British laws, before they're even seen by MPs, are presented to the monarch in what was called Queen's Consent. Now, King's Consent. They can make amendments to the laws before they're even public.
In 1968 the Queen negotiated clauses to the Race Relations Act exempting the Queen and the household from laws that prevent discrimination. They argued that it was "not the practice to appoint coloured immigrants or foreigners".
Far from racism having "no place"; the royal household is built on it.
Weird fluffy advent, day 1
One odd festive fluffball every day until #Christmas
What more could you want?
Bugger 😢 Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie dies at age 79 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/30/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-dies-at-age-79?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Morning Mastodon. It's #StAndrewsDay, so here's one of my favourite things about #Scotland
I realise I could be referring to all #HighlandCows as they are all a shaggy haired and horned delight, BUT I am specifically referring to this one because this is the Best Highland Cow.
Have a good one.
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.