General Chat

Thats my point Jean, the Queen gives so much to this country. Other countries envy the fact that we have had such a wonderful monarch,

I will gladly give my 66p tax a year, its only part of many areas our taxes cover .....wars, immigration, benefit cheats,MPS who are very greedy, ridiculous oil prices inflated by tax....


Caz xx

If such a wise man as Winston Churchill thought the Queen was worth having , I will do so too. He had an American mother but he was British through and through. I will emigrate if we ever get a Presidency. They are indeed a waste of money. I live on a pension and am not in such a bad way that I cannot afford the cost of her Majesty. I cant afford the cost of a footballer at todays prices! Jean

Dermot................I couldn't stand the way she used her position as wife of the prime minister for her own ends.

She has made a fortune out of it and had free board and lodgings all the time she was the prime ministers wife..............no other wife/husband of a serving PM was as crass and grabbing as her.

Thanks Ros, I know you asked, you are a star,


~~~~~~ to Puss,


Caz xxx

peter can you work a bit harder please i need some more money for this designer bag

glad she has ,Caz -at my instigation ,
Ros xx

Thankyou for your apology Jac, I have pmd back,

As I said I respect we view things diffrently, thats what I like about these boards, we all have different views and at times we may agree with someone , at other times we dont,

Caz xx

Leave Mrs Blair alone!

I don't mind paying 66p in the slightest.............as Lesley says we would have to pay at least that much to maintain the buildings anyway.

I hate the thought of having a president..............can you imagine what Cheri would have been like if she really had been the first lady??

I can't help thinking that would actually end up costing us more....................where politicians are involved, public money becomes their own private piggy bank to raid as often as possible.

People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes.

Don't the poor the ill and the dying already receive more than enough from us beleaguered tax payers? The NHS and Social security costs alone account for more than half of what we pay in our taxes. So an extra 66 p wouldn't even register.

The 10% tax fiasco alone is costing us £200 a head.

Whilst I appreciate the Queen & Buck Pal are great tourist attractions and alot of income comes in as a result of all that, I honestly believe it is now time for the Queen and her family to start paying their own way. In particular Air Miles Andy, gets right up my hooter, what does he do exactly? Clocks up unnecessary flights at the taxpayers' expense - and using his role as a trade ambassador to hit the ski slopes and golf courses.

He also used a private Citation II jet for a golfing break in Scotland in 2006
for us?

I would like, as a tax payer, to see my money spent elsewhere, like on cancer patients who have to go to court to try to get life saving drugs for example...

sorry, don't mean to offend, just my opinion:)

Thank you --her hubby has served abroad,
Ros xxx

Thanks for nudging this - I truly did not see it last night, and have only just logged on.

I have pm's Caz and apologised - I hope she accepts and understands my reasons for the statement I made - I hope so.

I still however think that 66p per person could be spent more wisely on the poor, the ill and the dying.

Jac

Excellent value. Probably because Indiana Brown, doesn't have anything to do with the way the royal budget is run.

It is 66 pence per year per person, not 66 pence per week. 66pence x 60 million of us equates to around £40million in total. I would willingly double my contribution to 132 pence per year.

Lass - they stop us from having a President - that's surely got to be a good thing lol ;)

If you were in your 80's could you manage what the Queen does, day in day out? I know I couldn't.

I'm not a wild flag-waving monarchist but I think she an exceptional national asset.

How much per head of population does she bring in in the form of tourist income? Have no idea, but it has to be more than any elected president would attract.

I think the Queen is worth the money but I am not quite so sure about the rest of the Royals. I am not sure Charlie & the boys are going to get the same respect (kinda proved that one by referring to him as Charlie, didnt I??)

I love the hundreds of years of history behind it all and feel quite proud and I adore all the pomp that goes with the occasions but to be honest, apart form being an abassador for the country I cant understand what pupose they serve apart from being a tourist attraction.

~~~waves to Caz and Harry and everyone else~~

The 66p per year we pay as taxpayers helps to maintain the palaces and castles which we would have to maintain anyway if we had no monarchy.

State Banquets for visiting dignitaries would still have to be paid for if we had no monarchy as they would still need to go ahead.

We would have an equivalent of the garden parties with a President or equivalent if we had no Monarchy.

If we had a President, we would have to pay for the electing of a President every few years and all that is associated with it. At least we only have a Coronation once in a Monarch's lifetime. The President's security would also have to be paid for.

We would have to pay for a President's "Royal visits abroad" if we had no monarchy.

People visit this country for our heritage including the Royal family. I cannot see how a President or equivalent would be that much of a draw for them.

I cannot really see how getting rid of the Monarchy saves us that much money. As others have said, we find lots of ways to waste our money on in this country. I don't think the Royal family is one.