UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[brucejoel99]

For a laugh:

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1567908064220569600

[DINGO Joe]

Apparently Harry's spokesman has said that he went to Balmoral alone, Megan did not join.

Kate's not there either. They've got little kids and all.

[Roll Roons]

https://twitter.com/IlContiAndrea/status/1567899940646518784

This Italian journalist said she died at 3:47 PM (UK time) but they’re waiting until 6 to make the official announcement. 25 minutes until the moment of truth…

[Illiniwek]

Apparently Harry's spokesman has said that he went to Balmoral alone, Megan did not join.

Kate's not there either. They've got little kids and all.

Just noting because the previous report was that both of them were on their way.

[If my soul was made of stone]

pour one out for the guy who made this

[Silent Hunter]

I'm a church bell ringer and the death of the monarch is the only time we would ring fully muffled.

[PPT Spiral]

https://twitter.com/IlContiAndrea/status/1567899940646518784

This Italian journalist said she died at 3:47 PM (UK time) but they’re waiting until 6 to make the official announcement. 25 minutes until the moment of truth…

I'm inclined to believe it. Earlier this came through from a well-sourced former Reuters journalist:

https://mobile.twitter.com/zenjournalist/status/1567887435245174787

[DINGO Joe]

ITV has now abandoned its normal programming for news coverage, presenter all in black.

Operation London Bridge has started, it seems. 

All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go. At Sky News and ITN, which for years rehearsed the death of the Queen substituting the name “Mrs Robinson”, calls will go out to royal experts who have already signed contracts to speak exclusively on those channels. “I am going to be sitting outside the doors of the Abbey on a hugely enlarged trestle table commentating to 300 million Americans about this,” one told me.

What?  I don't know what the name Mrs. Robinson connotates in England, but on this side of the Atlantic.......

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge

[Joseph Cao]

Geez, watching the Beeb coverage is sobering.

Who was it who said that around a third of UK citizens have dreamed about the Queen? Just remembered that. Don't think there can be many more events as psychologically impactful as this one.

[Not Me, Us]

Anyway to get BBC coverage online in the States? I want to watch it live.

[Torrain]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1567919002021675009
Context - these are the chief political correspondents for the Times, and the Sun.

[Illiniwek]

Anyway to get BBC coverage online in the States? I want to watch it live.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633

[Blair]

I really don’t care about hearing from journalists opinions on how it’s being managed.

There is an awful tendency on social media for people to assert complete bullsh**t- I’ve seen someone say Prince Charles will address the nation. This is not the West Wing.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

ITV has now abandoned its normal programming for news coverage, presenter all in black.

Operation London Bridge has started, it seems. 

All news organisations will scramble to get films on air and obituaries online. At the Guardian, the deputy editor has a list of prepared stories pinned to his wall. The Times is said to have 11 days of coverage ready to go. At Sky News and ITN, which for years rehearsed the death of the Queen substituting the name “Mrs Robinson”, calls will go out to royal experts who have already signed contracts to speak exclusively on those channels. “I am going to be sitting outside the doors of the Abbey on a hugely enlarged trestle table commentating to 300 million Americans about this,” one told me.

What?  I don't know what the name Mrs. Robinson connotates in England, but on this side of the Atlantic.......

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge

I think of the song honestly

[Estrella]

18:08, nothing. Not sure what everyone's still waiting for.

[Sol]

Don't have much nice to say so I won't say anything. Hopefully Prince Charles will be an awful king, discrediting the monarchy and leading to its dissolution.

[Earthling]

18:08, nothing. Not sure what everyone's still waiting for.

Harry is still on his way.

[Silent Hunter]

An announcement of some form from the Palace

[brucejoel99]

Don't have much nice to say so I won't say anything. Hopefully Prince Charles will be an awful king, discrediting the monarchy and leading to its dissolution.

Hopefully he'll get away with being the based Labour King that the British House of Cards promised us he'd be.

[Not Me, Us]

The BBC guys are stalling so hard. Let's just get on with it.

[All Along The Watchtower]

With the danger to peace in Northern Ireland resulting from Brexit it seems fitting that the next heir apparent is named William.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

The BBC guys are stalling so hard. Let's just get on with it.

Man it's going to be awkward if she isn't dead yet.

[brucejoel99]

All due respect to the Canada thread, but this news isn't best placed in there:

https://twitter.com/davidakin/status/1567920409525514240

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

SKY just played the clip of Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) reading a statement expressing Parliament's thoughts about the situation. 

It occurred to me that the last time a Speaker (presumably) gave a statement under those circumstances was Winston Churchill, a pretty striking testament to the Queen's longevity. 

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

SKY just played the clip of Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) reading a statement expressing Parliament's thoughts about the situation. 

It occurred to me that the last time a Speaker (presumably) gave a statement under those circumstances was Winston Churchill, a pretty striking testament to the Queen's longevity. 

William Morrison, not Churchill, but it was in Churchill's premiership.