Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth

A great statement from John Sentamu in House of Lords


Last Saturday in the House of Lords the man who was the Archbishop of York from 2005 to 2020 spoke about the Queen following her death two days earlier. As we prepare to experience her funeral it is lovely to … Continue reading

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Some of the comments from yesterday about the Queen


It was one of the very infrequent events when Parliament was open on a Saturday at the same day as the Prince Charles was formally adopted as the King Charles III. The complete list of statements that emerged yesterday in … Continue reading

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Government and Parliament have made a bad decision


Many of us are involved in the petitions that we submit to the Government as we have done for many years. According to the e-petition website that “UK Government and Parliament” coordinates it that there is now a statement in the … Continue reading

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Parliament opens after 6 weeks of silence from most MPs


Today our Parliament will finally re-open after far too many weeks of close down by the Government due to an unrealistic period of their leader being replaced. Today we will discover the new Prime Minister and tomorrow Alexander Boris de … Continue reading

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It was great to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee


Our celebration was with a family of our local friends and we enjoyed the lights emerging because of what was happening around the Nation. The image here is from one of my colleagues, Steve Voice who used to work for … Continue reading

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Some nice words about our Queen and her Jubilee


Yesterday a friend of mine here in Brighton, Andy Winter wrote a piece that he has included in his blog and also in his column in the Argus newspaper yesterday about his experience of meeting the Queen. It is a … Continue reading

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Last week was a strange opening of the Parliament


It was very sad that Parliament opened up last week for the first time since 1963 without our Queen able to attend and read the statement provided by the Government. She was previously prevented from attending when she was pregnant … Continue reading

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Congratulations to the Queen


Today is 70 years since the tragic death of Princess Elizabeth’s Father who was our Nations King until that day. King George VI was a very significant man and indeed his wife was also very significant until her death many … Continue reading

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Will the Tories persuade the Queen to turbo-charge our Nation?


This group of words emerged as headline in the Daily Mail last Tuesday and the article focused on a recent group of calls by the Government to try to persuade our Queen to turbo-charge our nation. The word turbo-charge has … Continue reading

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There needs to be major changes from No 10 Downing Street


A significant number of people well outside of party politics are raising concerns, about the amount of money being spent on redecoration of the flat above No 11 Downing Street. Yet these reactions are not the only issues that are … Continue reading

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