Berlusca gets a right royal telling off

[gardahomes]

I should write headlines for the tabloids, shouldn't I?

apologies if this has already been posted but this made me laugh this morning while scanning the online papers...

'Why does he have to shout?': Berlusconi annoys the Queen at G20 photoshoot - and nearly takes Obama down with him | Mail Online
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you tell him, ma'am..

[Bagni]

Belusconi at least has been elected to office and been given a mandate by the Italian people unlike the lady in question. Keep the good work and reforms going Belo.

[Carole B]

These days, alas, for that buffoon it's par for the course!

Trouble is, he thinks everyone likes/enjoys his behaviour. I'm waiting to see if he's going to be on the receiving end of a right hook if he tries his bad manners on that 'other First Lady'?. After all she stands at an impressive 5ft 11in and his poison dwarf stature can hardly match up to that if all 5ft 11in is packed behind the right hook...


Just let me be a fly on the wall when it happens - please!

[Noma]

Michelle's manners are too good. Plus she's a firm believer in non-violence (though I admit I wouldn't mind seeing her knock this Bozo on his arse).

[Oneto15]

Originally Posted by Bagni

Belusconi at least has been elected to office and been given a mandate by the Italian people unlike the lady in question. Keep the good work and reforms going Belo.

Bagni.

Are you serious?

The 'lady in question' is a Constitutional Monarch and by right The Head of State, she has no need of a mandate. Mandates in our system of Gov't are reserved for those lesser mortals that we elect to represent us in Parliament. It may not be perfect, and indeed, in some cases far from it, but it is a system that has both evolved and served us well for almost 800 years (1215ad- Magna Carta).

Now let me ask you a question. Of the two HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, which one has been investigated almost continuously for the past few years on (& I'm being generous here) suspicion of criminal corruption? I know which one I would trust, and I'm not a royalist.

[Bagni]

Yes I agree he has been and is probably still under investigation but he has achieved office not by being lucky enough to have been born in the right bed but by being freely elected by the people

[Oneto15]

Originally Posted by Bagni

Yes I agree he has been and is probably still under investigation but he has achieved office not by being lucky enough to have been born in the right bed but by being freely elected by the people

Bagni.

I think you're missing the point about the UK system of Gov't. You can't compare apples with oranges. If you want to pick holes in our system you should compare and contrast like with like.

[Carole B]

Originally Posted by Bagni

Yes I agree he has been and is probably still under investigation but he has achieved office not by being lucky enough to have been born in the right bed but by being freely elected by the people

The system of government in the UK is by freely elected Members of Parliament. The party that wins most seats on a first past the post system theie Leader then gets permission from the Queen to form a government.

But Her Majesty the Queen is a Constututional Monarch. She carries out the wishes of her government (duly elected by her people). It is well known that she has very firm points of view on many matters, and no doubt she makes these known to her Prime Minister of the day - but at the end of that day - her word carries far less weight than an 'elected' President in a democratic republic.

I haven't got a lot of time for many of the royal family, but this lady has conducted her long life entirely free of scandal or even a minimal hint of wrong doing, and for that I respect and admire her greatly. I think she is one of the biggest assets that Britain has, or has ever had!

I'm absolutely certain that the same cannot be said of Signor Berlusconi's life to date!

[Steve Graham]

OK, then. Can you explain why Elizabeth is one of the richest people on Earth? Much, much richer than Silvio, and yet she's never done a day's work in her life. (While I assume that Silvio has done "a little bit of this, a little bit of that".)

"Biggest asset" my ass.

[Carole B]

Originally Posted by Steve Graham

OK, then. Can you explain why Elizabeth is one of the richest people on Earth? Much, much richer than Silvio, and yet she's never done a day's work in her life. (While I assume that Silvio has done "a little bit of this, a little bit of that".)

"Biggest asset" my ass.

I presume you are speaking of her personal wealth in which case it is my belief that she would have inherited this from her father and mother. Follow that with good advice and wise investments over many years (and one or two well placed bets at the bookies) and you have a rich woman. Of course if you want to add her 'State' wealth (which most people seem to want to) to her personal wealth, then yes, she is a very rich woman (Croesus eat your heart out). But that 'State' wealth doesn't belong to her but to our country. I see that as being the tools of her job - but they are on loan to her from the British people.

I think if you want to compare the 'personal wealth' of Berlusconi with others, then try people who work in the same field... try with Rupert Murdoch, or William Randolph Hearst or Lord Beaverbrook. Or perhaps Richard Branson would be a good comparison...

I fully accept that you may see things differently and will probably disagree with any discussion which is 'pro' Elizabeth II. (Please note - I did not say 'pro royal family'). But I shall continue to admire and respect Her Majesty regardless of what you or others think of her. AND I stand by my belief that she is an asset to Britain.