Interesting article about the Queen Mother

[Pubey]

no holds barred:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...-royaltys-alf-garnett-in-a-tiara-1792793.html

 

[MK Shrimper]

No fan at all as you can well imagine, but it's fortunate you can't libel the dead.

 

[Cricko]

"She used the money to pay for 83 full-time staff, including four footmen, two pages, three chauffeurs (what do they do, split her into three parts for transportation?), a private secretary, an orderly, a housekeeper, five housemaids... the list goes on and on."

Blimey even MTS doesn't have 3 chauffeurs..;)

 

[EastStandBlue]

Johann Hari going slightly over the top? Never...

 

[Swiss Tony]

Sounds like a good idea for a book,'How to rob the masses',i can't ask ma'm,for any ideas unfortunately shes past on,maybe i'll try New labour.

 

[osymandus]

Ouchy , yeah i was expecting the David Icke statement of her being a reptilian shape shifter by the end of it .

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

No fan at all as you can well imagine, but it's fortunate you can't libel the dead.

Johann Hari doesn't do himself any favours at times, but he's certainly no respecter of the reputations of the living members of the royal family either. Shawcross's book has made the subject topical again, so I don't see that it's any less valid to temper the hagiography with a counterargument in this instance than it was with Michael Jackson or the venerable Jade Goody.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

What we need is a modern Robespierre......

 

[Mad Cyril]

I' have like to seen a bit more swearing in the article but other than that I liked it.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

The evidence for her racism is a little thin. One quote from a journalist 'who knew her'. I'd also recommend that Mr Hari got laid once in a while.

 

[EastStandBlue]

The evidence for her racism is a little thin. One quote from a journalist 'who knew her'. I'd also recommend that Mr Hari got laid once in a while.

If he wasn't such an Ugly C*** he might...

 

[Ron Manager]

What a fantastic article, really enjoyed that.

 

[please delete my account]

I've not read the article, but the stereotype is that she was a gin-swilling, control freak that smelt of wee.

Now, I don't know about anyone else, but isn't that the type of thing we should all aim to achieve in our twighlight years?

Kind Regards

 

[Uncle Leo]

"three chauffeurs (what do they do, split her into three parts for transportation?)"

Now I'm not necessarily defending the old bag, but that's a really facile point right there. Ever heard of staff taking holidays Mr Hari?

 

[Slipperduke]

Johann Hari once wrote an article about his daring plan to rid the world of extremism. It involved him ****ing members of far-right groups in an effort to change their minds. He ****ed an American Nazi and a Finsbury Park Muslim and then asked them to reconcile their political views with the fact that he'd just bummed them.

I used to work in the same building as Hari. He's a funny looking chap. Reminds me of either a chubby Harry Potter or a lesbian social worker.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I used to work in the same building as Hari. He's a funny looking chap. Reminds me of either a chubby Harry Potter or a lesbian social worker.

Are you not getting confused with our own Matthew La Shrimp?

 

[dloman]

"three chauffeurs (what do they do, split her into three parts for transportation?)"

Now I'm not necessarily defending the old bag, but that's a really facile point right there. Ever heard of staff taking holidays Mr Hari?

Or maybe even simpler they just worked eight hours a day each.