You don't HAVE to replace the Royal Family with anything.
Because they don't do ANYTHING.
Because they don't do ANYTHING.
Comments
Blud Yappin, that is.
Why not a more discreet style like some of the European royals ?
(However, not my circus...)
Won't somebody please think of the aristocrats?!
(This is of course sarcasm before someone takes me literally again.)
Now that’s what I’d call patriotic 🥳
(Wasn't it also their journalists who devised the notorious 'Liz the Lettuce' narrative ? )
OK, it works out at about $1,000,000 per wave but it's their job.
The person should be honest and have a deep knowledge of the country, Constitution(hopefully a codified version) and have served the country. The president must have the power to discipline Parliament if the Constitution is broken.
Something like Ireland's president
Who would have the biggest line waiting to throw rotten vegetables? Andy or Camela?? 🤣
No, and no one visits the buildings thinking they'll me Chaz or his noncey family
People visit the palaces, but don’t care if the odd couple are there or not.
Useless Willy and his Mrs are not a tourist attraction either.
Why not open them to the public and increase tourism.
Or let the Windsors stay there to be gawped at like in a zoo.
With children visiting, there'd have to be security in place...especially if Andrew was there.
Amazing buildings. The royals can live elsewhere, they have enough of our money to buy a place and the MPs etc. should have a fit for purpose new Parliament and accommodation.
.........
High number of engagements:
Working royals typically perform over 2,000 official engagements each year, both within the UK and abroad.
Charitable work:.....
Public appearances:
Attending receptions, award ceremonies, garden parties, and other public events is a significant part of their role. ......
Representing the UK at state visits and international events is a key responsibility.
Princess Anne often cited as hardest working:
Among the royals, Princess Anne is frequently recognized as the most active, undertaking a large number of engagements.
1. All outcomes
2. The alternative.
Neither are in place here, just destroying a system developed over 1,500 years that works.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/royal-family-cost-money-tourism-b2333999.html
https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/blog-the-impact-of-the-uk-royal-family-on-tourism/#:~:text=However%2C%20previous%20research%20findings%20indicate,'must%20see'%20top%20preference.
I always thought I like the charitable stuff they do but even that is tainted now ..
Keep the middle class and the poor triggered and fighting amongst each other while we continue to rob them all blind.
Media & politicians: roger that.
I think I’d go for the donkey, in a bearskin hat. A bit like this.
Me: "What if we got rid of states too?"
#anarchism
Ireland, Germany, and many others do just fine with elected presidents.
As long as you've got a vector graphic of the royal seal already, they can be ordered cheaply from many different retailers.
Where are the songs from current generations echoing this sentiment ⬇️ ? https://youtu.be/t7Xi1Jt9lXM?feature=shared
They even extort money from the NHS & charities which ultimately is also paid for by us
They open buildings, unveil plaques, go to premiers and travel around the world free of charge.
Beggars belief
They've mastered the art of conning the masses and grifting for centuries... that's no small feat ...
Americans don't ask what material the flag they're saluting is made of.
People flock to walk round the beautiful gardens, check out inside small parts of the house and grab a coffee and a souvenir in Charlies Dutchy Shop.
THE ROYALS AREN'T THERE...but they are coining it in anyway.
Finally, my resumé that just says "Am bad at things" will get me a cushy gig
They associate with charities for personal positive PR (and as we've learned charge the RNLI for launching its boats over "their" beaches). There is no evidence of benefit.
As for "promoting the U.K. abroad", if you can quantify the benefit of that, please do,
You haven’t thought this through, have you?
The CE is a state asset. It is held "in right of the crown".
It does not belong to Charles Windsor.
Abolish the crown and it belongs to the state/treasury/taxpayer.
What the Windsor parasites trouser ATM is denied to the taxpayer.
We could buy a boat
Why a boat?
Well as anyone who has owned a boat will tell you
➡️ they look nice
➡️ they can be fun and/or very frustrating
➡️➡️➡️ they are a ‘hole in the water’ in which you pour endless amounts of money 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
sounds like the Royal family to me 😝😝
A) you are not completely on the side of any republican I know.
B) your view that an obscenely expensive and embarrassing tawdry soap opera is "kind of cool" is one I would take issue with.
https://www.republic.org.uk/tourism
The yanks would lap it up.
They do plenty ..like sponge millions of £s from us peasants, we get nothing in return except maybe a food bank or two
The French had the right idea when it came to their monarchy.
##abolishthemonarchy
Being a royal is more of a burden than a perk.
We can have mayors or whatever, changing every 6 months.
Kick the royals into touch.
#NotMyKing #NotMyRoyals
There has to be a crown of some sort.
One of the reasons the left ideologically live permanently in opposition is that they generally struggle with power and paradox. The fascists continue to exploit the naivety. What they do*do is; gain and occupy power and dominate🙏
Whittle them down to a few ceremonial duties, take away their toys, but do look at the alternative before abolishing them
The world’s most expensive work for the dole scheme.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
There are plenty of other models.
Give em a nice house in the suburbs, nobody should be homeless but you gotta take the other stuff back
I KNOW! You know how The Palace Says this or that, in the news? Let's make the building itself the head of state!
Charities don't benefit from royal patronage, the royals benefit from pretending to help charities.
- Replace it??
I suppose you could eradicate symbolism due to slothfulness.
🤔. Like destroying Christmas 🎄 because of Santa's impulsive behaviors.
Have a great Christmas!
I don’t see the need for them in this day and age. I absolutely don’t.
- reality show winners
- underemployed actors
- former sports stars
- celebrity chefs
He can't dictate foreign policy, economic policy, domestic policy. He can't take us to war.
We don't have (or need) a head of state with that sort of power.
And it would be interesting to do something about who actually owns land in the country (right now it all belongs to the Monarch).
2. The tourist thing was debunked.The organisation Republic has information about that.
3. Those parasites do not represent me or thousands of others. I take no pride or sense of identity from them.
They wave a lot, shake hands, wave some more.
They do draw tourism and help with some trade deals. Not sure about roi though
They do have a role, which is eroded to almost zero- approval of new laws.
Do there needs to be a more formal check on power, but an elected one.