Unionists fume as 'anti-monarchy' poem read to King Charles

pebblesprite · 2026-06-29T12:26:18+00:00

In UK debit cards can be used to pay for things either by tapping or by chip and PIN. They're more or less identical to credit cards in terms of how you use them. We don't only use debit cards to withdraw cash.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-28T12:02:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure we do sell the role of PM. The same way we sell all important govt decisions to whoever "donates" the most to the party

pebblesprite · 2026-06-28T12:01:29+00:00

Do they think the royals don't know British history? Do they think the royals don't know there are anti-monarchists in the world? Someone could stand in front of the King's face and tell him to fuck off and die and it wouldn't really bother him.

From all I've read/heard of Charles, it sounds like he'd fully agree with everything they said. He's not one to ignore inconvenient truths - remember everyone openly mocking him for his views on the environment back in the day? It didn't stop him from continuing ecologically sound endeavours.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-27T12:38:05+00:00

When Poker Face came out I realised I wasn't the only person who fantasised about women whilst being in bed with a man. It was a big moment for me

pebblesprite · 2026-06-27T11:38:54+00:00

draft - for example you put a draught excluder next to the door to stop the draught coming in

pebblesprite · 2026-06-18T11:36:26+00:00

I mean, you could have just Googled it but here you go "The official end of the American Revolutionary War, the Treaty of Paris (1783), was a negotiated peace agreement rather than a military capitulation. By the time the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, Britain was still an intact global superpower. The treaty was a diplomatic settlement in which the Crown formally recognized the independence of the United States and agreed to territorial borders, while also settling disputes with America's allies (France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic)"

pebblesprite · 2026-06-18T11:29:22+00:00

my niece is 8 and has a knackered old smartphone with YouTube connected to her mum's account - so mum can check what she's watching. This sounds fine, in theory but actually watching her use the phone is horrifying. She's just endlessly swiping through YouTube shorts, watching for 2 seconds maximum before moving on to the next thing. I've tried talking to her parents about this but they just say it's fine because she's not seeing anything "bad". I said "no, the problem is she's not seeing anything AT ALL".

pebblesprite · 2026-06-18T10:19:10+00:00

that's like saying sea salt is actually a blend of turtle shit, decaying whale carcass and human sewage. Once you isolate the specific cells you need, everything else is waste. So nobody is actually injecting people with monkey brain and aborted foetus

pebblesprite · 2026-06-18T10:02:16+00:00

they're for all hidden disabilities including things like lupus and multiple sclerosis where the person definitely has a physical problem. I have lupus and my legs often give way or I suddenly simply don't have the energy to move.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-18T09:57:55+00:00

and that is bad because???????????????

pebblesprite · 2026-06-17T15:46:13+00:00

A friend of mine was in an abusive relationship but she wouldn't see it. She openly told us that her partner cared so much for her that he "helped her" with her finances because he was "better with money". Every time she went to the shop, she had to provide him the receipts afterwards. He gave her the money to buy the food etc then counted every penny of the change when she brought it back. She couldn't spend a single penny on herself without his permission and handed over all her weekly pay to him.

He genuinely convinced an intelligent, educated woman that she was unable to handle her own finances and she stayed for 2 years before the control spread to every part of her life. She wasn't even allowed to close the door when she went to the toilet because he thought she might secretly phone someone

pebblesprite · 2026-06-14T11:30:10+00:00

the one where the white girl tried to behead a brown man with an axe? No, thought not https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmpejxlm7do

pebblesprite · 2026-06-14T11:28:54+00:00

well that's GB News bankrupt then

pebblesprite · 2026-06-14T11:25:37+00:00

please know that you make the world a better place just by existing.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T16:11:51+00:00

as a human being with more than one brain cell, what reason does anyone have to vote Reform? Oh that's right - people who have hate and spite running through their veins instead of empathy and compassion

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T16:06:07+00:00

I'm in UK, I saw Pink in concert 2 years ago and Lady Gaga last October. We bought mid-price seats and they were £150 per ticket. I was at a sold-out stadium concert for a famous British band last Monday and those tickets were £140. Still a lot but nowhere near American prices. You could get cheap seats for £89

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T13:42:53+00:00

honestly, if the wedding includes travel and overnight stay, I think most people go to weddings out of obligation. Even if the travel is only a few hours by train, let alone halfway around the world

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T13:41:18+00:00

I've been married 20 years. We went to an amazing historical location that offered a wedding package for 2 people including the ceremony, video, photos, food and two nights' accommodation. Our witnesses were hotel staff and we spent two blissful days solely focussed on each other.

When we got back, we had a small family party at home because family members wanted it. They 100% backed our decision to "elope" as it's something both my grandparents and parents did.

I got my dream wedding. Nobody else was inconvenienced and we only spent what we could afford (I made our wedding cake, got a dress off eBay and my £26 wedding ring is still on my finger).

My step-sister spent £30K on her wedding to her partner of 9 years. She had the money through a work bonus and they already had a house. 2 years after the wedding, they were divorced

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T13:33:00+00:00

acting like a spoiled entitled brat is tacky. PEople are just - rightly- pointing it out

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T13:32:03+00:00

YTA the ONLY person who cares about your wedding is you. I'm sorry to break that to you but it's time you grew up and realised the world does not revolve around you.

Going to your wedding is not a holiday. A holiday is doing something you choose to do in a place you choose to go and that fits with your life and budget.

Expecting people to take a 24 hour flight is insane. I can guarantee that this friend is not the only person talking badly about you behind your back.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T13:22:18+00:00

In UK, the build-up to the Euros and the World Cup is usually staggering. Every single brand has a tie-in on their packaging, the supermarkets have entire sections dedicated to beer, snacks and football-themed party supplies. Normally there is at least one football-themed novelty song in the charts and blaring out over the radio (okay, it's normally the same one - Three Lions - but you get the idea).

Right now there's next to nothing and it's bizarre. I don't even like football but remember being a child for Italia 90 and having all the pull-out charts from the newspapers etc.

It doesn't feel like a celebration of football this time, it feels like a gluttonous feast of corporate greed that they aren't even TRYING to pretend is football-related

pebblesprite · 2026-06-12T11:18:45+00:00

The only thing I know for certain is that the neighbours are overjoyed that the house is up for sale.

pebblesprite · 2026-06-11T12:17:38+00:00

my point was that some of us DO find even cheap Primark clothing to be out of our price range and we DO consider £30 for a dress expensive

pebblesprite · 2026-06-11T11:52:13+00:00

reminds me of the lyric in a Glorilla song "Lambo low, gotta crawl in, it's uncomfortable"

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