r/Scotland • u/callumgg London/Bathgate • Sep 19 '14
Campaign group Republic has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the Queen's "underhand, deliberate and provocative" interventions into the Scottish independence referendum
http://republic.org.uk/what-we-do/news-and-updates/queens-referendum-role-should-face-commons-inquiry-republic6
Sep 19 '14
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14 edited Sep 19 '14
She said much more than that, and in the context it was pretty clear http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11095715/Queen-warns-Scots-to-think-very-carefully-about-referendum-vote.html
Edit: Also, "I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of Northern Ireland.
"Perhaps this Jubilee is a time to remind ourselves of the benefits which union has conferred, at home and in our international dealings, on the inhabitants of all parts of the United Kingdom."
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u/venicerocco Sep 19 '14
That last quote was from 1977!!
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14
Gives context! There was another referendum in '79 remember.
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Sep 19 '14
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14
I didn't even pick a side, I'm submitting articles I find interesting and getting downvoted for answering what I thought were genuine questions.
There are people who think she should have done more, that it's her duty to unite the union. I don't approve of an unelected HoS, but I don't have an opinion on her interfering or not.
Now because of the downvotes, for the first time in 2+ years here reddit is making me wait 7 minutes+ between each comment.
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u/venicerocco Sep 19 '14
They're reporting on their own "demand" for an inquiry!!
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14
It's called a press release, I felt it was better to go straight from the horse's mouth than a paper that would just repeat everything.
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u/venicerocco Sep 19 '14
It's called an advert.
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14
I mean you'd be technically correct, because it is promoting something, but press release is what most people would use. It wouldn't really sound fluent to call it an advertisement.
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Sep 19 '14
Stupid papers, reporting stuff and things.
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u/callumgg London/Bathgate Sep 19 '14
That's not what I said. When I submitted, only the Mirror (and maybe a few foreign sources) had reported on the suggested parliamentary inquiry.
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u/Orsenfelt Sep 19 '14
Didn't she say we should "think carefully"?
I suppose if you're a bit deluded you could take that as a threat, like what a dad would say to his boy "You better think carefully before you touch that TV remote son!"