Sell off of national forests...

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by PLANK

I think all this royal bashing is hogwash, the royals as a real Monarchy made britain into the super power and empire that it was.

The 'so called' democratic system of politics we have is failry new, everyone complains about the government, and arguably the country has gone down hill ever since. I think our 'limited pseudo- democtacic system' has run it's course. Some of the most stable countries and economies are still Monarchy's.

Our half-hearted democratic system, that lets people who have the stamina and charisma to win the popularity contest that is an election rule the country, with no qualifications whatsoever to do it - is the real problem.
Lets face it how many people have you me who are really pleased with this government so far, or the last one, or the Thatcher years, or the 'loony left' 70's, etc. etc.

I say get rid of the lying cheating politicians, and their bad decision making and let the royals do their job, it's what they are there for. We already pay to keep them so it would cost no more, and look how much we would save by getting rid of the idiots in the house of commons.

That's real patriotism for you, being lead by the head of state and head of our national church. What could be simpler - it would even keep the EDL "patriots" happy

Who's bashing. And 'hogwash' was my word if you don't mind!

I'm simply saying that while there is no need to do away with them, they need to pay their way and hand back some of the priceless assets they apparently own.

And where are all these stable monartchies then - true monarchies I'm talking about.....??

Well allow me to save you the trouble.

44 monarchies left of which 16 are 'commonwealth'.

Only 6 true monarchies remain: Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland and Vatican City. What a selection THAT is.....

The remaining 22 includes such gems as Thailand, Japan and Cambodia...with countries like Sweden and Denmark bringing up the rear, all with their own probloems and instabilities.....I mean the King of Swedens daughter married her personal trainer, and there are plenty of other joke marriages in the same vein.

Its impossible to respect the monarchy these days in the way it once deserved I'm afraid, but that doesn't mean dumping it, just modernising a bit LOL