“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”
With Gordon Brown out of the country, Her Majesty the Queen has held an unprecedented meeting with Bank of England Governor Mervyn King in private, with no officials present to record the conversation.
One can only presume that like the rest of the country, she wanted to know what was really going on.
Interesting times; remember Australia 1977, her representative, Sir John Kerr, dismissed a similarly bankrupt labour PM and his government?
Let us hope that some MPs have taken heed of Daniel Hannan’s performance yesterday and developed a backbone in time for Prime Ministers Question Time today.
A palace coup? We can but hope.
Anna is the landlady of the Raccoon Arms. She lives in the Monbazillac area of South West France and still takes a keen interest in British politics.
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AR you’ve got me really excited now. It would be more fun if Queenie leaves her dissolution of parliament until next year though as it will be the 100 year anniversary of the last time it happened here.
So much for democracy eh?
It wouldn’t take much, even for the royal family (not mine by the way), to think that maybe all’s not well in the country. However, me thinks their interest is in merely their own fortunes and not that of the subjects, unless of course, it impinges on their benefit.
However, I can see a Hollywood musical coming out of ‘these troubled times’ as well as a return to the Poor Laws, street urchins and people living on the streets – not the royals of course, they are above such dastardlyness.
I pondered upon this and I think I know why she wanted to see him in private.
I think she is upset that Sterling is almost in line with the Euro – and she may not have her horsey little head on our bank notes and coins anymore.
Blink,
I think you do Her Maj a disservice. An uncle of mine served on board HMS Brittannia and can’t speak highly enough of HM, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. People very much in tune with the people, particularly HM, it is politically difficult for her to voice her opinion in public but you can be rest assured that Brownfinger will get a regular earful over tea and scones.