Trooping The colour..

Norman_Conquest said:
That money could be used for a thousand things, if you had said the NHS, I wouldn't have mentioned it but the increase of foodbank is not down to the Royals, it is down to the Tories and you know that.
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It is, my point was that people are struggling, by design, by this government correct, but seeing another royal event hoovering out taxes for negligible value is galling when we’re all having difficult times. I shudder to think the total cost of royal events over the last 5 years on our tax…ok it’s not THE most wasteful thing, but it’s many billions in my lifetime
 
BoroMart said:
Isn’t Britishness at its best our achievements in science, music, theatre, art, fashion, poetry engineering, astrophysics etc?
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If you asked another European to describe Britain, do you think they would mention science, music, theatre, art, fashion, poetry engineering, astrophysics etc or the Royal Family?
 
Norman_Conquest said:
If you asked another European to describe Britain, do you think they would mention science, music, theatre, art, fashion, poetry engineering, astrophysics etc or the Royal Family?
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They’d probably mention oasis or David Beckham to be honest. We don’t need a state sponsored celebrity culture
 
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Well after the usual FMTTM debate, all I’m gonna say is….

I enjoy watching things like this.. I know they mask the real troubles we have in the country but often that’s why they’re so needed…

If we didn’t have them, I am almost certain the money saved would not be used to make the average joes life better…

I mean, you could say that the money spent on football would be better spent on removing the need for food banks when instead it’s used to make the players and the investors richer 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
xxlshirts_fit_all said:
Well after the usual FMTTM debate, all I’m gonna say is….

I enjoy watching things like this.. I know they mask the real troubles we have in the country but often that’s why they’re so needed…

If we didn’t have them, I am almost certain the money saved would not be used to make the average joes life better…

I mean, you could say that the money spent on football would be better spent on removing the need for food banks when instead it’s used to make the players and the investors richer 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Tax mate, that’s very different to personal spending
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
Surely you must know that they are nothing to do with military service as she's never served in the Armed Forces other nly rrent royals I can think of who have earned their medals are Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, Prince Michael of Kent and the Duke of Kent
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"Surely you must know that they are nothing to do with military service as she's never served in the Armed Forces other than in an Honorary capacity."

Yes I do know.
That's what makes it preposterous.
 
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SCG said:
I don’t think xxl meant what you and I spend to watch the Boro, more what owners and sponsors put in…
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One is a personal decision and the other a business decision, still not really relevant to a governmental decision to fund this family, the rest of us have had to cut our cloth the last 5 years. Councils and government departments have had massive reductions in budget. Yet the government have spent more than ever on them
 
BoroMart said:
One is a personal decision and the other a business decision, still not really relevant to a governmental decision to fund this family, the rest of us have had to cut our cloth the last 5 years. Councils and government departments have had massive reductions in budget. Yet the government have spent more than ever on them
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I thought you might like that picture. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Regarding council cuts, this government would have made them even if we didn't have a Royal family. Isn't it something like £1.60 per year per tax payer we pay for their protection?
 
If we didn't have a Royal family, and were a Republic, would all our previous military history just be forgotten, and all military parades would just stop?
Republics such as Germany, France, Italy, Greece etc all still have them.

There'd still be a Trooping Of The Colour.
There'd be a National Day celebrations and parades.

You wouldn't get rid of it. The President would just do what the Royal family does now.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
If we didn't have a Royal family, and were a Republic, would all our previous military history just be forgotten, and all military parades would just stop?
Republics such as Germany, France, Italy, Greece etc all still have them.

There'd still be a Trooping Of The Colour.
There'd be a National Day celebrations and parades.

You wouldn't get rid of it. The President would just do what the Royal family does now.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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Absolutely this, any chance to have a dig at the royal family though.

Our military traditions are fantastic and the best in the world.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
I thought you might like that picture. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Regarding council cuts, this government would have made them even if we didn't have a Royal family. Isn't it something like £1.60 per year per tax payer we pay for their protection?
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Yes they’ve cut everything….except royal funding, which has increased
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
If we didn't have a Royal family, and were a Republic, would all our previous military history just be forgotten, and all military parades would just stop?
Republics such as Germany, France, Italy, Greece etc all still have them.

There'd still be a Trooping Of The Colour.
There'd be a National Day celebrations and parades.

You wouldn't get rid of it. The President would just do what the Royal family does now.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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Not quite the same as the old boss as you can vote them out
 
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