On borrowed time - the royals

Any one who thinks that this country will somehow become a fair society - If only we didn’t have a RF, is sadly deluded, not to mention (as I have many times already) that so very many employees would loose their jobs.

Alegrias1

Is a wee jaunt to Greece appropriate just now?

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a35886831/prince-charles-camilla-royal-tour-greece-2021/

I doubt that they want to go but that is what the Royal Family does.
Their duty.

vegansrock

I’m sure there are those who would like the Trump family to be monarchs of the USA. ?

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King Don of Trumpland

Just because it is there, and I like the music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBI9iBerg3w

How many people, on hearing, “Pugh, Pugh. . .” can still finish the list, *Elegran?”

I can adaunas! ? Childhood indoctrination.

agree

I can Miss! Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble and Grub! Can I h@ve my gold ⭐️ please?

I still have the LP
(Yes, Trumpton had crossed my mind when I posted it! but, as ton means town I reckoned a town wouldn't be big enough for King Don.)

The Times and hereditary peers

@thesundaytimes

The aristocratic 'jobs for the boys’ system that gave the elite an automatic role in running the country has been running on borrowed time for 20 years.

Is it time for reform?

thetimes.co.uk/article/is-it-time-to-end-the-farce-of-hereditary-peers-in-the-house-of-lords-k62q30zq6?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Lords&utm_medium=branded_social&utm_term=Lords&utm_content=Lords…

The 85 hereditary peers are allowed to vote on laws because they have inherited ancient titles.

The amount of land they own between them is equivalent to nearly half the size of Greater London

P Charles treats the Duchy of Cornwall as his own private property, although it belongs to the state. Giving Charles an annual income of more than £20m the Duchy's land is five times the size of Bristol and twice the size of Edinburgh.

Our head of state and her son are allowed to vet and veto laws because they have inherited ancient titles.

The hereditary lords should be gone, along with all the other lords. We need and deserve a fully elected upper house.

Yet it makes no sense to get upset about hereditary peers while supporting the hereditary monarchy.

We need to #abolishthemonarchy

We welcome the Sunday Times reporting on the House of Lords. This is one big brick in the shambolic structure that holds up the monarchy.

There's a reason the House of Lords hasn't been transformed; if it were more legitimate it would pose a greater threat to the Commons. Here's my piece from 2016:

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/06/who-needs-house-of-lords-meet-peers-rattling-the-commons?__twitter_impression=true

Bridgeit

Any one who thinks that this country will somehow become a fair society - If only we didn’t have a RF, is sadly deluded, not to mention (as I have many times already) that so very many employees would loose their jobs.

It's not a good enough reason to hold on to a system that is wrong.