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pizzzza
April 9, 2021, 8:37pm

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We will now endure several days of blanket media coverage and the glossing over of his unsavoury views as eccentric and quirky.



"He'll be remembered for his abrasiveness" as they put it on the news earlier...
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His racism and bigotry will be dressed up as ‘abrasiveness’ or ‘speaking his mind’.


'the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy'...well done Mozza
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His racism and bigotry will be dressed up as ‘abrasiveness’ or ‘speaking his mind’.


"He called a spade a spade"
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"He called a spade a spade"


"Forthright and outspoken"


"The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.” Bill Shankly
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Didn't know him, couldn't care less. Especially as it's someone who has lived to 99, I'd bloody take that age.
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Probably prefers to celebrate democracy rather than an imposed monarchy that drains us of millions. Please don't mention tourism.......


Democracy in corruption riddled Bolivia 😂😂😂
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Democracy in corruption riddled Bolivia 😂😂😂


Democracy is people voting, yet another country the USA backed a coup in, Good to see the Socialist Party, overthrown in a coup, has returned a massive majority in the polls.
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A person can only play the hand they are dealt and live in the times they were born.. I seem to remember him saying a few years ago that he was not royal and therefore should not have a state funeral with all the trappings. I notice all the flowers are removed straightaway and that would be his wish too I bet. What a pity we took notice of Blair and his “People’s Princess” line over Diana  and didn’t do the same for her.

I have no doubt Phil came out with crude and offensive comments. So easy to take moral high ground in 2021 and say he was a racist, sexist or whatever. My father was his generation and he said exactly the same things, who didn’t?

Can’t say I liked him but there again I never met him, never went for a pint with him, never worked with him. Can’t say I am a devout royalist either and especially no fan of  the hangers on younger generations. Who would have thought a favourite grandson who had been loved and aided from birth by his grandad would make such a crass comment as “Thank you for your service”? Beggars belief to me. I think he did a bit more than that.


“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty."
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The Duke hasn't been dead for 24 hours yet and some are poking fun. There's a time for everything and today our thoughts should be for her Majesty The Queen in her time of grieve.

At her age, I sincerely hope that she can cope with her sad loss.


My 24 hours are up. I am a Royalist, to a degree, and I am sure that the Duke would not have wanted all this media fuss. There is only so much that can be said and done. I for one am fed up with it all and would like some normality back in our news. I am certainly not looking forward to the funeral with what will be back-to-back 24 hours blanket media coverage.

I did have the pleasure of a small conversation with the Duke, some decades ago, and found him to be a nice charming guy. I think I could some him up as someone who did his duty for Queen and country. A person of controversy who tried to help others.


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Democracy is people voting, yet another country the USA backed a coup in, Good to see the Socialist Party, overthrown in a coup, has returned a massive majority in the polls.


Democracy only works if the genuine majority vote is accepted. Mass vote rigging is not very democratic.
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