Just to be suitably festive, I'm gonna rant about the Queen's speech. Typically, in this age of rolling news and constant updates, the content of the speech has been leaked. Tomorrow's caring missive will see the figure of ultimate anachronism sit in her palace (can't remember which one she lurks in at this time of year) and tell the unwashed multitude that 'times is hard' (paraphrase). No doubt there will be a Christmas tree in the background that was not bought in the Woolies clearout and will be festooned with baubles that cost more than many people's redundancy packages.
Now, this isn't just an anti-Royalist rant, this is a Mosca anti-royalist rant, so I'll try to provide some context. It's not the Queen's speech per se that I am am railing against (although obviously I am not a fan) it's the very notion that her Madge commenting on the financial difficulties can make a shred of difference, and not simply come across as condescending, patronising, and downright offensive. Hence the title to this yuletide post. Those of us who are watching the pennies, struggling with juggling multiple responsibilities/jobs/debts surely don't need the very emblem of the worst excesses of inequality to look at us from her Christmas-paradise (filmed ages ago so it doesn't impinge on her family time...) and point out what we already know, because we are living it.
If she broadcasts the actual speech live sheltering under a railway bridge, with only a cardboard box for comfort, whilst Philip shoots up with a bag of junk he had to flog the carriage for, then, and only then might I take it seriously.
Oh, and Merry Christmas to one and all!
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