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How The Royal Family Is Destroying Britain
How the hell anyone can be proud of the Queen's squalid, mean-spirited and patronage-ridden monarchy is beyond my imagination...
I don’t understand the Brits. I never have. Although I’m from Scotland and, technically, I suppose, that makes me a Brit (at least until 2014) I just don’t get the national psyche.
They’ll rage furiously at the thought of a hard-working Polish plumber grafting his arse off because he’s “stealing our jobs” yet fawn, grovel, bow and scrape at a collection of German-Greek immigrant benefit-scroungers bleeding the country dry. As long, of course, as they’re wearing crowns while they do so.
Despite all of Cromwell’s efforts, the British remain a people in love with the Monarchy and their fascination with the interminable minutiae of the Royals’ pampered lives remains a source of endless fascination. They’ll tell you better Mrs Windsor than Mr Blair as head of state, any day of the week. Quite how and why Tony Blair would be the mandatory head of state if we didn’t have a monarchy is something only they know. Why they feel we need a head of state at all, in fact, is a topic you’ll debate at the risk of your sanity.
They seem to think, also, that the Windsors are to be thanked for generating every single pound of tourist revenue and that that justifies their existence. In fact, to the British, it seems as if the Windsors are the constitutional equivalent of the bloody Beatles; every single thing of any merit is to be laid at their door, irrespective of any evidence to the contrary. It’s a nonsense argument, of course. Like all the arguments from toadying monarchists are nonsense. It presupposes that somehow, someway, were we to rid ourselves of this decaying, corrupt, anti-democratic, feudal hangover, people would suddenly cease to visit our septic isle. People come to see the sights, the palaces, the artefacts, and the visible reminders of centuries of history. It’s not as if the Queen, or one of her dysfunctional offspring, pop out onto the lawn at Buck House to pose for photos with Japanese tourists, is it?
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But let’s talk about the money for a moment. Those crazy Brits have spent the last 18 months or so bitterly complaining that because those of them in the private sector have had their pensions looted so public sector workers should shut up moaning and take it too. Frankly, this absolutely mystifies me; this spiteful, resentful ignorance that drives so much British political opinion. Yet it’s woefully inconsistent, isn’t it? Perish the thought nurses, doctors, cleaners, firemen and teachers should manage to hang on to their derisory pensions, which average out at a miserable £5K a year, by the way, but they’ll smile vapidly and cheer moronically while waving a plastic union flag at just one family raking in somewhere in the region of £340 million a year of public money. That doesn’t even include the indirect payments for security, travel, maintenance and those sumptuous dinner parties where the Queen entertains despots, torturers, dictators and murdering tyrants from the Middle East and Africa.
The nauseating Jubilee jamboree added a few extra zeros to the nation’s outgoings column as well. Oh, and the wedding the year before and soon another Royal mouth to feed (despite the Tories saying benefit claimants should have no further children). As if all that weren’t enough to challenge even the most resilient sycophantic ignorance, the Queen, with breathtaking gall, had the effrontery to ask for a further contribution from the government’s cold weather pot, set up to help poverty-stricken pensioners with rising fuel costs, to help heat her bloody palaces! God forbid this fantastically wealthy scrounger should actually pay for these things herself. Her personal fortune, including stocks, shares, property, art and so on is estimated at somewhere in the region of £3 billion.
All this at a time when public services, public sector jobs, wages, terms and conditions are being slashed in the most savage round of austerity measures yet seen in modern times. We can’t afford them, you see. We all need to do our bit and make sacrifices because “we’re all in it together”, remember.
We throw billions of tax pounds at crooked and incompetent bankers, while allowing them to continue enjoying six and seven-figure salaries, bonuses and stock options and then we have these publicly-funded bean-fests of gluttonous and hideously expensive proportions as well. But we can’t afford to let nurses draw the pension they were promised, as part of their legally agreed terms and conditions of employment. Go figure, as the Crown’s former colonial subjects might say.
Meanwhile, just a few miles across the English Channel the French shake their heads in disbelief. The average Brit sneers at the French while they riot, strike and rebel at every injustice and outrage. The average Brit, on the other hand, prefers instead to whine, bitch and sulk that someone may be slightly less badly-off than he is and when someone finally does take action, he condemns those people for doing that which he lacks the guts and integrity to do himself.
He prefers, instead, to fawn, grovel and scrape at the feet of a corrupt, anti-democratic collective of glorified social security spongers, parasites that the French had the guts to excise centuries ago.
How the hell anyone can wave a Union flag and be proud of this squalid, mean-spirited and patronage-ridden feudal-backwater we call the UK is beyond even my impressive powers of creativity.
But it’s not even the money, the inequality, the nauseating display of riches, power and privilege we continue to fund simply due to accidents of birth. It’s the affront to democracy that represents the biggest sin. The Queen and her fellow ermine-clad panhandlers aren’t just some quaint, loveable, eccentric legacy from medieval times. They aren’t powerless and they aren’t harmless. As fellow Saboteur, Nick Margerrison, has noted, they represent and also wield considerable powers, which can be utilised in times of national crisis (for crisis read rebellion, protest, civil disturbance and an uppity peasantry). Via the Royal Prerogative a panoply of special powers exist which can be wheeled out to suspend parliament, implement martial law and snuff out any forces deemed to threaten the existing order. Please don’t delude yourself these powers are merely symbolic; just ask Gough Whitlam…
Oh, and get this; the Monarch is exempt from prosecution for any offence at all. Ever. Outrageous, disgraceful and absolutely impossible to justify.
A constitutional, hereditary monarchy, along with an unelected upper chamber which can overrule decisions made by those whom the public has elected, has no place in any country claiming to be a democracy. No place at all; into the dustbin of history with these reactionary worthies and their entire apparatus of class-privilege, patronage and inequality.
As April looms and the Coalition’s vicious ‘Bedroom Tax’ starts to bite, merely the latest salvo in their ongoing class offensive against the nation’s poorest, will we see the Windsors forced to cough up the extra cash for their unused rooms in their opulent palaces and houses? I’m afraid there’s more chance of waking up tomorrow and discovering unicorns urinating rainbows on your front lawn.
Apart from anything else, what the hell is wrong with a people who individually and collectively have such little self-respect they’ll happily debase themselves before a collection of maladjusted misfits who only occupy the position they do thanks to centuries of incest, tyranny, murder, thievery and bloodshed?
And so you can do one of two things; you can continue to be a party to the triumphalist orgy of sickening, sycophantic fawning that celebrates the anti-democratic concept of inherited, unelected, wealth, privilege and power, paid for by us.
Or you could fight for a future where no one dies alone, cold, starving and homeless on our streets, while a single family of leeches is subsidized to the tune of hundreds of millions, maybe even billions, of pounds every year. A world where the poor are not booted from their homes for the crime of having a spare room and the real benefit scroungers are targeted with the same gleeful spite and callousness as that experienced by the most desperate among us.
Here’s to a better, more humane, more egalitarian, world. A brighter, monarchy-free, future.
Vive la republique.
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Well his Scottish roots are showing, that's for sure. What a crock of nonsense. The Queen is the living constitution of Britain and She works darn hard at it believe me. I wouldn't want Her job not for any amount of money. She is doing it for Her people, Her subjects not for Herself. The palaces belong to the British people not to the Royal family. All those beautiful paintings, artworks, jewellery etc. that She has are in the majority the peoples. Yes She does have Her private collection of these things but the great bulk of it are the peoples'.
Well said Harry, prepare for the vitriol along the same lines mentioned - fawning bullshit about "President Blair" and "Tourist Revenue" like Rome, New York & Paris don't get tourists. Thankfully the best advert for a republic is Prince Charles, not long now before he takes the throne.
Cheers, Howard. It really is mystifying, isn't it?
After reading Harry P tell the honest truth about a no name band fronted by an arse, I have followed his writing. And, tbh, has inspired me into caring about politics and the way this nation behaves. I wish there were more people like Harry P with the balls to stand up to the corrupt people who seem to be 'allowed' ultimate control by their victims. A crazy amount of money is being spent and NO amount of 'tourist revenue' will ever cover it!
Oh dear. So many faults... First, the UK isn't a democracy and has never claimed to be. It's a constitutional monarchy - if you don't know the difference, look it up. Neither does the main crux of your argument stand up to scrutinty - both Sweden and the Netherlands combine royal families with decent enough social welfare systems, whilst the United States has disparities that makes the UK seem like Stalinist Russia. Repbublicanism has hardly helped the cause of the poorest there. I wouldn't pick fault with your theory that the UK is pretty ghastly, but if you think the downfall of the monarchy will solve all its problems you are sadly mistaken.
RB, you're missing all the main points. I'm not claiming the abolition of the monarchy will solve all ills. Simply that it is an affront to democracy, accountability and decency. Also, we can't afford it. Simple as that.
Having a monarchy does have some tourism benefits, but so does lego land.... So it should be run as a business. If hospital and carehomes have to make cuts due to profit/loss, then monarchy needs to as well.
Preach, brother Paterson. Piece is bang-on.
"she works darn hard" - I'd love to know their hourly rate. They certainly make working 2 or 3 days a week look like hard work. I don't see them facing performance reviews, redundancy threats, pay cuts, rising costs or any of the other threats any of the real hard workers of Britain face - hardly a tough Monday morning in a recession for them is it? So what if they work "darn hard" is this a reason good enough for a monarchy? If you appointed people on how hard they worked I doubt it would be one of the royals.
"A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host"
Passionate and well presented article. An error republicans often make is to argue ad hominem. It shouldn't be against the office holder, but against the office. That removes the "Well, do you want Rutte to be President then?" style of argument. (Obviously I write from Holland, where her madge Bea has just tendered her resignation.)
The whole concept of monarchy is so archaic that it seems laughable yet droves of the British public (aka fawning, sycophantic flutes) still lap them up. No wonder that the grown up, democratic republics around the world point their fingers and laugh at us whilst GB puts its fingers it's collective ears and continues to live in an crumbling smugness.
Your argument as to why they don't generate tourist income is hugely flawed.
"Ah but the Yanks love our Royal Family, think of all the tourist income we'd lose" The yanks still visit Paris in droves to visit a Blackpool Tower rip off (I know before anyone starts) I'm fairly sure we'd still see a significant number of well- nourished, crimpline clad Americans pushing into the queues at Buck House et al.
Explain the facts then Matt if the argument is flawed. I see the facts as follows: Of the top 20 tourist attractions in the UK only one royal residence makes it - Windsor Castle at 17 - (Legoland beats it hands down). The Tower of London comes in at number 6 - it could be deduced from this that the royal residences are more popular if not occupied by royals. "They are good for tourism" so is Bath, Stonehenge, Trafalgar Square etc etc. Has anyone got any figures other than dreamy guesswork?
Archie1954 - You are a queen.
Er, I haven't made *any* argument claiming they "...don't generate tourist income." I've simply pointed out they are not the nation's *only* source of tourist revenue and, therefore, if they vanished tomorrow our tourist revenue wouldn't vanish with them.
What an excellent article. A proper balance of fire in the belly and ice in the head. And Matt and Archie- backup your critcisms with facts and they become constructive. Until then, you are just trolling. And while I'm not English, I'm British so Scottish roots have fuck all to do with this discussion. The blank looks in the eyes of those patriots who wave the union flag about while dressed up in RW&B outside Buckingham Palace while we're all meant to fawn at the feet of Williams and his oh-so-normal yet chinlessly upper middle class wife....makes me laugh and roll my eyes in equal measure.
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It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in.
What gets me the most is when people talk about how nice 'the boys' seem. So they fucking should be. What possible reason would they have to not be nice? It's the least they can do. No it really is absolutely the least they can do. Second to this is people talking about 'the boys' being normal and grounded. I'd argue that the more normal they get, the less point there is in them as royals. At least have the decency to be ridiculously removed from any kind of normality.
Cameron is Queen Brenda's cousin and Gideon Osbourne is the heir to the baron of Tipperary (How galling is that, claiming titles in a republic country). The Elite use divide and rule tactics, incorporating their mates in the press to keep the poor fighting amongst themselves whist they fuck off with all the money and pay no tax. Thats's Democracy for Ya!
This would be a great article if it weren't for all the thousands of incredibly bitter adjectives bringing it down
Tigerlily, a valid observation. That's why I chopped a lot of 'em out ;-)
@ Harry. Hello, I hope you are well. Tigerlily has a point, if you are looking to sway the undecided you may need to calm down somewhat. Your pieces appear to be a case of getting something off your chest rather an article for discussion. Your style really is only appealing to people of similar view points rather than making people who disagree with you sit up and take notice. I know we disagree on most things but it's difficult to get past the 'incredibly bitter adjectives'. Surprisingly, I'm not after an argument but thought I would drop you a note. All the best.
You on Twitter Harry?
"....one family raking in somewhere in the region of £340 million a year of public money. That doesn’t even include the indirect payments for security, travel, maintenance and those sumptuous dinner parties where the Queen entertains despots, torturers, dictators and murdering tyrants from the Middle East and Africa." What are your sources for this figure? The last detailed public accounts put the cost of maintaining the Royal household at £32.1million (to include travel, foreign dignitaries, communication and building maintenance, but not including public and private security). And on a side question....Are you happy for British (irrespective of whether you see yourself/feel British) taxpayers to give (yes, just give) £9.2BILLION to the European Government, much of which is like you say above, unelected and undemocratic?
I hear ya, Andy, and, like Tigerlily, you make a valid point. I can only say it is borne of frustration at what are the slanted terms of this debate. It's one of those issues that still seems to be accepted unthinkingly by most people and I can't think of any other way of puncturing the unquestioning servility of the pro-monarchy camp. I don't *want* to conduct a debate on dry, academic terms: I want people to consider the very real human dimension; what the monarchy really means to ordinary people and how the institution affects our lives in a tangible way. Horses for courses but that's the way I roll, I guess..
Howard, @harrypaterson1
'Destroying Britain' eh? Fuck me, they've been at it for centuries and we're still here. Not much crack at it, are they?
This is honestly the best article I have ever read on the issue of the pathetic proud British people, and it sums up EXACTLY how I feel on a great many subjects; whether it be the pathetic and self-arse fucking sneering at other country's solidarity.....or the discusting dictatorship that is the unelected head of state. I'd love it if Al QUIEDA blew every single one of the leeches up.
Fred, no way it costs just £34m unfortunately you are not allowed to ask how much it really costs because they are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The official figure excludes security, some travel and lost revenue from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. Even if it was less than 380m (Republic estimate it at a conservative £200m)that is still equivalent to 9,560 nurses & 8,200 police officers. Hey, if it's not £200m then open the books and let's have a look, I'll eat my words.
"coloniSed" 'Fr3sh' - with an 's' Decent article. i agree wholeheartedly with the message if not the tone. Might work better if the writer doesn't highlight his desire for independence though.
I think it's ironic that someone from Scotland complains about a drain on resources when I have to pay 9k a year to go to uni in order to subsidise Scottish students. Don't get me wrong there should be some cuts in what the queen receives from the government but having a monarchy generates revenue from tourism and helps create a sense of national identity which is something we need when times are hard.
My favourite article by you and I liked the vitriolic style of writing. I am starting to wonder if there is truth in the theory that people's senses are being dulled by fluoride in the water.
Howard....I asked Harry what his source was not what you "think" they cost and I stated that the £34million does indeed exclude security. These accounts are available for download from the Treasury, Public Accounts Committee and Royal Estates. As for the "it would employ" line, I'm sorry but that is the weakest and lamest statement anyone could make about anything. Heck if we stopped all overtime by every police officer now, the force could employ tens of 1000's more overnight without another penny being spent!!
£200m as a conservative estimate. Open the books.
Here you go Fred. For the record I'm not that arsed about more coppers. http://www.republic.org.uk/What%20we%20want/In%20depth/Royal%20finances/index.php
Kate, Yours is *exactly* the sort of arse-backwards "resentful, mean=spirited" view to which I referred in the article. Scotland decided they wanted a governing party that would put free education at the heart of their programme. And why not? This was achieved, in no small measure, by the strength of feeling of its younger voters making themselves heard through protest etc. The SNP listened and kept their commitment to free education. That's called consensus. It's democratic. It's a good thing. As for subbing Scotland, well, complete and utter nonsense, I'm afraid. Yet more little Ingerlunder propaganda that has been allowed to have gone unchecked. Still, don't take my word for it; see here http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/scotland-12288-union-public
Excellent Howard, quote a few bullet points from another website. We can all do that!! http://www.royal.gov.uk/latestnewsanddiary/annualfinancialreports/annualfinancialreports.aspx Note the line "Head of State expenditure is met from public funds in exchange for the surrender by The Queen of the revenue from the Crown Estate." Last year that was £240million....not a bad swap is it!!!!
Fred, I'm looking now to find the source for the figure I quoted. As soon as I have, I'll post for you. Just to clarify, that figure was for the Royal Family as a whole; not just the Queen, as I thought I'd made clear. In the meantime, consider that both Prince Andrew's daughters receive protection and security at a cost of around £500,000.00 per annum, each,. There's another million that wasn't included in your £34 million. Once you just adding up *all* the costs, not just the ones we're allowed to know about, I think you'll be surprised how quickly that £340 mil is reached.
But money aside, Fred, interesting you have, thus far, mentioned nothing about the appalling democratic deficit the monarchy represents. Care to comment on that?
I didn't "quote a few bullet points" I gave some excerpts from a detailed breakdown of what the royal family really costs us. Let people visit the link I posted and the one you posted and they can make their own minds up. I'll back my £200m any day of the week.
Fred, found my notes and I see Republic state £202.4 million which excludes "...round-the-clock security, lavish royal visits and lost revenue from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall" which the Daily (hate) Mail, of all sources, puts at £138 million. My maths make that around £340 million, total. As I said. Once I've trawled through the bloody links and bookmarks, I'll stick the URLs up so you can see for yourself.
Howard....it just says "The estimated total annual cost of the monarchy to taxpayers is £202.4m, around five times the official figure published by the royal household (£38.3m last year)." This is neither detailed nor a breakdown!! Harry....I agree they are undemocratic hence no mention, but so are a lot of the Bills that have passed through Parliament for decades, which the last a saw was "democratically elected" (with the obvious exception of our current incumbents!!)
Fred. Seriously? You seriously didn't see the big PDF to download the breakdown ? Here you go. http://www.republic.org.uk/valueformoneymyth.pdf
Lol, Howard; I like you :-D
My sincerest apologies I did indeed miss the link, a school boy error of skim reading through the bullet points you quoted! Either way, I'm big enough to admit my mistake and quite happy to continue waving my little plastic flag. Oh, and no answer to my side question on the amount of money handed to the EU?
Roll on 2014, we will hang the Royal family if all the chip on your shoulder Scots move out of England
Fred, you do realise that is a straw man argument. Who is to say that people who are against the monarchy aren't also against being in the EU? In any case, it doesn't matter, they are both completely different topics.
Well I doubt I'll get any more response but want to clarify some of your maths Harry....."Fred, found my notes and I see Republic state £202.4 million which excludes "...round-the-clock security, lavish royal visits and lost revenue from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall" which the Daily (hate) Mail, of all sources, puts at £138 million. My maths make that around £340 million, total." This isn't what Republic state. They state that the officially published figure (£38.3million) excludes the round-the-clock security, lavish royal visits and lost revenue from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. You cant take the figure of £202.4million and add another £140million that is already included in the calculation in their PDF!
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Well done Harry, this is a fantastic piece of writing. British society needs to aspire to develop the traits where its considered obscene for people to starve or be homeless. Having the majority fan over one family and placing them on so high a pedestal so as to almost deify them must be soul destroying for those who value equality. The Queen takes a dump after a good meal, the same as the rest of us, the royal family are only people, for them to command so much public resources is a joke. I'm not British, nor do I live there and I'm pissed off with the situation even though it should in no way bother me so I can only imagine how the author feels.
Perhaps if everyone in the UK got up of their arses, worked and paid tax, helping to spread the cost, we would all be in a better position! That and it would help stop people needlessly criticising historic institutions! And as for the democratically elected aspects of our Government, yes, the are doing a sterling job aren't they!?
Do you mean the Royals should get off their arses, stop taking benefits and pay tax or people like the 1700 who applied for a single job in Starbucks in Nottingham this week? I think I can see where the real problem is.
I can only assume that people who so vehemently defend the monarchy have a strong, sexual desire to be dominated and debased in the most demeaning manner possibly.
1700 people applied for a job in starbucks??? class traitors!!
I totally agree with the writer of this article. My ancestors are from Great Britain. I hate the British Monarchy because they are evil in their actions, selfish to the core of their souls and display to the world a system of slavery under the banner of freedom. How detestable. The British people show to the world that they love being duped by a system and a family that is abhorrent to freedom loving people. The Queen owns you (subjects). She owns the land under your feet. You have to bow down to these people who are no better than you. You are like poor stupid sheep. You are asleep. You have killed people in the name of democracy and you are slaves yourself. When will you wake up and start your fight for freedom and a better way of life. Kick those selfish, arrogant, evil Royals out on their ass and let them live like you have to live. That is justice for them and you. Long live, not the Queen, but freedom of the masses.
I have zero respect for the Royals and would have the monarchy abolished tomorrow. But the people of Southern England won't let them go as they seem to represent some sort of stability and order. The monarchy have been hoodwinking such people for centuries.
Literally the biggest mistake a vassal can make is imagining the Patron system to be in his favor or to start developing sniveling sentiments towards his Patron rapists. The little authoritarian vermin race to whomever has the rod & isn't afraid to rape them; they think this is shrewd. Right up until they're raped. You can only be raped by Your Own. Everyone is exploiting Their Own. "Love is whatever you can still betray." (le Carre)
About time somebody from Britain said this-great article. I'm a Canadian, and I wish that we Canadians stopped fawning over her all of the time and having representatives (governor generals) exercise royal control over us; it would also make us be able to keep Quebec in Confederation a lot better than we usually do it. I'll say this for the British Royals; at least their younger ones (William & Harry) understand the concept of noblesse oblige by serving in the armed forces and also wanting to do their part in Iraq and Afghanistan-we don't get that here in North America from our higher classes (governmental and corporate)-all we get is, ' People like YOU serve in the armed forces-we have more important things to do.' That's the ONLY good thing about the Royals, however (and the younger female Royals should also be serving in the army/navy/air force/Marines as well) the rest of it, you can keep. As for the French-at least they haven't had services cut in the name of 'austerity' by the socialist governments that they've elected-maybe England should emulate what they do and elect governments like that.
I'm with the author on this not everyone fawns over the royal family those bloodsucking nazi German parasites, I'd like to see the lot of them put up against a wall and you can fill in the rest... Tourist industry my arse , tourists don't come for them, it's a myth! And work hard? Don't make me laugh! Yeah Harry was really working hard in Vegas playing strip billiards ( how very upper class) ugh cannot stand those motherfuckers
While the royal family and their dumb ass wives and kids can all fuck off, I think they probably do generate money for someone although for the "country" or whatever people say means a few people selling tea-towels or already rich people "ie themselves". I think they're neither harmful nor particularly positive. Irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. What serious country figurehead would make a twat out of herself at the Olympics like the queen did? Lets have a proper investigation into their finances and measure precisely how much money they generate vs how much they half inch away from us.
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A great article that gets at the TRUTH. Clearly a huge problem for those of us who support your views is that the likes of Archie1954 insist on walking around with their heads up the royal derriere! And are determined not to see or follow the truth. Well said mate!
Without doubt the French had the right idea with their parasites & we should follow suit & then return their entire wealth back to the people of this nation & others that they stole it from. HM courts are corrupt to the core & when victims of this & other government department atrocities write to the the palace the queen responds with 'one peasant should f off', to see comments supporting this parasitic organism in any way really does demonstrate how retarded some Brits are.
Fuck ALL Monarchies, they have no relevance in a democratic society.
Im a prodie, english and from london! They do take the piss, after years of believing that these people do care about us and now watching them let the banks that they have a hand in running fucc us over for 6 years i think they should go! They have done a deal to rule ireland again with the eu through finance so there was no point for the struggles at all in ireland if the eu was set up after the end of ww2, I think all that is going was planned
I'm quite amazed by some of the comments on here. The sycophantic British people should be ashamed of themselves. For the stunningly ignorant...please actually research the royal family in detail - I don't just mean a cursory glance of Wikipedia! If you dare dig beneath the surface you'll find the shocking truth. These are moronic parasites, dysfunctional beyond belief. Look up paedophilia and the royal family. Research Kamloops and the queen! I've just read a ridiculous statement saying how little the monarchy costs compared to the EU. Actually, the queen has broken her coronation vows by signing the Treaty of Lisbon which effectively hands over ownership of Britain to a foreign power! She signed it. Wake up people! The hour is late.
Who are these people? These people who consider themselves superior to the 'common people'? I find it nauseating that the people have to bow, curtsey and step backwards when retreating from these morons. A person must never dare actually touch 'her majesty'. Titles such as 'majesty' and 'highness' make me shudder. She is anything but majestic. Her royal 'lowness' might be more appropriate. Wait until the full truth about the murder of Diana comes out...and it will. Let's see how above the law they are then! How can a certain sperm fertilising a certain egg give the right to rule over others? This is the 21st century for goodness sake. The British people have been duped. Big style. The queen is treasonous against the British people. As long as you have that 'thing' as the head of state you have a problem. She has far more power than you realise. Consider the prefix 'HM' before so many parts of the establishment. They assume control, they assume to rule and you asses let her. Apparently Charlie boy 'owns' Cornwall. Oh really? Then let's see the proof of ownership! Look at the history of monarchy throughout the ages right up to the present day. They'll murder their own family for power. They always have. This queen has actually signed death warrants to remove certain 'undesirables' within the so called 'commonwealth'. Time to say no. They rule because of your consent. YOUR consent. A day is coming fast when that consent will be removed.
As an expat from England now living in Canada I have to admit I was into all that pomp and circumstance nonsense for most of my life, in fact until quite recently. I have from my own questions about many things in this world, woken up to who and how this planet is actually ran and controlled by and also to several other important elements. I am now apolitical as I now know it is all just a distraction to keep us fighting among each other all the while believing we actually have freedom and democracy. It all comes from the 'programming' we receive from infancy onwards from our parents and the establishment and we learn to adore the royal family as well as all the regalia as it ties into our history. Once one realises we are all one and the same (and I am not talking communism or any isms here) the realisation of how we are so duped hits hard. The divine right of kings nonsense is nauseating as is calling an MP 'honourable' instead of 'honoured' (to be your representative). All of these ridiculous, pompous titles that are designed to make us feel beneath certain others are worthy only of a Monty Python sketch! Even a couple of years ago I would never have written this and would be seething at you for this article and I do therefore completely understand why many will attack you for it. I now have to watch what I say in front of family members regarding the royal family as I know they will never see how fooled they have been. I also think your Sean Connery is a total phoney for accepting the knighthood from a queen of a nation he wants to devolve from, speaking from both sides of the mouth if you get my drift. I'm with you on this and I can't wait for Scottish independence, keep your oil and take back all those Scots on welfare in England too, they need room for all the east europeans flocking in lol!
Too much of British culture is invested in the symbolism of the landed gentry, the monarchy and toffs in general. People appear to believe its the natural order of things to be led by the clueless chinless, the main thing being that they have a plummy condescending voice as identification. It may work as a scam within the confines of the UK, but from outside the british establishment looks ridiculous. But they are far more than just ridiculous, they are operating under the cloak of democracy against the interests of the majority of the citizens, and this is, quite frankly, treason.
An interesting read into the delightful royal family; www.chrisspivey.co.uk/?p=6982 You'll get a little overview of these inbred cretinous bloodline. Perhaps look up the documentary 'Royal Babylon' on You Tube. Here's the slightly shortened version (the full length has been taken down - so much for free speech!). http://youtube.com/watch?v=jlukrdRhnpw Please please please research Kamloops and the queen's discreet visit in Canada. Children disappearing, children made to kiss the queen's shoe and a key witness dying in suspicious circumstances before giving evidence. Also, try to watch the documentary 'Unlawful Killing' which has been banned in the UK! The establishment said it could only be aired in the UK if there had been no less than 87 different pieces edited out. What the...? This can be found on the internet in its complete form. A revealing enquiry into the 'official' enquiry. The UK is a farce. Free speech my arse.
Spot on John! Is it not great to watch all this from the Grand Stand?
Whether you would want her job or not is irrelevant. if is not open for all to apply for. Unless you are her eldest offspring nothing you can do will get you the position.
I live in England and I work with Old folk. A lot of them had tough poor childhoods where they watched the haves make their lives hard. They have no love for the Royals, doffing their cap or loving anyone who would take them for fools.
Iv not read all of the comments so forgive me if I repeat something that has already been said: I'm a 'brit' and my personal opinion would be very similar to Harry's. Id love to see the parasitic, scrounging scum placed against a wall and shot - hell, Ill even shoot them myself. Not al Brits love these stinking deadbeats, and to the first poster who suggested that they work hard for their money - wake up and smell the coffee you moron - that imbecile waves her hand a few times and gets paid millions, doesnt get taxed and is supported by the tax payer so that she doesnt have to spend any of her 'hard earned' money. The sooner the monarchy crumbles the better.
I can't stand the royal family. I see them as a bunch of evil, twisted, greedy,lying,murdering, satanic, illuminati reptiles that murdered our beautiful angel Princess Diana (R.I.P.). And it makes me sick to see so many of the UK's poorest not knowing where their next meal is coming from, while these serpents rake in millions of pounds of public money. British people are so dumb...they worship these tyrants like brainwashed sheep. These murdering reptiles may have a life of luxury here on earth, but when the time comes for them all to face God's judgement, they'll certainly be sent where they belong.
Kiddie fiddling and corruption are synonymous with the British so called elite. Scum.
Brilliant article, I agree with most of what you say, but like many others, even though "The Truth Is Out There" about the Royals, most people have a fanatical love and would gladly lay their life down to attack an anti monarchist, as I found out in a local pub in Stratford many years ago, thinking we were all joined inour way of seeing things I said something about the Queen and was left in no doubt that it was unwise to talk of the Monarch in any derogatory tone. The ROyal Seal always annoys me with the Lion on the left hand side in control of the chains around the Unicorn which is Scotland's magical animal to show they own the Scottish as well. I applaud Fr3sh for his Trainspotting speech and amazed no-one spotted it, or if they did, didn't mention it. More of this sort of thing. People Wake up! It is the Future!
I,ll be doffing my cap to no one, not any of the establishment and especially not any of the Windsor family. This country, as well as being corrupted by our political system, is infested,nay poisoned, by the adulation of celebrity and the monarchy. We could do a lot better.
this article is entirely true in every aspect and the only people who do not want to believe are fickle minded who forgive and forget their crimes and errors and one of them being their plotting the murder of PRINCESS DIANE and then hid away in BALMORAL to hide their shame, if you look at the queen when she gives her CHRISTMAS speech you will see that there is no love or compassion in the eyes they are the cold eyes of a lizard that is why they are called blue bloods because their blood has the copper tint of a reptile because they are just not human, and anybody who does not want to believe it will always be subservient to royalty and never be free.
Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalties, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual forces,against spiritual wickedness in high places" Personally I believe only God can emancipate us from the chains they put us in. The elite are the beast's servants, oppressing and enslaving mankind at his command. People should learn to worship God, not the monarchy, celebrities, or anything else. No amount of money would ever make me want to be like them, they have a life of extreme comfort and financial wealth, but their souls are tortured, if they actually still have any part of their soul remaining. I pity them. They're not actually free or happy themselves.
Thank you! Finally someone has written a truthful piece! As a Canadian I hope we soon will cut our ties with her majesty. I think what is equally shocking is the British seem to think she is draining their bank accounts alone...Canadians pay more for the queen then the Brits!
Emma - The Canadians pay more? Wow that is too much - we in Britain want them out but they still cost us an arm and a leg. The 62p per person lie is aimed at the sycophants here, in fact they cost us dear and they encourage the to lose its dignity and credibility internationally. The Queen did NOT pay tax for more than three decades, but Old Archie 1954 seems to think that is OK. Boot them out of Canada sooner rather than later.
Honored to see there Brits like this out there, truly honoured
These people in fancy dress look like bloody idiots. Seriously...take a look at them!! I love it when the blokes get dressed up in their ceremonial regalia with all those medals hanging as though they're decorated war heroes. These twats have earned nothing. It's all fluff and no substance. It wouldn't be so bad if they actually did something for the nation but they don't. They can't even lead by example which is a fundamental cornerstone of effective and successful leadership. They should stand to uphold the English constitution as originally laid down by Alfred the Great, preserved and restated throughout history. Unfortunately they don't. They're parasitical usurpers at best. Usurpers of the people. Now these unimaginable cretins want £50 for their apparently crumbling palaces! Please! Give me a break. We have food banks everywhere for the English people and these monsters want more money??? I'm sorry, am I missing something here? I feel a bit sick.
I agree with every word. It isn't as if the Windsor family is either very bright or charismatic. Why they are put on artificial pedestals beats me.
twats , all of them
great article. bloodlines should be confined to dog breeds and not humans. I find the royals a degenerate parasitic class of scum
"First, the UK isn't a democracy and has never claimed to be" - Well, you're half right. With all of the subversive feudalism and the curtailing and disdain of human rights, the UK is no democracy in practice. As for "has never claimed to be", it's funny how the word "democracy" so often seeps its way into the speeches of the Queen and the Prime Minister, as if Britain should be seen by the world as some shining beacon of democratic equality. Not so dissimilar to how the Romans viewed their nation, an attitude we now refer to as "arrogance". "but if you think the downfall of the monarchy will solve all its problems you are sadly mistaken." - No one is claiming the downfall of the monarchy will solve all of the issues, even if it would be a step in the right direction. The argument put forward is that it is disgusting that such an institution continues to exist when clearly the world is moving on and the majority of the people are being trampled on by the upper class. "The Queen is the living constitution of Britain and She works darn hard at it believe me" - Why do so many royalists insist on that "she works damn hard at it believe me" line of thinking? Adding in that "believe me" as if a desperate cry to say; "please trust me on this okay?!" It's almost like when an atheist debates with a theist, the latter often replies; "God does exist believe me!" as if to say; "Pleeeeeease, just agree with me!" "The palaces belong to the British people....Yes She does have Her private collection of these things but the great bulk of it are the peoples'" ... *shakes head*. If that is true, can you imagine her standing meekly by if the people turned up in their droves to claim the palaces and all of these things which are supposedly ours and not hers for themselves? Somehow I think the redcoats standing guard would run their weapons dry firing into the crowds before that were to happen. I just love how these claims are regurgitated as if they're reading from the big script of royalist reactionary replies without any modicum of thought. "Your argument as to why they don't generate tourist income is hugely flawed." - No, it isn't. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that the *existence* of the monarchy brings people here. Guess what? The monarchy is non-existent in France, yet MORE people visit the Palace of Versailles outside Paris than people visit Buckingham Palace every year. I find this whole argument so laughably stupid, as if to suggest if the Monarchy were to cease to exist tomorrow, all the tourists would suddenly suspend all their trips to the UK. Yeah, fuck all the historical sites like the manor houses, castles, screw the culture, screw the night life, screw all the modern sites like the London Eye or Blackpool Tower, the Monarchy *themselves* are what people really want to see when they come here! Give me a break. Also, doesn't it suggest, that if there was some truth to that royalist reactionary reply, that Britain itself has nothing worth seeing? That the only thing worth coming here for is the one in a million off chance you'd get to see a royal? I mean after all, if the royals didn't exist, people wouldn't come here, right? Monarchists seem to think we should sell our democracy for a postcard. Just think of it this way, too. Buckingham Palace is closed to tourists for most of the year, and even when it is open, they are only allowed to see the smallest fraction of the rooms. Now imagine there was no monarchy there. Access all areas, akin to say, Gainsborough Old Hall, or (the parts that aren't falling apart), Lincoln Castle. Imagine how much more tourism you'd generate then? Look at the Tower of London, and how much success that has had compared to the Palace.
We don't live in a democracy, our freedoms are being eroded on a daily basis. We're ruled by the EU, the UN, Gatt, Who, the IMF, the World Bank, Nato, Just The EU costs us £53 Million per day and and yet you suggest all our woes are due to the 50p per year per person Monarchy.
Here's hoping in the new year us Scots can consign auld Lizzie & "the butchers apron" to the dustbin of history where they belong.
In the spirit of austerity and Tory free market ownership can't the Government just privatise the Royal Family? Despite mainstream media attempting to shape the peoples' thoughts about these parasites* worth to the collective credence of the nation more and more of HM's subjects regard the Royal Family with increasing apathy and The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death Smiled so much they failed to take a breath And even when their kids were starving They all thought the Queen was charming. *whoever made that comment about the most successful parasites - beautiful.
I guess the brain washing is doing its job.....time for an awakening of the masses.......we were all born Free.......and no one, has any power or control over another...so..break out of the chains!
Good article, This "well fed" American (NYC) thought it was in true English style to lampoon the royals at the same time being self deprecatory about the state of British affairs. Truth be told, similar arguments can be applied here in the US or any other country for that matter. The bottom line is that the world and humanity are in a constant state of flux, depression to recession to booming economy, we will always face increased taxes, benefit cuts etc. But think about this, there are those that always seem to scrape by with nare any injustice (government heads, bankers , power elite, and the chosen ones (trustafarians and hollywood elite in our case, royals in yours)). The less fixation on the subject the happier one's life would be. Cheer up chaps and get ready for the Scottish version of this.
How exactly does THE QUEEN WORK HARD? All that waving has gotta be fucking tiring? She did work hard to assassinate Diana and now works hard to profit of DEPLETED URANIUM. Like someone said, a successful parasite is one that its host is unaware of
i have NOTHING but admiration for the gent who wrote this article, one of the FEW people it would seem who arent blinded by idiocracy, i found myself practically cheering in agreement every line written, the man is 100 percent correct, any of you IDIOTS who tihnk the royal family are worth a shit should be living in medievel times. the royal family are this, A FAMILY. just a group of people like ANYONE else who share the same genes. simple. they are not some god-sent group of angelic people who spend all their time thinking of the welfare of the people. they are a bunch of posh twats who are given EVERYTHING in life, have absoloutely no talents other than public speaking and being posh, they live a life so full or riches they might as well shit gold, they are also held in higher esteem than any brain surgeon or true HERO despite having done nothing in their miserable lives except be told how wonderful they are and be given millions upon millions to spend on themselves! all while pretending to be the saviours of the people which also akes them the biggest hpyocrites you could ever fucking find!
Nothing has changed since William the bastard invaded England. Power has forever been reinforced by his relatives and friends; Kings, Dukes, Lords, knights, Earls, and other freaks, still in power and as thick as thieves.. God bless Scotland at least they might get out of this evil empire in September. Sadly, a thousand years of bootlicking to a criminally controlled state will likely prevail.
Cannot agree more fantastic article and even more enlightening replies. I am so glad that the overwhelming concensus is that people are seeing through the absolute criminality and anti human parasites we call the monarchy, the government and so called elite. If it were possible I'd like to subject them all to the life of the people they oppress. £60 per week to live on , not enough money for housing. Stress, drugs, alcoholism, inadequate health care, bullying, brainwashing , crime everywhere , abuse of elderly, abuse of disabled the list goes on and on. I would seriously take pleasure in ridding the world of each and every one of these evil m fkers. C'mon people wake the f up , to all the people arguing for the royal family...... Seriously take a friggin look around. You are being told how to think , what to wear, watch , eat , buy. You are being duped by master criminal families and you cannot even see it. They are that good at it you are fighting their battle and you don't even know why. Upon questioning all your defenses fall apart and you are left with the horrible truth.... You too are a slave and these monsters are somehow getting away with the worst crimes against humanity imaginable!
Your article clearly articulates your condescension and loathing of British people. I think you are living in the wrong time and place. Your outrage at the fools amongst whom you live gets the better of you on a regular basis.
No Hugh - there is nothing flawed in the comment about tourism that is NOT a major fact with these appalling profligate royals. Unless you wish to know that in the statistics recently record: Windsor Castle was 77th. and Windsor Legoland was 7th. Ho hum.
CRIMINAL SPONGERS! FUCK THE LOT OF THEM!
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hi u guys. i,m sorry the richer are getting richer and the poorer gettin poorer.i'm fuckin sick of it , when we all work are bloody buts off
As an American I visited England several years and the "royals" or anything to do with that theme did not cross my mind once. What did cross my mind was the lush green countryside and quaint quiet villages where I imagined genuine human thought and courtesies would be found. And I found them. I then took the train back to Euston Station and boarded the upper part of the double decker sitting at the front glass (that was a harrowing experience) back to Heathrow and left. After reading this article and with hindsight my avoidance of anything "royal" was akin to the avoidance of Disneyland" or any other outdated tourist trap.
Harry, you are clearly a very bitter man. All of your articles are full of hate. Why don't you write an article about something you like for a change? Anyone can write passionately about something that makes them angry. However, it takes emotional intelligence to write passionately about something you love. Go on, Harry, give it a go: The experience may make you feel more upbeat about life in general. There's no need to be angry all your life.
Someone got out the wrong side of bed this morning - grumpypants.
When you say British you should qualify that statement with "a sizable proportion" because there are a fair few who wholeheartedly agree with you and despise the Royal Family
I think is such a well written piece. It's about time people wake up and see these inbred, shiftless scumbags for what they really are. I am sick and tired of them being shoved down the throats of the British public, you can't turn on a tv or open a paper/magazine without seeing one of them grinning back at you. Ughh!
Parasites they might be but replacing them just means wastes of space the Kinnocks, Blairs and Camerons take over the gravy train. Out of the frying pan into the fire as it were. At least the royals bring in the toursit bucks.
The royals will suffer and the monarchy will be abolished. The anti illuminati and anti- religion which is trying to take over, destroy humanity and damage this world will rise. There will one day be no religion but spirituality and women will not be on the receiving end of suffering due to religion and it's enhancing effect on women as subtypes and unequalising us against a our will. I am not anti-religion but anti- religious doctrine trying to take over our world, the growing threat of chrstianity trying to indoctrinate and make people live a simple life without money, brainwashing us all into accepting and no free though or free thinking for ourselves.
Absolutely outstanding piece Harry. The vitriol is well placed. For all of my life I have failed to understand why the sycophantic British media fawn over the royal family. In my head I imagine the RF sitting down to their Sunday dinner, laughing their heads off, celebrating yet another day they haven't been found out.
"the growing threat of chrstianity trying to indoctrinate and make people live a simple life without money, brainwashing us all into accepting and no free though or free thinking for ourselves." ---------- That sounds like the green movement.
