The Royals
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Not liking another bank holiday.1
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i managed to avoid seeing any footage of chaz & di's wedding until well into the 2010s, then was deliberately ambushed, hadn't missed anythingkingstongraham said:Quite impressed that I've managed to avoid any TV or radio coverage of it so far. Out of respect.
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avast, that clashes with international talk like a pirate day, we'll be missin' the funeral, arrrkingstongraham said:19th it is, official now.
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The kind of remembrance I can get on board with:0
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If we were doing a ‘post of the tour’ thread this is the winner.thegreatdivide said:In the spirit of 'The ToB doesn't come past my house'...turns out the funeral cortege will pass at the end of my street tomorrow on the way to Edinburgh. I'll give you all a wave - I'll be the one with the "Allez Opi-Omi" sign.
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Advanced alien civilisations intercepting our media streams, must be thinking, "I get it, the Queen was important and had a long reign, but come on, give it a bloody rest with the coverage!"0
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Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Because they cost a lot of money. Would have thought that was obvious.Stevo_666 said:
Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
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Not great for an economy which is suffering and already had an extra bank holiday in JuneStevo_666 said:
Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
I suffer all the downsides (school closed, nursery paid for, but closed etc.) and none of the upsides as my clients are not in the UK at the moment.0 -
Never...rjsterry said:
Because they cost a lot of money. Would have thought that was obvious.Stevo_666 said:
Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
I was asking Bean about his position, not if it was good or bad for the UK economy."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It would also cost a lot of money when half the employees in the UK pulled a sickie.rjsterry said:
Because they cost a lot of money. Would have thought that was obvious.Stevo_666 said:
Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I refuse to believe that more than 15% of the population will give a monkey’s and the majority of them will not be active members of the workforceblazing_saddles said:
It would also cost a lot of money when half the employees in the UK pulled a sickie.rjsterry said:
Because they cost a lot of money. Would have thought that was obvious.Stevo_666 said:
Why?TheBigBean said:Not liking another bank holiday.
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Saturday was an option as well.0
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The economy of the Netherlands must be getting a boost from all those flowers.0
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I’m glad it wasn’t, we’re up there on Saturday and I would have been forced to stand somewhere on the route. Even now there’s talk of us queuing for hours to see the coffin. My mother-in-law couldn’t understand why we aren’t booking an extra night in the hotel so we can watch the funeral.TheBigBean said:Saturday was an option as well.
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I think it's very respectful of the rest of the world to put their activities on hold so that the BBC is not distracted from covering 'news' of people laying flowers, reminiscing and driving cars around slowly.
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The UK economy grew by 0.2% in July, according to official data, following a sharp drop in the previous month.
The Office for National Statistics said the services sector was the biggest contributor to growth, helped by the UK hosting the Women's Euro Championship.
However, while the economy expanded in July, the growth was slower than analysts had expected.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell in June due to the extra bank holiday for the Queen's Jubilee.
GDP - which measures all the goods and services produced by the UK - fell by 0.6% in June because of two fewer working days.0 -
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It's normal. Fewer working days. Nothing to do with fragility.rick_chasey said:How fragile does growth need to be that a bank holiday or two has an material impact?
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Is anyone planning to go the lying-in-state?0
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The impact of one working day appears more significant when the growth trend is low, though. e.g. June's GDP growth was non-trivially negative when without the BH, it would apparently have been flat. Somehow -0.4% rather than 0.0% feels worse (and certainly attracts more media comment) than 0.4% rather than 0.8% for example, even if things even out over the course of a longer time period.TheBigBean said:
It's normal. Fewer working days. Nothing to do with fragility.rick_chasey said:How fragile does growth need to be that a bank holiday or two has an material impact?
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Has a very measurable impact on anything in manufacturing.0
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0.8% growth in a month would be pretty remarkable though when annualised.wallace_and_gromit said:
The impact of one working day appears more significant when the growth trend is low, though. e.g. June's GDP growth was non-trivially negative when without the BH, it would apparently have been flat. Somehow -0.4% rather than 0.0% feels worse (and certainly attracts more media comment) than 0.4% rather than 0.8% for example, even if things even out over the course of a longer time period.TheBigBean said:
It's normal. Fewer working days. Nothing to do with fragility.rick_chasey said:How fragile does growth need to be that a bank holiday or two has an material impact?
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I read the story about there being an expected 5 mile queue for the lying in state with waits of up to 20 hours. I guess there's a sense of wanting to be involved in a moment of history, but it's not for me.TheBigBean said:Is anyone planning to go the lying-in-state?
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My wife and daughter, I need to find something else to do in London for the hours they'll be queuing up. I might go to the IWM as I've never been before (assuming it is open).TheBigBean said:Is anyone planning to go the lying-in-state?
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If I could pop in at lunch time I might be tempted to see what's going on. Queueing makes it less appealing.
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The IWM is awesome and as the queue is extimated at 20 hours you may have time to fully explore it. Churchill's war rooms is also very good.Pross said:
My wife and daughter, I need to find something else to do in London for the hours they'll be queuing up. I might go to the IWM as I've never been before (assuming it is open).TheBigBean said:Is anyone planning to go the lying-in-state?
Do you know why they want to look at a dead body as it feels very macabre to me.
I also hate queueing so even if you offered me £1k I would have to think about it0 -
How has anyone managed to estimate the queue?0
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I think it's based on the assumption it will be loads more than for the Queen Mum twenty years ago.TheBigBean said:How has anyone managed to estimate the queue?
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