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    new royal yacht

    terrific news for the shipbuilding industry. will create many jobs and show to the world how great this country is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingbillyboy View Post
    terrific news for the shipbuilding industry. will create many jobs and show to the world how great this country is.
    Are we paying for it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    Are we paying for it?
    yes

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingbillyboy View Post
    yes
    I take it the austerity thing ended with the demise of Cameron & Osborne then? What about fixing the roof while the sun is shining? Or was that all just ideological bollocks to make the working classes suffer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    I take it the austerity thing ended with the demise of Cameron & Osborne then? What about fixing the roof while the sun is shining? Or was that all just ideological bollocks to make the working classes suffer?
    no, i think it was because the eu turned down the grant for it for some reason.

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    Great time to buy a yatch, when the pound is at the weakest its been for decades

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommy31 View Post
    Great time to buy a yatch, when the pound is at the weakest its been for decades
    You couldn't make it up could you

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    She pays circa £1,500 per annum Council Tax for Buck House. Nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Organ Morgan. View Post
    She pays circa £1,500 per annum Council Tax for Buck House. Nice.
    Seems a bit steep for someone on benefits.

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    The only explanation I can see for the British public's fascination for the Royal Family is Stockholm Syndrome. During this Queen's reign we have gone from being a manufacturing giant where everyone had a job and where there was a strong community spirit to an almost third world cesspit where it is dog eat dog and nobody knows their neighbour. She has behaved like a powerless puppet, but it didn't have to be that way. She could have interceded and protected us from some of the worst things our treacherous governments have inflicted on us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    The only explanation I can see for the British public's fascination for the Royal Family is Stockholm Syndrome. During this Queen's reign we have gone from being a manufacturing giant where everyone had a job and where there was a strong community spirit to an almost third world cesspit where it is dog eat dog and nobody knows their neighbour. She has behaved like a powerless puppet, but it didn't have to be that way. She could have interceded and protected us from some of the worst things our treacherous governments have inflicted on us.
    You need to think differently then if that is all you allow yourself to see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    The only explanation I can see for the British public's fascination for the Royal Family is Stockholm Syndrome. During this Queen's reign we have gone from being a manufacturing giant where everyone had a job and where there was a strong community spirit to an almost third world cesspit where it is dog eat dog and nobody knows their neighbour. She has behaved like a powerless puppet, but it didn't have to be that way. She could have interceded and protected us from some of the worst things our treacherous governments have inflicted on us.
    What power does she have exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    What power does she have exactly?
    She has all the power. She just doesn't use it because there would be backlash

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    What power does she have exactly?
    Suspend parliament
    Appoint ministers including the Prime Minister
    Declare war
    Block bills
    Command the armed forces
    Pardon anyone she likes

    How's that for starters ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    Suspend parliament
    Appoint ministers including the Prime Minister
    Declare war
    Block bills
    Command the armed forces
    Pardon anyone she likes

    How's that for starters ?
    You forgot waving while scowling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    Suspend parliament
    Appoint ministers including the Prime Minister
    Declare war
    Block bills
    Command the armed forces
    Pardon anyone she likes

    How's that for starters ?
    Really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    The only explanation I can see for the British public's fascination for the Royal Family is Stockholm Syndrome. During this Queen's reign we have gone from being a manufacturing giant where everyone had a job and where there was a strong community spirit to an almost third world cesspit where it is dog eat dog and nobody knows their neighbour. She has behaved like a powerless puppet, but it didn't have to be that way. She could have interceded and protected us from some of the worst things our treacherous governments have inflicted on us.
    The main reason she’s popular is that the media keep telling us she is popular. Give anyone enough media coverage and people will become ‘fascinated’ by them whether it’s Queenie or Kim Kardashian. We are subjected (if you’ll pardon the pun) to a daily onslaught of unbalanced royalty-related drivel. Any mention of Queen Lizard on the news is delivered with a sycophantic smile (I‘m sure they’re on a bonus). Every item on the news relating to the Windsors ought to have a non-monarchist representative giving a republican viewpoint – but that would be balanced journalism and that’s not allowed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabalphaville View Post
    The main reason she’s popular is that the media keep telling us she is popular. Give anyone enough media coverage and people will become ‘fascinated’ by them whether it’s Queenie or Kim Kardashian. We are subjected (if you’ll pardon the pun) to a daily onslaught of unbalanced royalty-related drivel. Any mention of Queen Lizard on the news is delivered with a sycophantic smile (I‘m sure they’re on a bonus). Every item on the news relating to the Windsors ought to have a non-monarchist representative giving a republican viewpoint – but that would be balanced journalism and that’s not allowed.
    So rewind 15 years when they were not popular and we were being told that also. How do we explain that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Dragon View Post
    So rewind 15 years when they were not popular and we were being told that also. How do we explain that.
    You mean when Princess Di was killed by a mossad hit man on the instructions of the Duke of Edinburgh and MI5 because the heir to the throne might have a Muslim half brother whose descendants one day might've inherited the throne?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Dragon View Post
    So rewind 15 years when they were not popular and we were being told that also. How do we explain that.
    Because, very briefly, another royal became more popular than her. The notion of royalty itself didn't become less popular during that period - if anything Diana gave it a boost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
    Suspend parliament
    Appoint ministers including the Prime Minister
    Declare war
    Block bills
    Command the armed forces
    Pardon anyone she likes

    How's that for starters ?
    Are you sure about all of these?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    You mean when Princess Di was killed by a mossad hit man on the instructions of the Duke of Edinburgh and MI5 because the heir to the throne might have a Muslim half brother whose descendants one day might've inherited the throne?
    Didn't they change the rules after this event, that a first born female could be king?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    Didn't they change the rules after this event, that a first born female could be king?
    Blimey, thats a very big rule change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
    Blimey, thats a very big rule change.
    Diversity in action

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    Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
    Are you sure about all of these?
    He's correct on all of them. The monarch doesn't have to pay income or Council Tax (this one chooses to), display vehicle licence plates or need a licence to drive. Another power wielded under the Royal Prerogative is the legal authority to destroy any subject's property. It sounds far-fetched but it's true.

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