I’m wondering if a modern British monarchy is possible without having fools as a royal family? From the moment they can breath they are pampered... and watched and photographed and recorded through every window, open, shuttered or not, microphone and camera constantly shoved in their face and asked all manner of stupid question, suggestion and favor for an expected “royal” response.
Could anyone live that life and remain sane? Sure the pay is good but forced to party every day all day with camera and microphone in your face can get crazy? Can anyone stay normal? Charles didn’t. Diana didn’t. Harry, William, Megan? No.
The role of a Royal someone apparently makes you megalomaniacal. The constant exposure to media, ridicule, praise adulation and hate, living in a fish bowl, has got to do un-natural things to your brain.
What I’m getting at is it is not the royals’ fault. In this modern image furnace no person could stay normal.
This is fault of the media, and the society that projects it. Regardless of state of mind the royals will be portrayed in both the best and worst of ways. Constantly, globally. Anyone would look stupid especially when the paparazzi are looking for stupid.
Problem.
Britain can’t just pitch it all and walk away. This royal family tourism and merchandising thing is big business. £ billions++ every year. Right now, today, Chinese factories are turning out millions of Queen Liz busts, crowns, broaches, pens, plates, party hats and streamers, all in black to celebrate her death. Multiply this a million times all over the world.
The UK is already financially shaky. I don’t know about ditching another major sector of the economy.
The UK spends about £ 100 million a year for the royals. They generate £ billions++ a year. With a coronation coming up that will be, what, £ 100 billion++? Can you give it up knowing how many millions will lose their livelihood?
American flags at half mast is a bit too much for me.
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American flags at half mast is a bit too much for me.
I can understand feeling this way, and many British probably feel the same way, but the figurative head of our closest ally in the entire world has died, so I'm okay with it.
The document speaks for itself. Basically, it charges that the RAND Corporation is actively trying to destabilize Europe by provoking Russia.
quote:Germany's economy continues to collapse due to its NATO conflict with Russia. Was this the plan all along? Newly leaked documents seem to suggest that the West wanted to drag Germany into an economic and military conflict with Russia all along in order to weaken the rest of Europe. This from leaked Rand documents produced for the White House, the CIA, the NSA, and the Democratic National Party. Um...WHAT!? You can read the full report thanks to journalist John Mark Dugan.
Is this a hoax? I suppose any journalist can claim that a document exists and simply make it up, but im gonna ask Snopes.
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The recent scare for the UK economy was pretty alarming as well, with the pound going into freefall for a time. I am curious who will now step up to take the reigns.
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What happened to the economy that forced this? She may have had plans but she didn't have enough time to effect an entire national economy this quickly. 'Cept I guess she did.
But simply put she planned massive tax cuts funded by borrowing without bothering to look at the forecasts. The market didn’t like it, so the cost of Government borrowing shot up. The Bank of England had to intervene to protect pension plans, and the pound fell steeply.
There was a lot of mismanagement of the situation after that, but that’s more politics than economics.
Apart from badly upsetting the markets, causing significant economic damage to the country, forcing interest rate rises - at a time of serious difficulties and rising inflation.
Then grudgingly making a u-turn and sacking her Chancellor, and appointing a replacement who seems to be running the show.
Then, yesterday, losing her Home Secretary (who she may have forced out) making a complete pigs ear of a vote in the Commons and badly upsetting a lot of her own party’s MPs.
And let’s not forget that despite the bounce effect of replacing BoJo The Clown she managed to tank the Conservative Party’s popularity so badly that they run the risk of being annihilated in the next General Election. If the popularity figures turned into votes (they won’t) the Tories presence in Parliament would be reduced to single figures.
“…..and then she swoops in, kills the queen, crashes the markets, and fucks off….
Oh dear, oh dear…
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