The Queen is much-loved in Britain so you would have to be full of yourself to say such things. But Leftists ARE generally full of themselves. He also appears to be of Maltese extraction so may not like Britain generally.
"An aide to a shadow minister was yesterday forced to apologise for a ‘shameful slur’ which likened the Queen to a benefit scrounger.
Matt Zarb-Cousin, who works for shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter, provoked outrage by suggesting the Queen had been ‘scrounging benefits off the taxpayer’ for 60 years.
As the Queen marked 60 years on the throne, Mr Zarb-Cousin wrote on Twitter: ‘Congratulations this morning to Queen Elizabeth II. 60 years of scrounging benefits off the taxpayer without being caught.’
But Mr Zarb-Cousin, who is also on the left-wing Fabian society’s youth committee, was later forced to apologise after he was given a dressing down by his bosses.
Labour sources said that the aide had been given a ‘carpeting’ after Mr Slaughter became aware of his controversial remarks.
Describing his behaviour as ‘totally unacceptable’, the Shadow Justice minister said: ‘The Queen has given great service to our country and these comments are totally unacceptable.
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He is of course entitled to express his opinion but he also must wear any condemnation of it. As it is he appears to have suffered little in the way of consequences, other than having killed off any future political aspirations he may have had. Even a return to Malta might not help him. Malta is a member of the British Commonwealth and the Queen is generally held in high esteem there.
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History will note that it was an over abundance of tolerance, misguided compassion, and a national weakness, especially when it comes to foreigners, that doomed Britain. And you won't have to wait a hundred years to see it.
guy should be fired on the spot. I'll stop short for arresting him for defamation of the Crown, High Treason, and such things though he probably could be under some old law.
Might be fun to see him try to defend himself against a 16th or 17th century statute criminalising insults to the Crown (which no doubt, and rightfully, exists).
WHAT?!?
He called the Queen a "benefit scrounger"?
Oh, what a scoundrel! He needs to have a stern talking to post haste!
I never thought I'd agree with a Fabian, but exactly what did he say that was wrong? In case you hadn't noticed the treasonous old cow hasn't saved your beloved Britannia from becoming a multiracial, multicultural hellhole. The Queen is the one who should be done for high treason.
Back in the olden days he would have ended up in the dungeon or on the rack
Somebody please, please, tell me I'm not the only one that after seeing only the headline, thought, "Why would a liberal have a problem with Freddie Mercury?" :)
A very interesting point Anon 2:27, and one that most Brits will avoid. Apparently, they like to pretend their country hasn't become a welcoming place for radical Muslims and Sharia Law, and all while the queen was busy waving at everyone.
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