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September 2022 at 14.29
I've
received an email "following the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II Saturday's meeting will be cancelled."
I
wanted to reply directly (didn't, but shared with some others who would have
attended) as follows:-
"For
Goodness Sake!
How
does the the death of Her Majesty impinge at all on our activities?
What
are we, who may have had to rearrange our diaries, supposed to do instead?
Lie
prostrate with grief holding a damp handkerchief to our leaking eyes?
Read
improving books?
Don't
think I didn't have a great respect for
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, especially
her work ethic.
She
exemplified carrying on with what needs doing despite the circumstances,
continuing to deal with red boxes whilst in mourning for HRH Prince Philip and
until days before her death.
And
my goodness there are a lot of things that need doing in the country at the
moment.
If
there is anyone struck with grief due to the death of Her Majesty then they
have my sympathy, but really life and work goes on.
Yours
puzzled
Bentonbag”
Miss Doozer HOW DARE YOU NOT BE LYING PROSTRATE RIGHT NOW CRYING INTO A JUBILEE TEA TOWEL!!!!
Bentonbag I must admit
that in knit&natter this morning I marked the occasion by knitting a pair
of wings for the HM I made LDNorthEast for the Jubilee, she's sitting
angelically under the display tree. I'm
hoping she can go on top of the Xmas tree, but more tasteful voices might
prevail.
Miss Doozer I approve of that. I was going to put a black ribbon in Charlie's
mane then I realised you can't see it against the rest of the black pony and
we're not going out anyway because he's lame.
Miss Doozer Good excuse
to get out of a meeting though?
Bentonbag Yes, but
those organising the meeting prefer not to have democratic discussions and people
asking them questions, so stuff that should have been covered has been kicked
down the road again.
Mr Earth Agreed.
Ms Delune Luckily for
us we’re covered but the performative mourning is going to cost those in the
events sector a week’s wages plus, and those on UC will be penalised due to the
minimum income floor: a closed Parliament means they can’t do anything to
address that. Can’t imagine anyone has
savings so soon after covid.
I admired her in part because she was the Queen of ‘keep
calm and carry on’, not pointless competitive weeping that leaves people short
on food.
Mr Colliery I was
looking forward to going to the East Anglian Traditional Music Day in
Stowmarket tomorrow, but it’s been called off owing to several venues being
unavailable due to “Royal Demise Protocols”. What?
Mr Currynapper Mr Colliery: the protocol is apparently that it's up to the event organiser what they
do.
It's so you can all go and stand outside Buck House gates
to watch, er, nothing at all.
Mrs Currynapper As I
commented in an earlier post, I volunteer at a local performance venue. The guidance we have been given is that
cancellations and closures are up to the discretion of the individual
organisation. We have shows at the
weekend, the promoters have said they are happy to go ahead so that is what is
happening. We have had no customers
complaining or telling us they won't be coming. The main calls were people checking that shows
were still on. We do plan to close on
the day of the funeral as the conference being held has been cancelled.
Bentonbag GOV.UK The Demise of Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: National Mourning Guidance
"Major Events, Entertainment & Sports
There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and
sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning
period. This is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of
respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events
or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral.
They are under no obligation
to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations.
If sporting fixtures or events are planned for the day of
the State Funeral, organisations may want to adjust the event timings so they
do not clash with the timings of the funeral service and associated
processions. As a mark of respect, and in keeping with the tone of National Mourning,
organisers may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem
at the start of events or sporting fixtures, and players may wish to wear black
armbands."
Ms Delune Absolutely. People are jumping in that bandwagons left
right and centre though- weirdly even markets which people rely on for cheap
food I get funeral day absolutely
(praying it’s the Monday as there’s a meeting on the Tuesday about my son
that’s taken me two years to pull everyone together for)
Miss Doozer The T20 Eng
v India women's cricket is still on.
Mr E Twin I thought
cancelling today's racing was a particularly incongruous mark of respect
Bentonbag Definitely. Black armbands would have done the job just as
well, with much less inconveniece to all.
Bentonbag Or even
inconvenience.
Bess Cavalier The meeting
I was clerking on Thursday evening was opened and adjourned to goodness knows
when. The three meetings I should have
been clerking this coming week have all been postponed as well as the official
handing over of our Letters Patent conferring city status on MK - although I
get why that's been postponed as the Lord Lieutenant is probably a bit busy at
the moment.
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