The English Monarchy

Fratton Fred

Happyman42 wrote: »

Tell us Fred again...how many can join the titled class and who opens the door to let them in? Could you be king one day?
We are as money obsessed as the rest of the western world, a nation of hat doffers to people who have done nothing to earn it, we are not.

The titled class are irrelevant, you can buy a title on eBay.

Why would I want to be king? If I wanted to rule the UK I'd become prime minister. If I wanted to rule Ireland I'd become a property developer.

What's the big deal?

karma_

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The titled class are irrelevant, you can buy a title on eBay.

Why would I want to be king? If I wanted to rule the UK I'd become prime minister. If I wanted to rule Ireland I'd become a property developer.

What's the big deal?

There's nothing inherently anti-British for wanting to see the back of the monarchy. It's anachronistic in this day and age, there should be no place for such a privileged class. For all the power you claim they don't have they are certainly not impotent they are quite influential. All monarchies should be dissolved, their mansions and palaces will still attract tourists. How the working class can put up with that bollocks is well beyond me.

April O Neill

John Doe1 wrote: »

leave them alone, Prince Philip is a ****ing legend

Well, no, he's just an old racist.

Fratton Fred

karma_ wrote: »

There's nothing inherently anti-British for wanting to see the back of the monarchy. It's anachronistic in this day and age, there should be no place for such a privileged class. For all the power you claim they don't have they are certainly not impotent they are quite influential. All monarchies should be dissolved, their mansions and palaces will still attract tourists. How the working class can put up with that bollocks is well beyond me.

Who said it was anti British? (although happyman's knack of appearing on every British thread is somewhat disturbing, I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a field day analysing that sort of obsession).

Have you read my other posts? If you were starting from scratch you wouldn't have a monarchy, but I dont see any advantage I'm changing it now, it is a ceremonial job at best.

Madam

I'm the last person who would want or care about the monarchy but sometimes when I see them parading at the opening of some shopping centre or attending the Warner Brothers Studios last week they remind me of performing chimps for some reason(albiet well paid for it) - not a job I could do tbh.

Happyman42

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The titled class are irrelevant, you can buy a title on eBay.

Why would I want to be king? If I wanted to rule the UK I'd become prime minister.

Don't you mean American president?

If I wanted to rule Ireland I'd become a property developer.

If a property developer gets to rule here than that's what they are they don't construct elaborate myths about being ordinary grocers daughters. :rolleyes:

I love the way in England you see celebs and government ministers of all hues giving out about the monarchy, shouting about equal rights but when the envelope arrives from Mrs Winsdor they are down on their knees kowtowing for their grubby little titles. It's people like that that keep the sham going.

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Who said it was anti British? (although happyman's knack of appearing on every British thread is somewhat disturbing, I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a field day analysing that sort of obsession).

Ha ha that's like Flann O'Brien being hauled up in front of his civil service betters.
Boss: 'You were seen going into Mulligans at lunchtime!'

Flann: 'You mean I was seen coming into Mulligans'

I don't recall seeing you on any other thread that isn't about the British and their various wrongdoings on the planet.

Have you read my other posts? If you were starting from scratch you wouldn't have a monarchy, but I dont see any advantage I'm changing it now, it is a ceremonial job at best.

If you wouldn't start one now then it is always wrong.

NIMAN

I couldn't care less about the monarchy, but I do pay tax in NI so I guess in a roundabout way I do contribute to them.

I appreciate that many say they bring in plenty of tourists, but I remember reading a few years back that the Queen was worth £4bn.

That means she alone could sustain the entire Royal Family for nearly 125 years.

Fratton Fred

NIMAN wrote: »

I couldn't care less about the monarchy, but I do pay tax in NI so I guess in a roundabout way I do contribute to them.

I appreciate that many say they bring in plenty of tourists, but I remember reading a few years back that the Queen was worth £4bn.

That means she alone could sustain the entire Royal Family for nearly 125 years.

she's only worth that money in theory, if you valued all the property that belongs to the crown. It's not like she has 4 billion quid in the bank.

irish bloke

A mate of mine tells the story of how the time his father was working over in England and the conversation came up about the Queen.

He apparent turned around to his work colleges and said "the Queen should be stood up against the wall and a knob of her own s.hit thrown at her".

Still get a giggle when I think about it. He got sacked for it too..

AngeGal

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The titled class are irrelevant, you can buy a title on eBay.

Why would I want to be king? If I wanted to rule the UK I'd become a banker in Londonprime minister. If I wanted to rule Ireland I'd become a property developer.

What's the big deal?

FYP.

K-9

Mod:

Thread is nearly a year old and I'm not seeing much point in keeping it open, other than go over the same points, usually made by the same posters nearly a year later.