FROM a hard Megxit for Meghan and Harry, to mockery of the US Space Force's new "camouflage" uniform, This Reporter brings you the news headlines on Monday 20th January 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use their matching His and Her's Royal Highness titles, won't undertake any royal duties and pay back the £2.4million of taxpayer's money used to refurbish Frogmore Cottage, as the result of discussions with the Queen about their future outside the senior ranks of the royal family.
And it is fair to say Harry and Meghan have been pushed out of the royal fold far further than they had anticipated, when first they publicly aired their wish to step back from they roles as senior royals and share their time between Canada and England.
Harry, speaking for the first time about the "royal furore", expressed his great sadness at having to step back from royal duties. "Our hope was to continue to serve the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations without public funding. Unfortunately that was not possible". He continued they had not taken the decision lightly but there was "no other option".
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to project a giant clock face on to Downing Street on the evening of 31st January (Brexit Day) to try and rectify the disaster, which became his "bung a bob for the Big Ben Bong" fundraising campaign.
Other, hastily whipped up, delights to look forward to on Brexit Day, include a light show and Union Flags flying in Parliament Square, whilst a commemorative coin will finally go into circulation after a previous itineration was melted down when Brexit was postponed.
There is much chatter about moving the House of Lords to some northern clime such as the city of York. The conversation has arisen out of the need to make the government far more northern-centric and not just sequestered away in London. It also works as a handy blindside to distract from constant debate over whether the unelected chamber should be scrapped completely.
Concerns over exactly how the moving of the Lords will work on a practical level have been aired, with good reason, particularly the role of Black Rod becoming quite the cross country adventure on formal occasions. Will he travel all the way to London only to have the Commons' door slammed upon him?
And finally, the US Space Force, set up by President Donald Trump, as a brand new branch of the armed forces - we can only speculate - to battle aliens, has been given its uniform. And "mockery" would be the principal word to encapsulate the response.
It transpires that in a bid to save costs of designing and producing a different one to that worn by the military on planet earth, those catapulted space-side will also be wearing full woodland camouflage.
As you can imagine, this has produced much chortling on social media, with "Space is black... I think this is an important distinction when designing a camouflage uniform", and "how many trees are you expecting to find in space?" amongst the roll in the aisles, "hilarious" reactions.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use their matching His and Her's Royal Highness titles, won't undertake any royal duties and pay back the £2.4million of taxpayer's money used to refurbish Frogmore Cottage, as the result of discussions with the Queen about their future outside the senior ranks of the royal family.
And it is fair to say Harry and Meghan have been pushed out of the royal fold far further than they had anticipated, when first they publicly aired their wish to step back from they roles as senior royals and share their time between Canada and England.
Harry, speaking for the first time about the "royal furore", expressed his great sadness at having to step back from royal duties. "Our hope was to continue to serve the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations without public funding. Unfortunately that was not possible". He continued they had not taken the decision lightly but there was "no other option".
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to project a giant clock face on to Downing Street on the evening of 31st January (Brexit Day) to try and rectify the disaster, which became his "bung a bob for the Big Ben Bong" fundraising campaign.
Other, hastily whipped up, delights to look forward to on Brexit Day, include a light show and Union Flags flying in Parliament Square, whilst a commemorative coin will finally go into circulation after a previous itineration was melted down when Brexit was postponed.
There is much chatter about moving the House of Lords to some northern clime such as the city of York. The conversation has arisen out of the need to make the government far more northern-centric and not just sequestered away in London. It also works as a handy blindside to distract from constant debate over whether the unelected chamber should be scrapped completely.
Concerns over exactly how the moving of the Lords will work on a practical level have been aired, with good reason, particularly the role of Black Rod becoming quite the cross country adventure on formal occasions. Will he travel all the way to London only to have the Commons' door slammed upon him?
And finally, the US Space Force, set up by President Donald Trump, as a brand new branch of the armed forces - we can only speculate - to battle aliens, has been given its uniform. And "mockery" would be the principal word to encapsulate the response.
It transpires that in a bid to save costs of designing and producing a different one to that worn by the military on planet earth, those catapulted space-side will also be wearing full woodland camouflage.
As you can imagine, this has produced much chortling on social media, with "Space is black... I think this is an important distinction when designing a camouflage uniform", and "how many trees are you expecting to find in space?" amongst the roll in the aisles, "hilarious" reactions.
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