@flowerpuff2001 Scotland won't be a republic ! When we become independent, we will still have Queen Elizabeth as our head of state like they do in 16 other countries including Canada, Australia etc. She will be known as Elizabeth Queen of Scots.
@MrSplashcakes even if the snp win there will be no republic in scotland, and yeh she is old, even if you don't respect her as a queen, respect her as an old woman...
@MrSplashcakes NO WAY. I will never allow my Scotland to be like ireland and be run like a bunch of politicians only!
Besides it is illegal to have a scottish republic because of the acts of union and the agreements made when the Scottish king, King James VI, became the King of England after Queen Elizabeth I's death.
Long live the Kingdom of Scotland! Watch Trooping the Colour 2011 and you see the majestic royal Scots guards.
@sabinal01 Since 1999, dear! Same in Wales (where I'm from - we have the Welsh Assembly) and Northern Ireland (Stormount). Central government in London (i.e. Westminster) can desolve these at anytime, though, if they feel that they do not meet the needs of their home nations/are not performing well enough! Devolution is far too complicated to explain, even by experts! I think we should just get rid of devolution. Britain's too samey for it to work!
The UK has been united for centuries by the Acts of Union, and the Monarchy is individual in each country of the UK...It adds a certain individuality to each country.
I pray that none of the countries that make up the UK ever go independant/republic because it will spell DISASTER!!
The monarchy is a focal point of national pride which all UK people can be part of and I would risk it all to keep the Union Jackl flying above City Hall in Belfast!!
@GLORD99092 Someones been watching too much Braveheart..
Let me tell you what independance for scotland will bring you - a weaker united kingdom, Scotland and the rest of the UK will be weaker for it, more segregated at a time when we should be united to remain strong in the face of growing EU and global interference in our internal affairs, laws and governance.
Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English made the British Empire together, united we remain strong.
If scotland were to go independant, they would be bankrupt and on the breadline within a year and will be begging for England to come back to them. I read 80% of all revenue in Scotland comes from England! There is 52 Million people in England alone...And roughly only 7 Million in Scotland, they would bge penniless in a short space of time.
Its the same here in N.I, we need to keep the Union of Eng, Sco, Wal, and Ire. She was crowned Queen of the UK, and it will always be that way!!
7 million in Scotland theres like 5 million that's a hole two million off , If Scotland want's to be a republic let them. I love my Republic Of Ireland , and may god bless all people no matter where there from and peace be with you in your monarchy , good luck.. lol hates that.
@BelfastCityHall 80%.... oh yea ok then.. thanks for that figure, it looks just about right to me. In scotland all we do is sit on the streets waiting for english tourists to give us their spare change too. Thats how it works here. We love taking hand outs from the english. whats the point in working?
Scotland will last a while being independent, but will not last long without England. Likewise with England, we need the union to help us, Wales and Nothern Ireland.
and do you know exactly what the scottish people want, how comes you have become the voice of millions of people, the fact is if scotland became independat they would still have a queen,
Thats not really the point. We would end up uniting again in the future as some point, its inevitable since we are an island. I really can't see us seceeding and thats something a lot of Scots don't want, so don't be mistaken by what foreigners say or members of the SNP.
@anaclet This Queen has mocked GOD by failing in her duty bound Oath to defend the CHRISTIAN GOSPEL as per her promise in 1953 on the BIBLE
the aborted babies the sexual perversion the growth of Islam all signed into LAW by her art testimony against her May GOD ALMIGHTY HAVE MERCY ON HER SOUL
@mindspring57 having 2nd thoughts are we , then what is the lawful position on any oath of office ? if we consider that the queen herself can hold here oath in contempt
@valu777 Under the British system of government, the Queen has no responsibility. She acts solely on the advice of her ministers. They, and not she, bear any legal or moral responsibility for enacted legislation. No sovereign has vetoed an Act of Parliament since 1708, when Queen Anne did so, but even then, she acted on the advice of her ministers, and not on her own.
@IPGAuto Oh how very terribly wrong you are my dear auto! Her Majesty's charities, contrary to what you state, is one of the pillars of the economic recovery not only in the UK, but also in the EU and why not say it?, in the whole planet. Long live our most economic Queen!
@anaclet - The queen has no power in England as she used to. If you want to talk facts, England is one of the worst economic countries in the EU. Germany is actually the leading country in economy, military, and life in EU. They have the lowest unemployment in the EU. The queen was somewhat of interest back when anyone gave a damn who she was. Now its simply something to laugh at. A lady who wishes she lived back in the day and controlled everything. Denial that her power/presence is worthless.
@IPGAuto Oh dear Lord! How very wrong you are! And you say you talk facts? It may even be correct that at a certain moment the great Germany may take the advantage in certain fields. It's natural. We live in the EU and we are going towards one single economy. Nonetheless our most beloved Queen, even though she shares some of her powers with the Prime Minister, she remains and always will the pillar of the English society and Nation. Long live our most powerful Queen!
@IPGAuto Lol. The Royals are to blame for world economic shit? Never heard of anything so stupid. Well... I'd put you in the same group as those idiotic ignorant people who deny Holocaust and who believe the world is flat. Yes, off you go.
I'm not British, I am Portuguese - but the first thing that comes to mind when I think of England, is Her Majesty the Queen and the British Monarchy. Should you ever abolish the Monarchy - you abolish Britain itself and her historical/ actual status.
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her husband patsy phil says when he dies he want to come back as a virus and wipe out the planet ,she is a high ranking bilderberg member ,mainstream media is finished,enjoy living in your police state ,too bad u never had the guts to be true investigative reporters only slaves to a paycheck ,that cost ya ur freedom forever
I sensed a hint of support for Scottish independence in that speech!! I am ASTONISHED. Did anyone else feel that?? It is a well known fact that she is very fond of Scotland...or is she acknowledging the inevitable and hoping to be retained as the Head of State of an independent Scotland????
On a different note, the Queen seemed to be suffering from a very bad cold - I've never heard her snuffle before!
I didnt see any support for Scottish independence in her speech. This idea that independence is inevitable is a myth. The majority of people in Scotland continue to vote for the unionist parties.
Yes she is absolutely bowing to the inevitable! Mrs Saxe-Coburg von Goetha Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg-Battenberg is not daft, and she can see that Scottish independence is likely to happen within her lifetime.
Rather than stand our way, and put her future position as Queen of Scots at risk she is playing it clever.
If after a yes vote in a referendum, she or any other royal stands in the way of independence, make no mistake, they will be dumped and we will become a republic.
Use your head, you fool. She is NOT german. She is german "descent". I think there is a difference. According to the law, if you are born in Britain, you are British. ·The Queen was born in England as were her mother and father, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great mother and great-great grandmother, great great great grandfather, great great great great for that matter - makes her pretty English to me. She's also descended from King Egbert of England and Cerdic, King of Wessex...
...they werent German either. The Royal family have lived in this country for more than 400 years. King George I - the "German" king was HALF German on his father's side but his mother was a BRITISH royal and so when his cousin Queen Anne died George I became the king of Britain. The Queen and the rest of the royal family have for about hundred years had no German connections apart from their distant cousins and they were all born and raised in Britain.
I don't think I even mentioned the word "German" or said that the Queen was at all in my original post, you were the one who brought that up.
Read over it again. All I stated was what would have been her surname, had her ancestors not changed it to Windsor during World War I, and had her husband's ancestors not changed theirs to Mountbatten. All I did was - as you have already stated - show the royal family descent.
Anyway, what's so wrong with Germany? I'd rather live there than England.
Long live the Queen! :) I will never allow Scotland to be separated from the Union.
No Surrender.
JPRizal2000 5 months ago
@JPRizal2000 and how will u stop it if the majority want separation ?
PaddyWhackish 1 month ago
Long live the Kingdom of Scotland! God save the Queen!
takemybreathawayok 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you are going to vote YES for SCOTLAND'S INDEPENDENCE
glasgow1234 5 months ago
@glasgow1234 NO.
God Save the Queen! no to a politicians' republic like ireland!
Long live the United KINGDOM! Long live King James VI! Long live the Queen Mother!
flowerpuff2001 5 months ago
@flowerpuff2001 Scotland won't be a republic ! When we become independent, we will still have Queen Elizabeth as our head of state like they do in 16 other countries including Canada, Australia etc. She will be known as Elizabeth Queen of Scots.
Long live the Kingdom of Scotland !
glasgow1234 5 months ago
I notice she is not wearing a crown. Would that be considered inappropriate?
mindspring57 6 months ago
that is just an old english women talking shite. c'mon the Scottish Republic !!
MrSplashcakes 7 months ago
@MrSplashcakes agreed mate!
beverage2008 7 months ago
@MrSplashcakes even if the snp win there will be no republic in scotland, and yeh she is old, even if you don't respect her as a queen, respect her as an old woman...
dodudumdumdum 6 months ago
@MrSplashcakes NO WAY. I will never allow my Scotland to be like ireland and be run like a bunch of politicians only!
Besides it is illegal to have a scottish republic because of the acts of union and the agreements made when the Scottish king, King James VI, became the King of England after Queen Elizabeth I's death.
Long live the Kingdom of Scotland! Watch Trooping the Colour 2011 and you see the majestic royal Scots guards.
takemybreathawayok 5 months ago
Were stronger united.
GSTQ.
DukeOfBlighty 10 months ago
Scottland has its own parliament ??? I thought the UK only had one parliament
sabinal01 10 months ago
@sabinal01 Since 1999, dear! Same in Wales (where I'm from - we have the Welsh Assembly) and Northern Ireland (Stormount). Central government in London (i.e. Westminster) can desolve these at anytime, though, if they feel that they do not meet the needs of their home nations/are not performing well enough! Devolution is far too complicated to explain, even by experts! I think we should just get rid of devolution. Britain's too samey for it to work!
kwesiidun 8 months ago
scotland indepent fucking right split fae britain
1Dunky 1 year ago
The Opening parliament in London is very formal and grand, but why in Scottish Parliament are so informal.......where's her crown and robe???
london56 1 year ago
It's quite amazing to think that she's got to 84 years of age without saying or doing anything of any consequence.
Sprocket32 1 year ago
An Independent Scotland with Queen Elizabeth I as head of state !
glasgow1234 1 year ago
To hell with the god damn SNP!
StephenUK1983 1 year ago
@StephenUK1983 God bless the SNP!
GLORD99092 1 year ago
I think they should do what they want , god bless
brandonlovesmonkeys 2 years ago
The UK has been united for centuries by the Acts of Union, and the Monarchy is individual in each country of the UK...It adds a certain individuality to each country.
I pray that none of the countries that make up the UK ever go independant/republic because it will spell DISASTER!!
The monarchy is a focal point of national pride which all UK people can be part of and I would risk it all to keep the Union Jackl flying above City Hall in Belfast!!
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!
RULE BRITANNIA!!
BelfastCityHall 2 years ago
@BelfastCityHall Don't talk absolute pish, Scotland will be far better idependant!
GLORD99092 1 year ago
@GLORD99092 Someones been watching too much Braveheart..
Let me tell you what independance for scotland will bring you - a weaker united kingdom, Scotland and the rest of the UK will be weaker for it, more segregated at a time when we should be united to remain strong in the face of growing EU and global interference in our internal affairs, laws and governance.
Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English made the British Empire together, united we remain strong.
BeardedBill86 1 year ago
If scotland were to go independant, they would be bankrupt and on the breadline within a year and will be begging for England to come back to them. I read 80% of all revenue in Scotland comes from England! There is 52 Million people in England alone...And roughly only 7 Million in Scotland, they would bge penniless in a short space of time.
Its the same here in N.I, we need to keep the Union of Eng, Sco, Wal, and Ire. She was crowned Queen of the UK, and it will always be that way!!
BelfastCityHall 2 years ago
well that would be better for us if we cut them loose then :)
mattybo512 2 years ago
7 million in Scotland theres like 5 million that's a hole two million off , If Scotland want's to be a republic let them. I love my Republic Of Ireland , and may god bless all people no matter where there from and peace be with you in your monarchy , good luck.. lol hates that.
brandonlovesmonkeys 2 years ago
@BelfastCityHall 80%.... oh yea ok then.. thanks for that figure, it looks just about right to me. In scotland all we do is sit on the streets waiting for english tourists to give us their spare change too. Thats how it works here. We love taking hand outs from the english. whats the point in working?
stevenrhcp 1 year ago
Muammar Gaddafi, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and Islamic terrorists rule Scotland. Shame on Scotland.
1069SW 2 years ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
agnosticcc 2 years ago
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i wanna fuck the queen up the shitter
CHODESPAZ 2 years ago
2010, they will decide.
ocean3da 2 years ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!
Arsenal2247 2 years ago
why?
Scotland needs its own head of state. It makes sense.
ocean3da 2 years ago
United we stand, divided we fall.
Scotland will last a while being independent, but will not last long without England. Likewise with England, we need the union to help us, Wales and Nothern Ireland.
Arsenal2247 2 years ago 3
Rubbish, that guy would of driven that jeep into the scottish airport.
England brought this on to scotland, scotland should probably go for neutrality in wars.
ocean3da 2 years ago
Scotland needs its own future, if you were scottish you would want your own president. Not some queen.
you must see it from there point of view.
ocean3da 2 years ago
and do you know exactly what the scottish people want, how comes you have become the voice of millions of people, the fact is if scotland became independat they would still have a queen,
rulebritannia1 2 years ago 2
Thats not really the point. We would end up uniting again in the future as some point, its inevitable since we are an island. I really can't see us seceeding and thats something a lot of Scots don't want, so don't be mistaken by what foreigners say or members of the SNP.
StephenUK1983 1 year ago
Where is your evidence?
ocean3da 2 years ago
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devil...
andyastro1 2 years ago
Long live our most gracious Queen! It's amazing how she can keep her flair even when she has a bad cold.
anaclet 2 years ago 15
@anaclet This Queen has mocked GOD by failing in her duty bound Oath to defend the CHRISTIAN GOSPEL as per her promise in 1953 on the BIBLE
the aborted babies the sexual perversion the growth of Islam all signed into LAW by her art testimony against her May GOD ALMIGHTY HAVE MERCY ON HER SOUL
valu777 1 year ago
@valu777 What nonsense is that? Are you possibly out of your mind? Long live our most British Queen!
anaclet 1 year ago
@anaclet do you agree with her in the actions of breaking her oath?
valu777 1 year ago
@anaclet do you agree with her in the actions of breaking her oath?
if you do then the blood of the murdered babies is also on your head , do not think that you will be accepted in to heaven
valu777 1 year ago
@valu77 Don't be silly! Our Most British Queen has never stained her hands with any sort of blood. Long live the Queen!
anaclet 1 year ago
@anaclet thank you for your opinion an opinion that has no weight in the fires,heat & light of God Almighty's judgement to come
valu777 1 year ago
@valu777 You are certainly most welcome! Long live our most regal Queen!
anaclet 1 year ago
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mindspring57 1 year ago
@mindspring57 having 2nd thoughts are we , then what is the lawful position on any oath of office ? if we consider that the queen herself can hold here oath in contempt
valu777 1 year ago
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@valu777 Under the British system of government, the Queen has no responsibility. She acts solely on the advice of her ministers. They, and not she, bear any legal or moral responsibility for enacted legislation. No sovereign has vetoed an Act of Parliament since 1708, when Queen Anne did so, but even then, she acted on the advice of her ministers, and not on her own.
mindspring57 1 year ago
Look as she basks in riches. Shes beyond rich. And its the "royals" who are in world control. Royals who are to blame for world economic shit.
IPGAuto 10 months ago
@IPGAuto Oh how very terribly wrong you are my dear auto! Her Majesty's charities, contrary to what you state, is one of the pillars of the economic recovery not only in the UK, but also in the EU and why not say it?, in the whole planet. Long live our most economic Queen!
anaclet 10 months ago
@anaclet - The queen has no power in England as she used to. If you want to talk facts, England is one of the worst economic countries in the EU. Germany is actually the leading country in economy, military, and life in EU. They have the lowest unemployment in the EU. The queen was somewhat of interest back when anyone gave a damn who she was. Now its simply something to laugh at. A lady who wishes she lived back in the day and controlled everything. Denial that her power/presence is worthless.
IPGAuto 10 months ago
@IPGAuto Oh dear Lord! How very wrong you are! And you say you talk facts? It may even be correct that at a certain moment the great Germany may take the advantage in certain fields. It's natural. We live in the EU and we are going towards one single economy. Nonetheless our most beloved Queen, even though she shares some of her powers with the Prime Minister, she remains and always will the pillar of the English society and Nation. Long live our most powerful Queen!
anaclet 10 months ago
@IPGAuto Lol. The Royals are to blame for world economic shit? Never heard of anything so stupid. Well... I'd put you in the same group as those idiotic ignorant people who deny Holocaust and who believe the world is flat. Yes, off you go.
I'm not British, I am Portuguese - but the first thing that comes to mind when I think of England, is Her Majesty the Queen and the British Monarchy. Should you ever abolish the Monarchy - you abolish Britain itself and her historical/ actual status.
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AbiltyToThink 2 years ago
I sensed a hint of support for Scottish independence in that speech!! I am ASTONISHED. Did anyone else feel that?? It is a well known fact that she is very fond of Scotland...or is she acknowledging the inevitable and hoping to be retained as the Head of State of an independent Scotland????
On a different note, the Queen seemed to be suffering from a very bad cold - I've never heard her snuffle before!
anjonjp 2 years ago
I didnt see any support for Scottish independence in her speech. This idea that independence is inevitable is a myth. The majority of people in Scotland continue to vote for the unionist parties.
I hope she doesnt have swine flu :\ lol
TheBritishWatcher 2 years ago 4
yes, her majesty's sounded like she has really bad cold but you we must not forget that she is 83 and still does her job marvellously.
anshu4321 2 years ago 3
Yes she is absolutely bowing to the inevitable! Mrs Saxe-Coburg von Goetha Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg-Battenberg is not daft, and she can see that Scottish independence is likely to happen within her lifetime.
Rather than stand our way, and put her future position as Queen of Scots at risk she is playing it clever.
If after a yes vote in a referendum, she or any other royal stands in the way of independence, make no mistake, they will be dumped and we will become a republic.
akava77 2 years ago
Use your head, you fool. She is NOT german. She is german "descent". I think there is a difference. According to the law, if you are born in Britain, you are British. ·The Queen was born in England as were her mother and father, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great mother and great-great grandmother, great great great grandfather, great great great great for that matter - makes her pretty English to me. She's also descended from King Egbert of England and Cerdic, King of Wessex...
324wilson 2 years ago 4
...they werent German either. The Royal family have lived in this country for more than 400 years. King George I - the "German" king was HALF German on his father's side but his mother was a BRITISH royal and so when his cousin Queen Anne died George I became the king of Britain. The Queen and the rest of the royal family have for about hundred years had no German connections apart from their distant cousins and they were all born and raised in Britain.
324wilson 2 years ago 4
I don't think I even mentioned the word "German" or said that the Queen was at all in my original post, you were the one who brought that up.
Read over it again. All I stated was what would have been her surname, had her ancestors not changed it to Windsor during World War I, and had her husband's ancestors not changed theirs to Mountbatten. All I did was - as you have already stated - show the royal family descent.
Anyway, what's so wrong with Germany? I'd rather live there than England.
akava77 2 years ago
Well, then I ust apologize. I thought you were one of those people who thinks that Royal Family is German and not British!
Again, I am sorry!
324wilson 2 years ago
@anjonjp No, its well known that she is against that but wouldn't come out and say it.
StephenUK1983 1 year ago
Even though, she still looks regal but her voice is pretty different now, isn't it? Possibly because of Her Majesty's growing age!
324wilson 2 years ago 9
@324wilson she has a cold
histre101 1 year ago
@histre101, thanks for pointing the bleatin obvious, dumb s'.'.
What an irelevant comment...
GLORD99092 1 year ago