Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. 07:36 - Nov 20 with 36569 views | StochesStotasBlewe | Platinum wedding anniversary. Great stuff. | |
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It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:24 - Nov 20 with 3665 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
I saw last night that the royals generate an estimated 1.5 billion income per year for the country. How much revenue do you think you generate each year? | | | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:24 - Nov 20 by FrowsyArmLarry | I saw last night that the royals generate an estimated 1.5 billion income per year for the country. How much revenue do you think you generate each year? |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:28 - Nov 20 with 3651 views | chicoazul |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:24 - Nov 20 by FrowsyArmLarry | I saw last night that the royals generate an estimated 1.5 billion income per year for the country. How much revenue do you think you generate each year? |
People who talk about how much tourism revenue the Royal Family generate need to remember France is the world's number 1 tourist destination and they killed their monarchy 200 years ago. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:30 - Nov 20 with 3643 views | chicoazul |
We shouldnt get rid at all. The Royal Family are an essential part of Britain, represent fine traditions of honour and duty, and are a bulwark against tyranny. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:30 - Nov 20 with 3639 views | Radlett_blue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:24 - Nov 20 by FrowsyArmLarry | I saw last night that the royals generate an estimated 1.5 billion income per year for the country. How much revenue do you think you generate each year? |
Ahh..that old, hackneyed argument, unaccompanied by not a shred of real evidence. Yes - the existence of the Monarchy probably makes a marginal difference to the tourist trade, but the amount is completely unquantifiable. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:30 - Nov 20 with 3635 views | GlasgowBlue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:23 - Nov 20 by No9 | Your knowledge of history & geography is appalling - I s'pose Guido only informs about Russia? |
The queen was born in the U.K. as was her father. And her father,s father and.......... I have a very good friend whose grandparents emigrated from the Punjab in the 1950’s. His parents were born in the U.K. as was he. If somebody used his grandparents nationality as a dig then I’d say it was soft racism. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:31 - Nov 20 with 3636 views | No9 |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:03 - Nov 20 by chicoazul | of course a Royal Family is inherently ridiculous. nobody would really deny this, the idea that someone has "magic blood" is stupid and we all know they are basically Germans. But nonetheless I feel they represent a peoples and a time that now seems so very far away it might as well be another planet. |
You can look through any number of names on the 'Civil List' and see that, on the whole, they don't do right by the taxpayers who are paying for their upkeep. | | | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:30 - Nov 20 by chicoazul | We shouldnt get rid at all. The Royal Family are an essential part of Britain, represent fine traditions of honour and duty, and are a bulwark against tyranny. |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:35 - Nov 20 with 3624 views | GlasgowBlue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:06 - Nov 20 by blueislander | Would you like to expand on how they are defrauding the general public out of millions, bearing in mind that the Queen pays millions in tax when not obliged to.? |
You got a down arrow from Libby but no answer. Come on Libby id be interested in your answer. How can the Queen be defrauding the general public out of millions in taxes when she isn’t obliged to pay tax and does so in a voluntary basis? | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:35 - Nov 20 with 3628 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:28 - Nov 20 by chicoazul | People who talk about how much tourism revenue the Royal Family generate need to remember France is the world's number 1 tourist destination and they killed their monarchy 200 years ago. |
That doesn’t mean that the royals don’t generate income | | | |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:36 - Nov 20 with 3624 views | blue_oyster |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 08:03 - Nov 20 by chicoazul | Like so many institutions in Britain that are being eroded and slowly done away with, we will miss them when they are gone. |
Many congratulations to them. They have held firm and had a happy solid marriage through incredible social upheavel around them. An admirable symbol of family, courage and restraint. If you transported someone through time from the start to the end of times of their marriage, they wouldn't recognise the country you placed them into. It will be interesting to note the stark differences between the coronations (if it even still exists), a traditional Christian ceremony. Sadly, when the Queen's reign is over you will see the begininng of the end of the monarchy. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:40 - Nov 20 with 3613 views | Radlett_blue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:35 - Nov 20 by GlasgowBlue | You got a down arrow from Libby but no answer. Come on Libby id be interested in your answer. How can the Queen be defrauding the general public out of millions in taxes when she isn’t obliged to pay tax and does so in a voluntary basis? |
The idea that the Queen is doing us all a favour by kindly agreeing to pay some income tax is so deferential, out-dated & absurd. She could also rule by decree but is smart enough to realise that would precipitate a revolution. So she isn't doing us a favour by paying some tax (which she can well afford) or by deigning not to rule be decree, she's accepting a small amount of reality. While a long term Republican, I still have a certain amount of respect for the Queen's devotion to duty over her reign, but that doesn't mean that she should be fawned over or that the monarchy is a lousy institution. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:42 - Nov 20 with 3609 views | GlasgowBlue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:40 - Nov 20 by Radlett_blue | The idea that the Queen is doing us all a favour by kindly agreeing to pay some income tax is so deferential, out-dated & absurd. She could also rule by decree but is smart enough to realise that would precipitate a revolution. So she isn't doing us a favour by paying some tax (which she can well afford) or by deigning not to rule be decree, she's accepting a small amount of reality. While a long term Republican, I still have a certain amount of respect for the Queen's devotion to duty over her reign, but that doesn't mean that she should be fawned over or that the monarchy is a lousy institution. |
im Not saying she is doing anyone a favour. I’d be in favour of legislation requiring the monarch to pay tax. That wasn’t the question that was asked though. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:35 - Nov 20 by GlasgowBlue | You got a down arrow from Libby but no answer. Come on Libby id be interested in your answer. How can the Queen be defrauding the general public out of millions in taxes when she isn’t obliged to pay tax and does so in a voluntary basis? |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:43 - Nov 20 with 3601 views | GlasgowBlue |
So she’s not defrauding the public out of millions of pounds of tax? | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:49 - Nov 20 with 3597 views | solemio | Professor Vernon Bogdanor, widely considered to be the leading expert on the British constitution, says that there is no way that an arrangement such as the Royal Family would be arrived at if we were starting from scratch now. However he also says that when you examine the alternatives they are comfortably the best of a bad bunch of options. Would we really want our constitutional head of state to be elected? It would then become just a political football. These are Bogdanor's views, and I think they have much force. I'd certainly support fewer 'hanger-on' members of the Royal Family receiving public funding which could be far better used in so many other ways. | | | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:43 - Nov 20 by GlasgowBlue | So she’s not defrauding the public out of millions of pounds of tax? |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:52 - Nov 20 with 3578 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
I thought only a few humdred thousand was invested in a fund that happened to use some offshore element? Correct me if I’m wrong though | | | |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:53 - Nov 20 with 3575 views | Radlett_blue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:49 - Nov 20 by solemio | Professor Vernon Bogdanor, widely considered to be the leading expert on the British constitution, says that there is no way that an arrangement such as the Royal Family would be arrived at if we were starting from scratch now. However he also says that when you examine the alternatives they are comfortably the best of a bad bunch of options. Would we really want our constitutional head of state to be elected? It would then become just a political football. These are Bogdanor's views, and I think they have much force. I'd certainly support fewer 'hanger-on' members of the Royal Family receiving public funding which could be far better used in so many other ways. |
I certainly think that most would prefer a Monarchy to a Republic, especially if it was slimmed down, without the endless titled, medal bedecked "hangers-on". However, it is perfectly possible to have an apolitical President, with very limited powers. Rule #1 would be that anyone standing for the role of President may not be a current or former member of the House of Commons or Lords. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:55 - Nov 20 with 3568 views | NewcyBlue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:53 - Nov 20 by Radlett_blue | I certainly think that most would prefer a Monarchy to a Republic, especially if it was slimmed down, without the endless titled, medal bedecked "hangers-on". However, it is perfectly possible to have an apolitical President, with very limited powers. Rule #1 would be that anyone standing for the role of President may not be a current or former member of the House of Commons or Lords. |
As President what powers and privileges do I have? Just asking for when I get the job..... | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 10:01 - Nov 20 with 3559 views | Radlett_blue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:55 - Nov 20 by NewcyBlue | As President what powers and privileges do I have? Just asking for when I get the job..... |
You get to invite someone to form a government in the event of a hung parliament. You also get to attend lots of boring banquets with the likes of Donald Trump, Robert Mugabe etc etc. | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 10:03 - Nov 20 with 3552 views | NewcyBlue |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 10:01 - Nov 20 by Radlett_blue | You get to invite someone to form a government in the event of a hung parliament. You also get to attend lots of boring banquets with the likes of Donald Trump, Robert Mugabe etc etc. |
Do I get to choose the politicians that i hang in front of Parliament? Banquets with Trump and Mugabe? Not again.... | |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:52 - Nov 20 by FrowsyArmLarry | I thought only a few humdred thousand was invested in a fund that happened to use some offshore element? Correct me if I’m wrong though |
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Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 10:04 - Nov 20 with 3549 views | No9 |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:36 - Nov 20 by blue_oyster | Many congratulations to them. They have held firm and had a happy solid marriage through incredible social upheavel around them. An admirable symbol of family, courage and restraint. If you transported someone through time from the start to the end of times of their marriage, they wouldn't recognise the country you placed them into. It will be interesting to note the stark differences between the coronations (if it even still exists), a traditional Christian ceremony. Sadly, when the Queen's reign is over you will see the begininng of the end of the monarchy. |
What is so good about the monarchy? | | | |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 10:11 - Nov 20 with 3530 views | BlueBadger |
Congratulations to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. on 09:35 - Nov 20 by FrowsyArmLarry | That doesn’t mean that the royals don’t generate income |
The various palaces would still generate tourism, regardless of the presence of someone wearing a silly hat living in them or not. | |
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