I'd actually have no objection to their upkeep, if I had a choice as to whether I wanted to contribute or not. As it is UK taxpayers are paying in excess of (iirc) £900,000 each yet not everyone supports the royals. Such is the nature of taxation, yet the things that are paid for by the public purse usually do something. Tourism is great - millions of visitiors a year flock into London to look at the buildings and the jewellery. How many tourists get to chat with the queen?
The silly thing is we don't even have to substantially change much of our system of government. Our governmental structure is already on place - that's why we had a Civil War a few years back. Just trim off the dead wood, do a little rebranding, maybe a little financial restructuring. Tomorrow it's business as usual and nobody would really notice.
The silly thing is we don't even have to substantially change much of our system of government. Our governmental structure is already on place - that's why we had a Civil War a few years back. Just trim off the dead wood, do a little rebranding, maybe a little financial restructuring. Tomorrow it's business as usual and nobody would really notice.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
