Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard

[Montegriffo]

can i get a tl;dr summary of whats happening over there

Parliament had a vote on who should control the agenda in Parliament.
The choice was the Government or Parliament.
Parliament won and now have the opportunity to pass a bill to ensure there is no no-deal Brexit.
There are 3 days left before Parliament is suspended (if the courts allow a suspension).
The govt lost its majority when a Tory MP crossed the house and joined the Lib' Dem's.
Boris threw 21 Tory rebels out of the party including Churchill's grandson and the father of the house.
Boris has threatened to call a general election but doesn't have the 2/3rds majority needed to succeed in calling for an early election.

It's been a busy day.

[Speaker to Animals]

The Queen should just shut the fucking thing down temporarily and handle it herself. Get the dukes together. Involve the House of Lords as advisors but not decision makers.

Get it done already.

I bet that old battleaxe would have the Brussels bureaucrats shitting themselves in a negotiation too.

[Montegriffo]

The Queen should just shut the fucking thing down temporarily and handle it herself. Get the dukes together. Involve the House of Lords as advisors but not decision makers.

Get it done already.

She can't. She does what Parliament tells her as was decided in the civil war.
The last monarch who tried that shit got beheaded outside banqueting house in Whitehall.

[Speaker to Animals]

To whom do they swear allegiance?

[Montegriffo]

To whom do they swear allegiance?

Who?

[Speaker to Animals]

Wikipedia says she can, though opinions are divided over whether she would be successful, for whatever Wikipedia's opinion is worth.

She should do it.

[Speaker to Animals]

To whom do they swear allegiance?

Who?

I <suit-wearing corporate fluffer's name here> swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

[Montegriffo]

Wikipedia says she can, though opinions are divided over whether she would be successful, for whatever Wikipedia's opinion is worth.

She should do it.

She could try but would fail.
The Army swear allegiance to the Queen but take their orders from Parliament.

[TheReal_ND]

can i get a tl;dr summary of whats happening over there

Gay ops to distract from the ruination of England

[Speaker to Animals]

Wikipedia says she can, though opinions are divided over whether she would be successful, for whatever Wikipedia's opinion is worth.

She should do it.

She could try but would fail.
The Army swear allegiance to the Queen but take their orders from Parliament.

Does Parliament go to combat zones with them, or does the royal family?

When Parliament rolled the last time, they were serving in the New Model Army. These clowns would not risk anything. They have no skin in the game and thus no respect from those that do.

The royal family, though.. They take risks. They go to wars Parliament declares..