IF Charles cant lead his own family then how the hell is he going to be able to provide leadership to the UK and the Commonwealth?
The time has come for the Prince of Wales to step up and sort out the current pitiful mess the monarchy has found itself in these past few months.
Prince Charles needs to be actively working to bring his family together to support him
His mother the Queen has been a public servant like no other to me she is, without any doubt, the greatest living Brit and probably the most successful royal of all time.
But the reality is shes 93. While she will never abdicate, the calamitous official reaction to the Prince Andrew crisis makes it obvious this superb leader needs help and support.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has been a ticking time bomb for the Duke of York and the entire institution.
Nothing that emerged in the toe-curling Emily Maitlis interview on Saturday night was exactly new the public were just finally given a chance to see the arrogance and unfeeling reality of Randy Andy on full display.
But its given a royal hater and wrecker like Jeremy Corbyn all the ammunition he needs to attack the monarchy.
PARANOID INTROVERT
Charles needed to take preventative action months ago. However, sadly he remains a self-involved and paranoid introvert, who has good intentions but is often unable to bring his troops along for the ride.
He has hired senior staff who believe their job right now is to promote the Prince of Wales and do down other members of the family who they feel compete with him for publicity.
That is entirely the wrong approach. Charles needs to avoid trashy stunts such as appearing on the covers of posh magazines like GQ and transform into an elder statesman.
No more political statements even about the environment.
The younger generations have taken up the cause in areas like climate change, sir. Your work is done. Leave it to Greta and co.
Prince Andrew’s toe-curling Newsnight interview gave the public a chance to see his arrogance and unfeeling reality
It is obvious that although the Queen is a superb leader she does need help and support
Prince Harry and Meghan are doing untold damage to the reputation of the monarchy
Charles also needs to be actively working to bring his family together to support him in what will likely be a decade of great transformation for The Firm.
Instead of ongoing petty rivalry, he needs to be elevating and supporting Prince William and Kate as they prepare to take on his mantle.
He must also find a way to bring Prince Harry and Meghan into line. Urgently.
The rogue couple are doing untold damage to the reputation of the monarchy and have made it quite clear they have little respect for the Queen.
Charles first move should be immediately ordering them to reverse their callous decision not to spend Christmas with her and Prince Philip at Sandringham this year.
They are fully paid-up members of the Royal Family and right now they need to pull together for the sake of the institution and the country.
The Queen deserves to enjoy her final years knowing the monarchy is secure and her relatives are working together on behalf of the country, not their own interests.
Charles has been preparing for this moment his whole life. Its time.
Jo job goes up in smoke
AH, finally it all makes sense now.
Jo Swinson was on the waccy baccy. In fact, she loves the stuff.
Jo Swinson seems to be dillusional enough to think she will be Prime Minister in a few weeks
And like all the delusional casual drug users who want to sell marijuana at chemists and supermarkets over the counter, the Liberal Democrat leader is ignoring the evidence of how it numbs your mind, makes you work-shy and even sometimes delusional.
Perhaps even delusional enough to believe shell be Prime Minister in a few weeks, despite somehow managing to have a worse election campaign than Jeremy Corbyn.
As her potty pot policy proves, Jo looks like she should be running a university student union, not a national political party.
It was never going to be easy for a leader of a party with the word democrat in its name to go around the country advocating to overturn the biggest democratic vote in our history.
But in the perfect example of too much too soon, shes also spending money like a five-year-old with her dads wallet.
IDIOTIC DECISION
A humble 100billion to the climate emergency here, another 10billion to schools there.
But, dont worry, she reckons her marijuana legalisation will raise 1.5billion. Never mind the social cost such an idiotic decision would bring.
The public have seen through the madness, with the Lib Dems poll rating slumping to 14 per cent, its lowest in six months.
Its not sexist or ageist either, Jo voters have simply sniffed out a horror combination of incompetence, opportunism and too much weed.
Stand up to footie bigots
MORE evidence of the deeply depressing homophobia in football this week after Wycombe Wanderers goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was forced to make a complaint at half-time during their League One match against Tranmere.
And statistics by the magazine Gay Times and bookies Paddy Power show just how much work there is left to do.
Wycombe Wanderers goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was forced to make a complaint about homophobia during a football match
Their research found that just 37 per cent of heterosexual football fans think the game is becoming a safer space to come out.
Most shockingly, 63 per cent of fans admitted they wouldnt be confident confronting their teams fans for using homophobic abuse.
And that is where the biggest issue is.
Four fifths of football fans are totally tolerant with absolutely no issue about anyones sexuality.
But its the one in five extremists who must be confronted by their friends, by their family members and by anyone who happens to be sitting anywhere near them at a match.
Dont turn the other cheek. Dont think your mates will think youre uncool for telling a homophobe to shut the eff up.
Just do it, because you know its the right thing.
Wootton’s week
