Pull up the ladder....

I woke up this morning much much earlier than usual. At half ten. I put the telly on and discovered after watching a bit of Stingray on 2 that the State Opening of Parliament was on BBC1.

The State Opening of Parliament is the bit where Black Rod has to go knock on the door of the House of Commons to ask them to come listen to the Queen give her sppech in the House of Lords. It's steeped in history and all that stuff- there were heralds and train-bearers and the Crown arrived before the Queen and there's tons of mini-processions within the whole palaver. So far so good, except for Huw Edwards' really fucking annoying commentary- he's annoying at the best of times but when he's patronising and scrambling for things to say while a procession takes its sweet time, he's unbearable. But I decide to flick between it and Stingray cos I might see something interesting that way.

The Queen's Speech is not written by her. Basically the Prime Minister and the government write it and make her say it all. It's them basically saying what they're going to do over the next year- bills that will be passed and so on and so forth.

Why do I care? Read on MacDuff.

( What that Bastard Calling Himself Prime Minister Has Done Now. )

( Oliver Cromwell )

I really wish I could be in a more Thanksgiving mood for you American people, but as long as this government continues to go on its merry way as it has been doing so since 1997, absolutely disregarding the reasons for which it was elected in the first place, I cannot honestly give thanks. And I don't like corn on the cob or pumpkin pie (the literal sort) especially.

Pull up the ladder....

I woke up this morning much much earlier than usual. At half ten. I put the telly on and discovered after watching a bit of Stingray on 2 that the State Opening of Parliament was on BBC1.

The State Opening of Parliament is the bit where Black Rod has to go knock on the door of the House of Commons to ask them to come listen to the Queen give her sppech in the House of Lords. It's steeped in history and all that stuff- there were heralds and train-bearers and the Crown arrived before the Queen and there's tons of mini-processions within the whole palaver. So far so good, except for Huw Edwards' really fucking annoying commentary- he's annoying at the best of times but when he's patronising and scrambling for things to say while a procession takes its sweet time, he's unbearable. But I decide to flick between it and Stingray cos I might see something interesting that way.

The Queen's Speech is not written by her. Basically the Prime Minister and the government write it and make her say it all. It's them basically saying what they're going to do over the next year- bills that will be passed and so on and so forth.

Why do I care? Read on MacDuff.

( What that Bastard Calling Himself Prime Minister Has Done Now. )

( Oliver Cromwell )

I really wish I could be in a more Thanksgiving mood for you American people, but as long as this government continues to go on its merry way as it has been doing so since 1997, absolutely disregarding the reasons for which it was elected in the first place, I cannot honestly give thanks. And I don't like corn on the cob or pumpkin pie (the literal sort) especially.