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Nearly Sane

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The once and future queen
« on: October 05, 2018, 10:16:03 AM »
'Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony'


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45753455
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Rhiannon

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Re: The once and future queen
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2018, 11:02:21 AM »
Can we go back to farcical aquatic ceremonies?
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Nearly Sane

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Re: The once and future queen
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2018, 11:19:43 AM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on October 05, 2018, 11:02:21 AM
Can we go back to farcical aquatic ceremonies?
Something like Trump in a Russian hotel room?
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Re: The once and future queen
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2018, 12:01:21 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 05, 2018, 11:19:43 AM
Something like Trump in a Russian hotel room?

Not quite what I was envisaging.
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Re: The once and future queen
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2018, 12:26:57 PM »
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/a/arthur.html Look, you lot; , Arthur was (probably) Scottish in origin. And we're not talking deep fried Mars Bars either.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2018, 12:37:45 PM by Anchorman »
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"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
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