Mr. L, never seen why a man would call his son after himself. Occasional Americans calling themselves So-and-So III always just looks ridiculous.
The only sensible route in that situation is to excel at something to make your name to distinguish your self like publius Cornelius scipio africanus. Though I suppose the emperors ruined that by taking too much piss in copying the names of others.
Well bugger that then. Bring back republicanism!any Cromwell’s in politics at the moment?
If I were in Parliament I'd be the modern day Cromwell.
Take back control from the unelected Monarch.
We spend x million a week on the Royals, let's give that money to the NHS instead.
If you were the modern day Cromwell you’d for one not be the first one to lead the push toward republicanism, and you’d need to be a religious fanatic, so if you get the chance p,at it cool, that’s how you,ll end up on top - no, I meant literally, we’ve only known one dynasty of republican leaders, I feel at the least we’d need someone with that same last name. It’s how several presidential republics work today.
I'm not really a religious fundamentalist except maybe on AV and people who like pineapple on pizzas.
Well bugger that then. Bring back republicanism!any Cromwell’s in politics at the moment?
If I were in Parliament I'd be the modern day Cromwell.
Take back control from the unelected Monarch.
We spend x million a week on the Royals, let's give that money to the NHS instead.
If you were the modern day Cromwell you’d for one not be the first one to lead the push toward republicanism, and you’d need to be a religious fanatic, so if you get the chance p,at it cool, that’s how you,ll end up on top - no, I meant literally, we’ve only known one dynasty of republican leaders, I feel at the least we’d need someone with that same last name. It’s how several presidential republics work today.
I'm not really a religious fundamentalist except maybe on AV and people who like pineapple on pizzas.
Modern times, I think that will meet the requirement now.
Mr. kle4, or get a title added as per Quintus Fabius Maximus the Cunctator (it was his ancestor, the Quintus Fabius who was not chums with Lucius Papirius Cursor, who earnt the Maximus name).
Mr. Rentool, in that case an initial would suffice.
Edited extra bit: Mr. kle4, the text of the tweet is: "Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it."
Sadly my browser will not let me see it - is twitter barred by the great firewall?
Here's what the tweet says
Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it.
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Here's what the tweet says
Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it.
Xie xie.
A pleasant night to all. More royal engagement news to prevent Brexit.
Sadly my browser will not let me see it - is twitter barred by the great firewall?
Here's what the tweet says
Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it.
Xie xie.
A pleasant night to all. More royal engagement news to prevent Brexit.
Perhaps Harry and Meghan could schedule their wedding for the day after Brexit.
Sadly my browser will not let me see it - is twitter barred by the great firewall?
Here's what the tweet says
Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it.
Xie xie.
A pleasant night to all. More royal engagement news to prevent Brexit.
Perhaps Harry and Meghan could schedule their wedding for the day after Brexit.
More likely the day May announced it will be a No-Deal Hard Brexit.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Mr. Dean, once the current Dalai Lama dies things will become complicated. China passed a law roughly to the effect that reincarnation requires state approval. That sounds silly, except that the Dalai Lama is determined by reincarnation, so we may well end up with two, one approved by the Chinese state, and one not.
Indeed. There are currently 2 Panchen Lamas. One chosen by the Dalai Lama, one in China. One mysteriously disappeared.... Can you guess which one?
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
He prefers the title "King President"
I'd like the title of "His Excellency, King-President-Emperor for Life, Field Marshal VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of France"
Days like today bring out my inner republican. Time to find a nuclear shelter to sit out the next few days' fawning.
I like Prince Harry, and today's brought out my inner monarchist.
... an updated avatar in the offing?
Yup, just changed my profile pic to celebrate this momentous day.
Oh you cheeky bugger.
I'm in mourning too, this means Meghan Markle and Patrick J. Adams are leaving Suits.
Good show, for the most part. If they are gone the show will have to as well, the whole premise is based around Mike’s journey and his relationships, even if others have their own stories too.
There's a spin off featuring Jessica in the works.
I have no idea why Donald Trump and Piers Morgan are such good friends...
PIERS MORGAN: Hearty congratulations, Harry, you picked a real keeper (even if your romance did destroy my beautiful friendship with the amazing Meghan Markle)
I have no idea why Donald Trump and Piers Morgan are such good friends...
PIERS MORGAN: Hearty congratulations, Harry, you picked a real keeper (even if your romance did destroy my beautiful friendship with the amazing Meghan Markle)
Well Piers Morgan was one of the original purveyors of FAKE NEWS.
I have no idea why Donald Trump and Piers Morgan are such good friends...
PIERS MORGAN: Hearty congratulations, Harry, you picked a real keeper (even if your romance did destroy my beautiful friendship with the amazing Meghan Markle)
Well Piers Morgan was one of the original purveyors of FAKE NEWS.
It is quite incredible how that didn't finish his career.
Mr. D, not sure, but the Holy Roman Empire was a very inaccurate title.
Mr. Charles, is that via John of Gaunt's children?
Edited extra bit: although now I come to think of it, didn't a Spanish royal family have a match a century earlier with... maybe Edward I? My memory fails me on the specifics.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
My IQ test + av/Radiohead/pizza pre-selection to replace the deposit system for people wanting to stand for election is looking a better and better option every day.
Mr. Eagles, I previously missed your King/President question. As you know, that's modern history so recent as to be current events, so I'm afraid I would have to guess at an answer. George III would appear to be the most obvious option, though I suppose it could be as early as James I.
Nope, the only man to be both King of the United Kingdom and President of the United States is John Goodman.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
But something deeper has been consuming Mr. Trump. He sees the calls for Mr. Moore to step aside as a version of the response to the now-famous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitalia, and the flood of groping accusations against him that followed soon after. He suggested to a senator earlier this year that it was not authentic, and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently.
But something deeper has been consuming Mr. Trump. He sees the calls for Mr. Moore to step aside as a version of the response to the now-famous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitalia, and the flood of groping accusations against him that followed soon after. He suggested to a senator earlier this year that it was not authentic, and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently.
Mr. Dean, yeah I remember reading about that. This may be why the Dalai Lama has said he thinks he might/should be the last one.
Mr. Eagles, I should've known better than to expect some sort of historical insight. *sighs*
Mr. D, in the past we have had a King Emperor, which is a pretty damned good title.
Weren't the Hanoverian kings King-Electors, as they were also electors of the HRE? Or have I been playing too much EU4....
No, Hanover wasn't upgraded to a Kingdom until the Congress of Vienna of 1815, which was nine years after the final abolition of the HRE. In general, rulers of the HRE's constituent states weren't allowed the title of "King", as the only Kingdoms within the HRE were Germany itself, Italy (when the HRE extended into northern modern Italy), Bohemia and I think formerly Burgundy (but ICBW) and those were usually held by the Emperor anyway. When the Hohenzollerns decided to take a royal title based on Prussia-proper being outside the HRE they initially had to settle for just "King *in* Prussia" rather than "King *of* Prussia".
But something deeper has been consuming Mr. Trump. He sees the calls for Mr. Moore to step aside as a version of the response to the now-famous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitalia, and the flood of groping accusations against him that followed soon after. He suggested to a senator earlier this year that it was not authentic, and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently.
We know he admitted it, we all saw him say it, but that hasn’t stop trump arguing he never said something in the past. He is a walking talking contradiction machine.
But then maybe the (failing fake news) NYT is just making it up?
I think the wedding will be held at Sugar Hut, Basildon. The guests will include Abi Titmuss, Katie Hopkins, Jodie Marsh, the Kardashians, and Donald Trump.
Mr. Royale, I'm not so sure about Trump getting an invite. If the future Princess Meghan doesn't like him, that's a big problem for him. And if Obama didn't get an invite, that's a recent precedent.
Plus the order, I think, of importance in guests is: British royalty foreign royalty British politicians foreign politicians
So Trump's a disliked member of the least prestigious category.
Put commonwealth politicians between the British and foreign ones, and he’s even lower down.
Turnbull.....if he's still PM.......
Robert Mugabe - he’s officially an elder statesman now.
He'll be taking part in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
This gives me such confidence in those charged with delivering Brexit
@bbclaurak: 2. Davis letter says tho they had no assurances from Cttee over what they would do with the info so haven’t included anything commercially sensitive or that would damage negotiations
We can't trust the committee not to leak it, so we took everything out
@faisalislam: Understand the Government has indicated to the Committee that there may still be negotiation-sensitive material in these 800-plus pages, and asked it to consult before any decision to publish more widely
Mr. 86, I suspect like Jessica Ennis-Hill, nobody normal will be fussed by that aspect of it.
Indeed - "When Meghan weds Harry, Britain’s relationship with race will change forever", Afua Hirsch. No, it really won't.
I hadn't realised from the way she looks that she was mixed race, despite my often-pointed-out-here xenophobia. The answer is, as you say, a resounding no, just as Obama proved nothing beyond the fact that a nice but ineffectual mixed-race guy is a nice but ineffectual mixed-race guy.
I doubt the 58 impact papers exist. So unless civil servants burn the midnight oil writing them, MPs will just get abstracts. Dodgy dossier déjà vu.
Which is the reason why the government was so reluctant to release them. Not because they would reveal our negotiating hand, or even because the contents were embarrassing. There weren't any contents.
I doubt the 58 impact papers exist. So unless civil servants burn the midnight oil writing them, MPs will just get abstracts. Dodgy dossier déjà vu.
Which is the reason why the government was so reluctant to release them. Not because they would reveal our negotiating hand, or even because the contents were embarrassing. There weren't any contents.
But having told MPs that they exist and are very detailed, doesn't this reveal something else: David Davis has committed the cardinal sin of misleading the house.
I doubt the 58 impact papers exist. So unless civil servants burn the midnight oil writing them, MPs will just get abstracts. Dodgy dossier déjà vu.
Which is the reason why the government was so reluctant to release them. Not because they would reveal our negotiating hand, or even because the contents were embarrassing. There weren't any contents.
But having told MPs that they exist and are very detailed, doesn't this reveal something else: David Davis has committed the cardinal sin of misleading the house.
No, since he told them they aren't receiving the full documents.
This gives me such confidence in those charged with delivering Brexit
@bbclaurak: 2. Davis letter says tho they had no assurances from Cttee over what they would do with the info so haven’t included anything commercially sensitive or that would damage negotiations
We can't trust the committee not to leak it, so we took everything out
@faisalislam: Understand the Government has indicated to the Committee that there may still be negotiation-sensitive material in these 800-plus pages, and asked it to consult before any decision to publish more widely
Or not...
Could have all been done on Privy council terms if Starmer didn't want to make a party point out of it...
"Ireland should take Theresa May “at her word” when she says the UK Government does not want a post-Brexit hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, a former Taoiseach has said."
"Mr Ahern said he believed technology could be used to keep track of the majority of goods and therefore the creation of a hard border could be avoided."
Are we talking nuclear-powered/oil-powered or Trident/not Trident?
I believe that 'conventional' usually refers to the power plant, rather than weapons. So he is wrong since we sold the Upholders to the Canadians in the mid-1990s (though that deal hasn't worked out too well for them).
When it comes to weapons, 'conventional' and 'nuclear' becomes more complex; since both the Russians and the US had nuclear torpedoes that could be fired from conventional submarines, and any 'conventional' submarine that can fire cruise missiles could, in theory, fire nuclear-tipped missiles.
The President must be a US citizen... can the King or Queen not be a British Citizen?
Yes it’s absolutelt allowed, my wife and children are all dual UK-US citizens. ( I “only” have UK citizenship, though I could also get a Irish if the Brexit talks really go up the spout)
Mr. D, not sure, but the Holy Roman Empire was a very inaccurate title.
Mr. Charles, is that via John of Gaunt's children?
Edited extra bit: although now I come to think of it, didn't a Spanish royal family have a match a century earlier with... maybe Edward I? My memory fails me on the specifics.
It was the same Spanish family (Castile and Leon) a few times...
Edward I, then JoG's 2nd wife and his sister in law.
Davis is quite right too, what is to stop diehard Remainer MPs leaking commercially sensitive details to the EU or the press?
But in the debate in the HoC, that argument was put forward as a reason not to release the reports and despite that, our elected politicians still voted in favour of release. What gives the right to David Davis to over-rule Parliament who made the decision to take that risk?
"Two council officials have been suspended after almost 1,500 people could not vote in June's general election in a constituency that saw the successful MP win by just 30 votes."
I can't think of an example of senior Council Officials in charge of an election being suspended.
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Mr. Rentool, in that case an initial would suffice.
Edited extra bit: Mr. kle4, the text of the tweet is:
"Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it."
Prince Harry's kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move. They want America back and this is how they'll do it.
https://twitter.com/halfadams/status/935168456957165568
https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/935086035989655553
While, quite amusingly that despite gambling being banned, they are happy for you to view a website with betting in the name.
A pleasant night to all. More royal engagement news to prevent Brexit.
He played King Ralph in King Ralph and President Glen Allen Walken in The West Wing.
Mr. Eagles, I should've known better than to expect some sort of historical insight. *sighs*
Mr. D, in the past we have had a King Emperor, which is a pretty damned good title.
PIERS MORGAN: Hearty congratulations, Harry, you picked a real keeper (even if your romance did destroy my beautiful friendship with the amazing Meghan Markle)
https://twitter.com/AndrewSparrow/status/935187366960160769
https://twitter.com/AndrewSparrow/status/935187366960160769
Mr. Charles, is that via John of Gaunt's children?
Edited extra bit: although now I come to think of it, didn't a Spanish royal family have a match a century earlier with... maybe Edward I? My memory fails me on the specifics.
Nigel Hawthorne in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amistad_(film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George
Difference between nuclear powered and nuclear armed though.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/politics/trump-roy-moore-mcconnell-alabama-senate.html
He will apparently not campaign for Moore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England
But then maybe the (failing fake news) NYT is just making it up?
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/935197169191129088
Whither our sovereign Parliament?
@bbclaurak: 2. Davis letter says tho they had no assurances from Cttee over what they would do with the info so haven’t included anything commercially sensitive or that would damage negotiations
We can't trust the committee not to leak it, so we took everything out
@faisalislam: Understand the Government has indicated to the Committee that there may still be negotiation-sensitive material in these 800-plus pages, and asked it to consult before any decision to publish more widely
Or not...
Edited extra bit: hmm, 'clickbait' might not be quite right. But the rest is.
@ParlyApp: .@BorisJohnson congratulates #harryandmegan and says their wedding will make the Royal Family “even more global”
The President must be a US citizen... can the King or Queen not be a British Citizen?
Something to do with the 'heirs from your body' is irreversible and unchanging.
*Or die obvs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Naturalization_Act_1705
Hansard will clear it up in the morning
http://www.forces.net/news/new-defence-secretary-hot-water-after-failing-make-budget-requests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/take-theresa-may-word-post-brexit-irish-border-issue-former/
"Ireland should take Theresa May “at her word” when she says the UK Government does not want a post-Brexit hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, a former Taoiseach has said."
"Mr Ahern said he believed technology could be used to keep track of the majority of goods and therefore the creation of a hard border could be avoided."
When it comes to weapons, 'conventional' and 'nuclear' becomes more complex; since both the Russians and the US had nuclear torpedoes that could be fired from conventional submarines, and any 'conventional' submarine that can fire cruise missiles could, in theory, fire nuclear-tipped missiles.
All AIUI.
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/666954840313085952
Nobody is falling for the EU and their puppet the ROI Tea- sock's bluster.
Well no, but neither have the three grandchildren of QE2 who have already married.
Edward I, then JoG's 2nd wife and his sister in law.
( saturday review BBC )
maybe theyre getting worried about audience figures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-42141327
I can't think of an example of senior Council Officials in charge of an election being suspended.