Barbados will remove the Queen from Head of State next year

[Denver]

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[Liam-]

They won’t be the last

#QUEXIT

[UserSince2005]

Caribbean Queen!!!

[Ramsay]

:clap1:

[UserSince2005]

Theyre just mad she prefers Jamaica and thinks they are irrelevant.

[Oliver_W]

Not really sure what they think that'll accomplish, but good for them?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Shetland did that

[Jordan.]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ShowyBowedIberianlynx-size_restricted.gif

[Denver]

Theyre just mad she prefers Jamaica and thinks they are irrelevant.

The same Jamaica that has been trying to get rid if the Queen for years?

[user104658]

Thing is, I think a lot of nations have a bit of affection for the Queen that they simply don't have for ol' sausage fingers next in line, so they're jumping ship before, instead of the widely respected Queen, they have a rubbish king which - let's face it - no one really wants.

Also I guess there's the whole uncomfortable "her son was messing about with underage girls but she doesn't really care" situation.

[Ammi]

Caribbean Queen!!!

...now she’s sharing the same Barbados dream...their hearts beat as one...no more love on the run...

[Ammi]

...the Queen responds...‘it’s a matter for the people...’....


...:lovedup:..

[Ramsay]

Brits out

[bots]

good luck to them. I wouldn't want some foreign family head of state either

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/barbados-to-remove-queen-as-head-of-state-next-year-12072973

Yes good luck to all in that zone

[Beso]

A lot of british living people from Barbados will up in arms about this, many houses I go in that contain an elderly woman have a picture of the queen on the wall.

[MTVN]

good luck to them. I wouldn't want some foreign family head of state either

Sounds a bit jingoistic

[Tom4784]

Good, the scars of colonialism will never heal while remnants of it remains.

[arista]

Yes tomorrow it is Free from the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59458431


Ch4HDnews is there

[Crimson Dynamo]

lets hope they pay homage to the massive benefits they have had bestowed on them,

[smudgie]

Will they still be part of the Commonwealth?
Take part in the games etc.
Good luck to them.

[Denver]

Will they still be part of the Commonwealth?
Take part in the games etc.
Good luck to them.

I think they are remaining a commonwealth

[smudgie]

I think they are remaining a commonwealth

Excellent.

[jet]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/little-england-not-any-more-barbados-is-becoming-little-china-kqlqmjp39

Little England? Not any more - Barbados is becoming Little China.

[Awash with cash from Beijing, the island is ditching the Queen. Some fear it is simply swapping one colonial master for another, writes Matthew Campbell.

…...It coincides with a plan by the island, famed for its rum cocktails, calypso contests and cricket stars, to sever its last colonial ties with the UK by declaring itself a republic on November 30. In a ceremony attended by Prince Charles, it will formally drop the Queen as head of state in favour of an elected President.
Some observers are wondering, however, if Barbados is dumping the symbolic British monarch in favour of a real and formidable emperor in Beijing…..

….The presence of Chinese labourers — I counted at least a dozen without entering the main building development — in a country trying to boost employment among its own population is a sensitive issue.
So, for different reasons, are the Chinese buses, Chinese-built houses and the Confucius Institute housed in a Chinese-style pavilion on a local university campus...etc…..etc...]

There are also concerns among some of the island's population that the issue was not put to a referendum and are frightened about the future.

[bots]

i thought the handover was all done very amicably. They are still in the commonwealth, but they want their own identity. I don't see the problem. If they are successful going forward, good for them, if not ... it's their country to run as they see fit

[Beso]

All the more for us.

[jet]

i thought the handover was all done very amicably. They are still in the commonwealth, but they want their own identity. I don't see the problem. If they are successful going forward, good for them, if not ... it's their country to run as they see fit

I love Barbados, I've been there several times and I worry about what will happen if they eventually can't pay back the massive loans China is bestowing on them for building work and roads, which is changing the fabric and culture of the country...but that's 'progress' I suppose.

[jet]

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2021/11/29/britains-prince-charles-hails-trusted-partnership-with-barbados-as-it-becomes-republic/

Britain's Prince Charles hails ‘trusted partnership’ with Barbados as it becomes republic

[Britain’s Prince Charles has travelled to Barbados to attend a ceremony marking the Caribbean country’s transition to a republic and to highlight the “close and trusted partnership” between the two nations.
The Prince of Wales touched down at Grantley Adams Airport in the island’s capital Bridgetown where he was given a red-carpet welcome by president-elect Dame Sandra Mason, Prime Minister Mia Motley and Scott Furssedonn-Wood, Britain’s high commissioner to Barbados.

A military guard of honour greeted Charles and a 21-gun salute rang out across the city.
Charles, 73, was due to deliver an address to islanders shortly after midnight, local time, as Barbados begins a new chapter in its history on November 30 – becoming a republic on the country’s 55th anniversary of independence from Britain]…..

It was all very friendly, I wish lovely Barbados all the best.

[arista]

[Barbados is becoming Little China.]


Yes China is lending money
as well.


Could end up another Debt trap
like in Africa
https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=378978

[user104658]

They wanted off the ship before Charles took the wheel, which is understandable really. The Queen IS the Commonwealth, she's the glue holding it together, it was never going to outlast her by more than one generation in all honesty. And there'll never be anything like it again unless another monarch dies young, because Liz's long reign has been key to all of it. William I think will be a popular monarch... but he's already pushing 40 and will likely be 50+ before he's king. And beyond that, he seems like a healthy chap, so Prince George is again unlikely to see the throne until 50/60+ ... there won't be another reign like this one again. Again, of course, unless a monarch dies young (in an accident or something). Their wealth and access to literally the best healthcare imaginable means a Royal is highly unlikely to die young from poor health these days.

[Nicky91]

well done Barbados :clap1: :clap1:

[Livia]

They're the latest in a long line of countries who have removed the Queen as head of state. To say the reason is to avoid Charles as head of state is pure conjecture. They'll still be part of the Commonwealth because it benefits them to be members.