Lady_Qohor Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 6 hours ago, john said: Did feel a bit of a twinge of something like sadness, even as a lifelong republican. Mind you, I felt the same kind of thing when Scott Mills left Radio 1 a couple of weeks ago, so probably doesn’t mean much. I think weirdly Scott Mills leaving Radio 1 actually had an even bigger impact on me, even if that impact was still quite small. I didn't even listen to him that regularly (especially since they moved his time slot) but its weird that I feel like a radio DJ had a bigger impact on my life than the Head of State. I guess that just shows how useless the monarchy actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: Did you think they were just going to set Wales free with the Queen's death? What? No I just thought they MIGHT possibly show some decorum and get rid of an insulting title that celebrates the subjugation of Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 21 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: Not trying to have a go, mate, it's just they're not going to be doing anyone any favours, are they? Yeah it was just wishful thinking on my part. I just don't understand the logic behind keeping it. Just re affirms my dislike of the Royal Family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, lessthanluke said: Yeah it was just wishful thinking on my part. I just don't understand the logic behind keeping it. Probably no logic other than that it’s always been done that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Liffguard said: I guess today we have found where the "nothing is off-limits for comedy, stop being offended snowflake" free-speech brigade draws the line. *(just kidding, the line has always been wherever they want it to be on any given day). I’m remember when some of them declared booing a Royal couldn’t qualify as free speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 12 hours ago, lessthanluke said: Can't really ignore it if it affects your life? Luckily doesn't affect mine but anyone who's events get cancelled may be rightfully angry about it. Eh. 12 hours ago, Spockydog said: Fuck this shit. They are shutting down the country and it's fucking ridiculous. Abolish this bullshit. But what of the tourism the royals bring in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I think now is the time for the SNP to double down on independence. The people of Scotland voted to keep the queen. Nobody told us, she would die and we would get Charles. We were promised Lizzy, and we all believed you meant Queen Elizabeth II, and you give us Liz Truss? I mean, it's bit like with the previous election. The British voted for Boris, thinking of Yeltsin. And they ended up with drunk pig throwing parties, ok, that was actually not really mislabeling the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindwalker Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 And Charles threatened not to leave until he passes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Soylent Brown said: Booting the royals out of the palaces and opening them up to the public would bring WAY more people in than it does currently. Let's do that. Possibly. I mean they can still call themselves royalty and make bank from promoting England as a place to visit people whose biggest accomplishment was being born. I guess there really isn’t any good reason to keep the undemocratic institution around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Varysblackfyre321 said: But what of the tourism the royals bring in? Nobody visits France anymore? If we hanged them all somewhere it would become a magnet for tourists (I am not suggesting they should be hanged). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Nobody visits France anymore? If we hanged them all somewhere it would become a magnet for tourists (I am not suggesting they should be hanged). Grim but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 If you chucked out the royals you could open Buckingham Palace to visitors, getting way more tourist money. That argument has always been straight fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Thing is, Tourists are mostly interested in the members of the royal family, you remove them then something like Buckingham Palace just becomes a historical curiosity ( and not even all that historical). Without the interest in the actual living Royals that tourist income would soon dry up as people just forget about them and then it gets demolished and turned into apartments for Middle Eastern oil baron’s children within ten years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 53 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Thing is, Tourists are mostly interested in the members of the royal family, you remove them then something like Buckingham Palace just becomes a historical curiosity ( and not even all that historical). Without the interest in the actual living Royals that tourist income would soon dry up as people just forget about them and then it gets demolished and turned into apartments for Middle Eastern oil baron’s children within ten years! I've done changing of the guard loads. Never seen a royal. seen big crowds though. Churchill doesn't live at blenheim anymore. Still busy as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 No sure about the economics of the tourism side of the argument. London is full of Royalty-related merchandise, and things like the changing of the guard are a big draw - I suppose that could stay on post-monarchy, but it would be even emptier than it is now. I've had a quick look but I haven't seen any surveys/studies on what international tourists describe as attracting them to the UK. Not sure if someone else would have more luck? I'm in favour of keeping the royals for now so that head of state and head of government are separate. Even with a purely ceremonial President, someone like Nigel Farage, for example, could be absolutely poisonous in that role. The conventions governing the behaviour of modern constitutional monarchs at least pushes them towards reserve and an illusion of universality. Of course, Charles may try and change that. In which case, I'll have the popcorn ready for the constitutional fun and games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Without the interest in the actual living Royals that tourist income would soon dry up as people just forget about them and then it gets demolished The royals could still be living—they could also not be undeservedly given power/immense wealth based on their bloodline. 56 minutes ago, Heartofice said: and then it gets demolished and turned into apartments for Middle Eastern oil baron’s children within ten years! I’m not going to comment on the peculiarity of you mentioning a potential buyer’s race. Also, what you described doesn’t sound especially abominable especially if you believe that there’s no string historical importance to the palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, dog-days said: London is full of Royalty-related merchandise, I wonder if perhaps tearing them from the government’s nip would force them to be more active and open to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: I've done changing of the guard loads. Never seen a royal. seen big crowds though. Churchill doesn't live at blenheim anymore. Still busy as fuck. Which one gets more tourists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 I honestly couldn't say. Not much in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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