Pomp and Ceremony - did it work?

The Queen;  She is getting old but still holds us together.  I am hardly a royalist but do respect her presence on the British stage.  She reminds me that doing one's duty whatever it may be is the only way forward.  All those years ago she was given a job and she is doing fine. Prince Charles, king in waiting, I also have respect for him, his heart is also in the right place and he writes very well. 

Gossip about the royal family, slinks around in the news like  volcano lava crawling slowly forward - black and evil.

Alright the privilege of being very rich is hardly likely to garner my approval, such things are, but I can do little to change them. 

Some things I did not like at the Queen's Speech was the smirk on Boris's face, though I am ever hopeful he will not be the prime minster for long. The showmanship of this royal function was of course to steer us, the public off track - a cynical manoeuvre, but noted in the political kerfuffle we are living through at the moment.  Always like to be treated as stupid by my superiors - smile.

John Crace of the Guardian of course goes one further - Queen reduced to furious front woman for grubby election stunt.  Which perhaps captures the moment.  Corbyn walking with Johnson, who was trying to make conversation with him, just ignored him, sweet.

Johnson (and Cummings) have probably made one fatal mistake  bringing the Crown into their machinations, they have devalued it in the eyes of many, there is only so many times you can call for a State occasion to drum up your own poor performance.  I am sure the Queen would have been much happier talking to the latest drum horse on her payroll.

So well done Her Majesty, you did not look very happy reading out the political manifesto and for us it was just another batch of words that meant nothing!