Posted on 08/30/2025 3:39:31 AM PDT by Salman
Queen Elizabeth II had opinions on all sorts of subjects; it was just that she chose not to share them. Or, more accurately, she did sometimes share them, but those who heard were usually too discreet to repeat them. As George Osborne says, “I was constantly astonished by how candid she was and that none of this ever came out. She’d be very forthright in telling you what she thought of individuals, including members of her own family, and what she thought about things going on in the country.”
Another politician tells how the Queen once mentioned over drinks that she was due to see Pakistan’s General Musharraf, who would later be found guilty of violating the country’s constitution and sentenced to death in absentia. “Isn’t he just a crook?” she said. “Isn’t he just completely corrupt?” The group she was talking to were lost for words at this, so one of them turned the conversation to horse racing and asked whether she watched the Channel 4 preview programme The Morning Line. She said,“I really like the Channel 4 coverage in the afternoon, and I always like to watch it when my horses are running, but The Morning Line? I can’t watch it. I can’t stand that man John McCririck.”
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They knocked it off after we invaded Iraq.
Iran used to be ruled by a Shah. He was pro-Western and he tried to be modern. Then they decided to overthrow him. Now Iran is a theocracy. They were better off under the Shah.
No they didn’t. They might have sent it through a more circuitous hard to trace route. But don’t believe for a second they stopped.
The Shah was an evil POS who tortured and executed people constantly. He deserved to be overthrown. The problem there is it’s the mideast. Only bad guys compete in the middle east so only bad guys win. So one blood thirsty dictator overthrew another. But the Shah was still evil.
No she didn’t, she was an awful queen. Britain’s decline was under her and not once did she say or do anything. She acted like a celebrity, caring only about being liked by the media, and took no action toward her duties to her nation and her people.
Look at John McCririck. I understand why the queen did not like him....
Weird looking to say the least https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/john-mccriricks-haunting-prediction-death-22212604
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