Comments on Sometimes It's Peaceful: "So, Mum.. who's actually in charge of the country...

fantastic wake up!

2008-10-15T21:14:00.000+01:00

fantastic wake up!

If only you could! There must be a reason for it.

2008-10-07T12:39:00.000+01:00

If only you could! There must be a reason for it.

If only I could peer into the mind of the Queen to...

2008-10-07T11:12:00.000+01:00

If only I could peer into the mind of the Queen to identify the motives behind her uncompromising bootlicking loyalty to her personal minister, who after all is only a commoner...

Riaz, I've heard that view expressed elsewhere and...

2008-10-06T23:49:00.000+01:00

Riaz, I've heard that view expressed elsewhere and am quite willing to accept the truth of it, but I can't help wondering why she would do such a thing. Have you got any answers to that question?

The Queen holds a 100% faith and trust in her pers...

2008-10-06T23:23:00.000+01:00

The Queen holds a 100% faith and trust in her personal minister and will agree with their decision every single time.

Giving the Royal Assent to the European Communities Act and the Lisbon Treaty is actually treason and illegal under English Common Law. The Queen knows this.

I agree Riaz, but I think Lyddie's question was ab...

2008-10-06T11:20:00.000+01:00

I agree Riaz, but I think Lyddie's question was about the constitutional technicality. If and when she starts asking me about banks, I'll have some very different answers for her.

The issue of governments being so quick to bail out banks is a startling one, isn't it? Even to a cynical person like me. I think it completely disperses any remaining ideas about this being a democracy

The global financial elite run this country. Polit...

2008-10-06T11:15:00.000+01:00

The global financial elite run this country. Politicians are just puppets. It's very funny how the government is willing to bail out and nationalise bankrupt banks but doesn't do the same to most other businesses or MG Rover.

LOL Merry, I think she gets the questions in early...

2008-10-05T08:55:00.000+01:00

LOL Merry, I think she gets the questions in early because she knows my braincells start disintegrating after about 10am..

Mamacrow, thanks! We'll have a look for that. And I keep meaning to read some Cadfael, but never seem to get round to it. The Betty Boothroyd book sounds like one to look out for as well. I remember the publicity when it was new, but somehow got the impression it was

the Provincial Lady in Wartime (diary) er. E M Del...

2008-10-04T21:03:00.000+01:00

the Provincial Lady in Wartime (diary) er. E M Delafield? Is a fab read for 'life in wwii'.
dosn't answer the anti aircraft gun question, but talks about barage ballons which was new to me when I read it!

I certainly didn't learn my history at school either, but at home on our trips to houses and castles, and reading obsessivly (Rosemary Sutcliff, Kipling, Cadfael, etc etc)

We used to have the saying on the blog ring "and t...

2008-10-04T20:44:00.000+01:00

We used to have the saying on the blog ring "and then we had lunch" for really good, action packed HE days - but "and then we had breakfast" is definitely pushing the bounds of reasonableness. Play fair Super Mum! ;)

I definitely didn't learn it in school, Lou! Polit...

2008-10-03T19:25:00.000+01:00

I definitely didn't learn it in school, Lou! Political history is something I've always been interested in and I've just picked it up from TV, books and the radio over the years in the same way you probably have with nature and environment studies - not subjects I could answer many questions on!

How do you know so much history? I only studied it...

2008-10-03T18:42:00.000+01:00

How do you know so much history? I only studied it till GCSE year and remember very little!

Oh cool, thanks for that. It set us off on a voyag...

2008-10-02T19:06:00.000+01:00

Oh cool, thanks for that. It set us off on a voyage of WWII discovery via YouTube!

:-)She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

2008-10-02T17:14:00.001+01:00

:-)

She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhcbXeKJ3Y

L x

:-)She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

2008-10-02T17:14:00.000+01:00

:-)

She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhcbXeKJ3Y

L x

LOL, blush, I still don't know ;-) I did better th...

2008-10-02T11:56:00.000+01:00

LOL, blush, I still don't know ;-) I did better than expected, thanks! Wouldn't have been so hot on triangles though. "Um... yes, pointy, aren't they..?" or something..!

Fabulous stuff! (And, how do anti-aircraft guns ...

2008-10-02T10:48:00.000+01:00

Fabulous stuff! (And, how *do* anti-aircraft guns work??) All that interest first thing in the morning! I was fog-headed today and P was trying to explain something about triangles to me.. Sounds like you did very well!

Comments on Sometimes It's Peaceful: "So, Mum.. who's actually in charge of the country...

fantastic wake up!

If only you could! There must be a reason for it.

If only I could peer into the mind of the Queen to...

Riaz, I've heard that view expressed elsewhere and...

The Queen holds a 100% faith and trust in her pers...

I agree Riaz, but I think Lyddie's question was ab...

The global financial elite run this country. Polit...

LOL Merry, I think she gets the questions in early...

the Provincial Lady in Wartime (diary) er. E M Del...

We used to have the saying on the blog ring "and t...

I definitely didn't learn it in school, Lou! Polit...

How do you know so much history? I only studied it...

Oh cool, thanks for that. It set us off on a voyag...

:-)She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

:-)She might like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

LOL, blush, I still don't know ;-) I did better th...

Fabulous stuff! (And, how *do* anti-aircraft guns ...

Fabulous stuff! (And, how do anti-aircraft guns ...