Abolishing the monarchy is probably not achievable, and has every chance of leaving us in a Tory led dictatorship, so I don't think it's a worthwhile fight from a pragmatic point of view.
Royal Spending, the bulk covered by the tax payer, has reached £102m, up £14m. Fucking absurd at any time, especially so during a period where people are struggling to feed their families.
i newspaper@theipaperBut the existence of a so-called “golden ratchet” clause, inserted by former prime minister David Cameron’s government in 2012, means the level of the grant cannot be reduced whatever the state of the economy.
Always nauseating seeing the Royal box at Wimbledon. UK tennis always feels a bit elitist and snobbery
That's because it is. Unfortunately unless you have money, the chances of you making it in Tennis are slim to none and the British Tennis Association don't give any real help in terms of helping young kids have easy access to courts. Instead its about allowing rich, fat, middle age c*nts play all the time and are priced as such.Its the same for many sports in this country. For all we lambast football in this country, it at least is very accessible for all sections of society.
would rather have a wank wearing a barb wire glove
If you're chasing thrills, try a bit of auto-asphyxiation with a poppers-soaked orange in your gob.
The paparazzi and their invasive photo-lenses. Disgraceful. I mean, who wants to see that!?
and they are happy for it to stay like this - would rather no british winners for decades than some normal kid from a council estate. I remember being a kid and jeremy bates being the only highlight for brits and lots of people on tv 'why can't we produce a winner' even as a kid i said to my parents its because hardly anyone gets a chance.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/15/sandringham-estate-police-barred-investigating-wildlife-crimeSays it all really. Get rid of the lot of them
The Guardian seems to be coming out with an exclusive on this rancid mob nearly every other day now. What has changed?
Guardian has more on the secrecy the royals enjoy re: their wealth.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills
Saw a pic of one of the Queens guards having to be given water by a police officer during the guard ceremony. I mean that's bollocks isn't it, wearing a shit hat in 40 degrees and still having to do that bollocks for tradition.
Not really educated enough on the intricacies of politics etc but why, if the monarchy is abolished, does it have to be replaced by anything? Would the PM not just become head of state?
The Queen has a bunch of powers that she can't really use; she is commander in chief of the armed forces, she can declare war, she can dissolve parliaments, chose the prime minister etc. The main advantage to her having those powers is really just that she prevents other people from having them. If the monarchy didn't exist, you would have to give those powers to someone else, and I think we've seen enough evidence over the last few years (actually just the last couple of weeks!) that you wouldn't want to just hand them over to President Truss.If the monarchy was abolished you'd have to come up with another set of checks and balances. Even if you just replaced it with some kind of ceremonial head of state that was basically a bit cheaper and less noncey.
As I've said before, the Full English is just the base upon which the Scots/Welsh/NI have improved upon. Sorry but the Full English is the worst of the British breakfasts.
Thats all correct of course but has there been a modern example of the monarchy saying no?.
Did she not do it in Australia at some point?
I don't think so, but that's because the thought of it was so terrible that no one has put her in that position. There was speculation in the last couple of weeks for example that she might have had to refuse Boris a general election if he asked for one. The fact that she would have had to refuse meant that he couldn't ask in the first place.Think you're referring to the 1975 crisis which I don't really understand to be honest.
Really, I didnt know that about the GE. Thats pissed me off, why would one. refuse an election.-
Because the Conservatives had an 80 odd seat majority, so were perfectly capable of forming a government. They just had a Boris shaped issue they needed to deal with.The principle is that if the election would be damaging to the economy (and they normally are) then you need a better reason to hold one than just saving Boris' skin.
and it might have brought us a Labour government. Democracy isnt perfect, but surely if that fat lying twat won by another clear majority, he deserves to keep his job?Getting off topic now sorry
It's Johnson. Or that fat corrupt gobshite. Using his adopted first name implies some kind of acceptance.
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