The ritual may be silly and outdated, but by making a point out of your refusal to go along, you are making the situation about you.
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As I say, it's not about principles, it's about performative non-compliance, which I find depressingly immature in a 68 year-old.
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There is no constitutional requirement for any elected politician to bow before an unelected monarch who was born into the job
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I know. I'm not making a pro- monarchy argument, nor suggesting that bowing is sensible, rational or appropriate in the modern age. It's...
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...plainly not As I say (and I shan't bore you with further repeats), it's about what looks to me like a childish refusal to follow protocol
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Honest question - do you not think you're possibly over-thinking the whole thing a bit here? Like, a whole bunch of people didn't bow..
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Yeah, probably.
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Not great JHB - this is the 2nd tweet of yours today that I've agreed with. This is uncharted territory.
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You are wrong, Julia. The deference is to the office, not the person. You would salute your CO if in forces?
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God help you lol.
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It's his other principles that are the real problem.
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If he feels that strongly he should have stayed sitting on the bench instead of going to hear the queens speech, he wasn't required!
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Will he stick to his principles and tell the Queen of his country that he sees her as a waste of time when he overturns government? Deluded!
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'Corbyn' and 'principles' do not belong in the same room, never mind sentence.
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Only time I'll probably ever RT or like a tweet of yours. Not that will bother you at all, of course lol
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I'm an atheist too but if I'm in church (rare weddings deaths) although I don't sing hymns, kneel or prayer I do rise & fall out of respect.
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what you do/believe is irrelevant were you present at the Queens speech? No! Are you wanting (so desperately/JC) to lead the UK? No...
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And lastly sticking to his principles? You did not claim he was a man of principles during the EU ref. Wait he soon sold his principles out!
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What principles?,,
@jeremycorbyn is a complete Twat, hope I never meet the prick#hatewithapassionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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