really understood how they come by such figures
like political polling - calling... Iplayer had 250K people during Edinburgh procession ... and beeb must have the peaks


queueing presumably you can leave the queue .. and if there are several of you a couple stay in the queue whilst the others sleep in a nearby hotel ? unless there is a periodic awol check.

edit: thought it was interesting parties had BMW's in N Ireland .. but regs weren't in the database ra12uvb
 
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