Couple on benefits...
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Well if you prefer a president which would cost more, thats up to you.
Fortunately, we don’t have to go far across to the continent to get a fair comparison on cost with a republican model. The President of France, whose role is very similar to that of Her Majesty, cost French taxpayers a whopping £91 million. For the privilege of paying almost three times as much as the UK, France gets to forgo the pageantry and ceremonies, engagements and grand receptions that come with Monarchy, and they get a politician too
http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/ins...ld-be-cheaper-than-monarchy-think-again-40065
So you like president Macron?
I guess you approve of his big tax cuts to the super rich. Quite a few have moved to Paris this year to enjoy thier tax savings
Macron: hero of the rich.
But hey, thats fine, as long as he is a president and not a King
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EddieM
It takes time.
I see you've avoided the thrust of my post, which was about the cost of the royal hangers-on.
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I don't think you are comparing like with like.
I don't know if that's true but then - neither do you know it isn't.
Apparently France is very open about the cost whereas Britain is not.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...fits-cost-meghan-markle-expense-a8345436.html
And, of course, Macron does not have billions from ill-gotten gains.
Well if you prefer a president which would cost more, thats up to you.
Fortunately, we don’t have to go far across to the continent to get a fair comparison on cost with a republican model. The President of France, whose role is very similar to that of Her Majesty, cost French taxpayers a whopping £91 million. For the privilege of paying almost three times as much as the UK, France gets to forgo the pageantry and ceremonies, engagements and grand receptions that come with Monarchy, and they get a politician too
http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/ins...ld-be-cheaper-than-monarchy-think-again-40065
So you like president Macron?
I guess you approve of his big tax cuts to the super rich. Quite a few have moved to Paris this year to enjoy thier tax savings
Macron: hero of the rich.
But hey, thats fine, as long as he is a president and not a King
Which figures are you using?
Have you taken the crown estate into account?
Nope, but at least I don't kowtow to anyone
Since you tolerate their elitist existence, by default you accept an inferior status...
You just haven't realised it yet
I'm happy being a pleb.
Ha ha, what a rubbish argument.
If you think that, then your outlook on life is one with a chip on your shoulder
It clearly bothers you a lot that some people hold a privileged position, they must give you a feeling of inferiorirty.
It bothers me not one bit and I certainly dont consider them better, different, worse or anything else.
Those that complain bitterly about the royals seem to gloss over the fact that the alternative doesnt come for free.
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EddieM
I am deeply unhappy with being a "pleb" I have absolutely no issue with any individual royal (must be an awful life) but I do have serious misgivings about the concept of monarchy.
...but they do.
They used to consider it a divine right - to hoodwink all you peasants.
If they still do, then they have even less right to be in that position.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
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EddieM
I agree, I wish the Old dear well... then can we get rid of the outdated institution.
Too late, obviously.
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