Yesterday was the Queen's 90th birthday. I hope she had a nice one, as I think she is eminently sensible, and feel she has been a stabilising influence in the country. What I don't like, however, is the culture of privilege by birth. That's not the Queen's fault. She is doing what she was brought up to do. She doesn't know any different. The institution of Monarchy has become archaic.
This morning the death of another famous entertainer was announced. So what.
There is copious and stupidly hysterical press coverage of both stories. What the press ought to be giving such extensive coverage to, is the shocking treatment by our national government of those with mental disabilities. But the press would evidently rather fill the public's heads with celebrity stories, than with the real news.
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