Scrap the Royals?

Question

Im sorry right but this country is already loosing its Britishness, scrapping our royals is just stupid and singing God Save the Queen is what makes me proud to be English!

Answer 1

I agree! For all their faults our Royal family are still great ambassadors for our country, and if anything the tourism they bring is in worth keeping them alone. They're a huge part of what being British is all about!

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Answer 2

well said ,hurrah hurrah.

Answer 3

couldn't care less, our country may actually be better off without em!

Answer 4

the royal family dont do anything for england.

         The ‘Royal Family’ cost this country millions and millions of pounds a year,

not just in hand-outs but also in resources and manpower to meet their

every desire

        Over £36m was paid out to the Queen alone in 2004

        The Queen & Prince Charles have received over £1m in farm subsidies

in the last 2 years

        Millions of taxpayers’ money is spent on trips abroad, days out servants,

the army & police to protect them



What does the Monarchy actually do?

   Look down in contempt on you and me

   Reluctantly pay minimal taxes

   Shake the odd hand and wave & look after themselves



Why get rid of them?

        This country could save countless millions a year that could be better

spent on our children’s needs

        It’s not democratic, how in 2005 can a family have such privilege,

just by accident of birth?

   We are citizens not subjects

   They perpetuate outdated values of elitism

   We just don’t need them!

Answer 5

The old myth about  'our money going to support them', still being wheeled out..

Last year the cost of the monarchy was £38.6 million. In the same tax year the monarchy handed over £200.1 million from the Crown Estates, which more than offsets its 'apparent' cost. That is still enough to cover the additional highest estimated amount of £100 million, for royal protection, leaving the treasury just over £60 million ahead. Contrary to popular belief, no member of the royal family is today exempt from income tax.  

If you want to complain, think of the billions spent on the Iraq war or helping out Northern Rock. How many more schools and hospitals could have done with that amount of funding?    (Rather more than the one London hospital that might have benefited for a few months from the cost of the Civil List).

Forget scrapping royalty, the system, such as it is, works. Monarchy has my vote metaphorical and practical.

Answer 6

Royalty is a complete waste of space.

They're just a bunch of useless, overpaid scroungers.

I'd like to see the lot of them gone.

Answer 7

They are part of our culture and nation. People that dont want them should find themselves a republic to f**k off to. Yes, they may cost us a lot of money but they are the most famous royal family in the world and represent what was once a great nation. People that want to get rid of them have no sense of patriotism.

Answer 8

The Queen is the head of my country and should always stay so.

Answer 9

I think the royals should be scraped. Send them back to Germany where they belong.

Answer 10

This sounds like a lot of sour grapes:

The Sri-Lankans say we should look at abolishing the monarchy - is Sri Lankans such a good example of a democracy?

Apparently we're mis-treating Sudanese Immigrants - that's easy don't let them in.

Syria accuses us of discriminating against Muslims? - I thought we put more effort into Muslim integration that any other group including Christians.

Iran accuses us of not tacking sexual discrimination - Iran the country with one of the worst records on discrimination.!

The UN does all sorts of good things but now it seems that its Bash Britain time - and those who are complaining appear to have the worst record on what they are complaining about.

Something about a Pot calling the Kettle.

Come on the Monarchy is one of the few things this country has that's an example to the world and brings it kudos and revenue.. ah that's it they want us the scrap the one thing we have going for us then we can be downgraded from the UN council as an irrelevant island.

Answer 11

I was going to post this question but 4 people got there before me.'UN: Should Britain scrap Royals?' is the Yahoo headlines, and one reason is for the way Britain treats certain immigrants. Well, that could be the bloke next door, not the queen! LOL!

Life would not be better for anyone if the Royals were scrapped. the 62p a week is so insignificant you could hardly buy anything with it - except 3 Milky Way bars.

This 62p a week, however, could be put towards something else.

However - what is the Queen supposed to do?

She, her family and her posse of courtiers are the custodians of a lot of our nation's treasures.

Do we want to scrap all those too?

So, if you do want to scrap the royalty how would you do it?

A referendum doesn't come cheap.