Comments on: The Queen for the fourth plinth? http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/ Insights from the UK and beyond Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Chris http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-6950 Chris Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:18:33 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-6950 Lovely idea, buy why include a horse? Couldn't she just be herself? Lovely idea, buy why include a horse? Couldn’t she just be herself?

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4986 Mike Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:43:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4986 Yes, it has to be the Queen. When the current age of pygmy imaginations and grubby denigration of national values is swept away by a resurgence of national pride, our children will be glad that we left them something of lasting historical significance. Yes, it has to be the Queen.

When the current age of pygmy imaginations and grubby denigration of national values is swept away by a resurgence of national pride, our children will be glad that we left them something of lasting historical significance.

]]> By: The Truth Is... http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4981 The Truth Is... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:54:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4981 Yes - let us be regaled by a plinth full of thin air! What a refreshing thought! Or perhaps a bronze of CO2 to signify the biggest rip-off of all time: the global warming outrage. Yes - let us be regaled by a plinth full of thin air!

What a refreshing thought!

Or perhaps a bronze of CO2 to signify the biggest rip-off of all time: the global warming outrage.

]]> By: Robert Jennings http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4977 Robert Jennings Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:12:18 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4977 From this side of the pond it seems that leaving the fourth plinth empty would be a better choice, but perhaps you could place Gordon Brown inside, at the appropriate juncture, of course. From this side of the pond it seems that leaving the fourth plinth empty would be a better choice, but perhaps you could place Gordon Brown inside, at the appropriate juncture, of course.

]]> By: Capt. G.Green http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4974 Capt. G.Green Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:01:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4974 There could NOT be a more fitting subject for this Plinth There could NOT be a more fitting subject for this Plinth

]]> By: Irene McFarlane http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4970 Irene McFarlane Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:04:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4970 Definitely she should have a prominant statute not sure the rotating plinth is good enough, think she will be the last Great Monarch sadly Definitely she should have a prominant statute not sure the rotating plinth is good enough, think she will be the last Great Monarch sadly

]]> By: Chinners http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4951 Chinners Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:10:49 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4951 Lord Sutch, long overdue! Lord Sutch, long overdue!

]]> By: The Truth Is... http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4950 The Truth Is... Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4950 Her image is already everywhere - please spare me the 'yes' campaign for out wondrous Queen Liz! We need someone who has achieved greatness in another sphere. Dame Edna Everage would be my choice - complete with diamante glasses :-) My second choice would be one of Dame Elizabeth Frink's superb bronze works of modern art. :-O Her image is already everywhere - please spare me the ‘yes’ campaign for out wondrous Queen Liz!

We need someone who has achieved greatness in another sphere.

Dame Edna Everage would be my choice - complete with diamante glasses :-)

My second choice would be one of Dame Elizabeth Frink’s superb bronze works of modern art. :-O

]]> By: Eliza Armstrong http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4940 Eliza Armstrong Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:54:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4940 In this age where there is little or no sanity and at a time when some Politicians are discussing whether or not to take an oath of allegience to the Queen; it is perfect timing for a statue of Her Majesty to be placed on the plinth. The Queen stands for all that is good, gracious and true in Gt. Britain - God Bless her. In this age where there is little or no sanity and at a time when some Politicians are discussing whether or not to take an oath of allegience to the Queen; it is perfect timing for a statue of Her Majesty to be placed on the plinth. The Queen stands for all that is good, gracious and true in Gt. Britain - God Bless her.

]]> By: Fred http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4939 Fred Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/08/08/the-queen-for-the-fourth-plinth/#comment-4939 Yes Yes

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