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Should the Monarchy be disolved in your opinion?

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Should the Monarchy be disolved in your opinion?

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  1. YES. Throw all lords from their thrones. Let them know that from now on, they don't get to live fat off the nation's wealth, or or have the people as vassals, even symbolically.

    Martin L: Traditionally, blood has proven to be the best solvent for removing the scum called Royalty.


  2. yes (feed the poor)

  3. NOOOOOoooooooo

  4. Certainly not !

  5. no it is part of the history of your country and it makes for good tourist trade too!

  6. No, disolving the Monacrchy is like closing a 'Circus'

    We need them for our tourists.  Just wish the younger royals can get off their 'seats' and get a proper job.

  7. yes

  8. No. Quite apart from being the essence of what stability survives in Britain they travel the world not only creating a huge market for British tourism but even more importantly creating markets for selling British goods; millions of jobs depend on their endeavours. All the Royals are patrons of numerous charities, raising billions each  year for an enormous variety of good causes including 'Save the Children'  (Patron Princess Anne) to the Princes Trust (Patron Prince Charles). (The Princes Trust has enabled hundreds of thousands of young people to educate themselves or start their own business). The many Royals all with their own special interests  also stimulate valuable national debate on such vital subjects as Town Planning and the Environment and Organic Farming. Oh and the cost of all this to the British People - just 63 pence (about $1) per tax payer each year, because unlike almost every institution and government department in Britain, they operate efficiently and

    with a sharp eye trained towards costs.

  9. I am not a royalist but we must keep a monarch as the monarch dissolves Parliament, they are our get out against a dictatorship (no ones told Mr Brown yet) If we had a Prime minster who finished up a dictator it may be possible for the Queen to dissolve Parliament and call an election, I'm not sure about this I just hope this is the case, can anyone tell us if this is so.

  10. No. We'd have every right if it was to annex you to the US.

  11. No. I don't see the point. We'd then have to have the likes of President Blair or somesuch.

  12. Nope. I think the royal family is an essential component to what makes Britain what she is.

  13. noooooooooooo wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy long live the queen bless her

  14. Yes, it's a relic which gets in the way of a proper constitution.

    They're also a dull, under-educated, expensive bunch.

  15. most definitely YES.  the monarchy has no place in the 21st century.  How can the UK really call itself a democracy when we do not have an elected head of state?????

  16. This finance thing needs to be put in perspective.

    The Royal Family is not a net drain on the country's economy or taxation system. It is a net contributor. The cost of the Monarchy to the taxpayer is the funding of the Civil List, which pays for the royal household's running costs, most of which are salaries of ordinary people working there. The Civil List is an arrangement put in place by parliament to compensate the royal household for the loss of revenues from the Crown Estate when these revenues were turned over to the Treasury. For every pound spent on the Civil List by taxpayers, the Treasury gains something like £100 from the Crown Estate.

    That is quite a bargain, and you do not need to be a royalist, only someone slightly familiar with economics, to understand that.

  17. NO!!!!  Why would you??  Any money they cost is made back 100 fold in tourism.  They are an important part of British culture and heritage.  Besides, they don't have much power and what little they do have they use relatively well.  There is just no reason to.

  18. What do you propose to 'dissolve' them with. Last time I checked, there weren't any solvents on the market powerful enough to dissolve the Monarchy.

  19. No never

  20. There should +only be the queen and the heir apparent+ in situ, All the others should be made and seen, to be made, Earning their keep, as all of  us have to do. payment given at a level suitable for the job they undertake. no more vast handouts of public monies,

    It would be interesting  to have details how much the recent infant born into the royal family will cost us.?

  21. yes we don't need them it only cost the goverment money

  22. no

  23. yes everyone has a born rigt to live free.

  24. no not dissolved .its our history.would be nice if they shared out there money though.

  25. I'd rather that my 62p went to someone who needs it. My main concern however is that the monarchy are not elected and have no right to be head of state.

  26. No! Great Britain is nothing without its Monarchy!

  27. THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DEVICIVE ISSUE.I THINK THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO STOP GRANTING THE ROYAL FAMILY MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE.THEN LET ALL THE PEOPLE IN FAVOUR OF THE ROYALS MAKE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS THEN THEIR WOULD NOT BE ANY RESENTMENT.

    AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE ONES IN FAVOUR THET ALL HAVE THERE CONTRIBUTIONS READY

  28. yes they should!!! why should we have 1 privileged family owning most of the land in this country and being paid little for doing nothing!!! what about those who are hardworking but in poverty thru no fault of there own? This pathetic 'royal' family is pointless, get rid of them, and save some cash. we'll still have all the palaces and castles to bring in the tourists, and save ourselves a bundle of money in the process. Time to even out the odds for every legal citizen of this country, divide up all the land and wealth currently owned by the queen.

    (IMO- no flaming please)

  29. Yes its time they were gone

    we (Australia) pay a fortune each time they come here so no more we don't need it

  30. yes.It would be nice if Britons were allowed to have a full democracy while their soldiers are dying for it in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    The only reason people want to keep the monarchy seems to be that it sells a few more ice creams to tourists.

    That's no way to run a country.
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