The Royal Parasites get an extra £1.5M

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tinman0 said:

nonegreen said:

Parrot of Doom said:

nonegreen said:

Its time we smashed the public sector starting by sacking the royals and the quangos. Then start the civil servants on the road building gangs.

Nonners. The Queen is the only person in the country who can, quite legally, kill Gordon Brown.

Are you certain you want her sacked

What rubbish, the queen may have some constitutional power but she knows full well thats the end of the Royals if she ever uses it. People in this country who still deliver this claptrap about royals having this that and the other clout and all the armed forces crap about overthrowing the elected government is all tripe. If any such Royal coup de gras happened, within 24 hours the UN would have this place under martial law while the EU sorted out how they were going to redistribute our wealth. Therfore its time the silly old bat went west.

Yes and no. Its a very dangerous thing for the Queen to step in, however, I don't think she needs to as this Govt does not have long to run.

If we were at the 2 year mark, it could be a different story though. But we're not. We're in the final months of this regime, so she doesn't need to risk the monarchy by any intervention because June 6th 2010 and these muppets are history. They will be despatched by the electorate in time true traditions of a mailing at the ballot box.

AS I said earlier in the thread, even if we were at the 2 year mark the Queen would be wise to let things ride for a while, simply to ensure that all the dirt comes out. Otherwise scumbags could get re-elected.

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Airbag said:

ExChrispy Porker said:

Inheritance tax is an abomination, and anyone who supports the idea is clearly not the full shilling ( or is not rich enough to worry )

I still support a high levy. Why? Because passing money from generation to generation passes inequality from generation to generation and detracts from the ideal of a meritocracy, an ideal to which I think societies should aspire more. Daddy having done well shouldn't mean you get to coast through life. I recognize that this is an unpopular idea, particularly among the people who frequent this forum, but I feel there is an argument to be made none the less.

Let the allegations of class warfare begin!

I do believe in a meritocracy, but when you have bankers and people in fiance earning shed loads and footballers who contribute very little in real terms to society, and then the Royals...- there's nothing meritocratic about the UK system at all.

Inheritance tax dissuades people from saving, as you're getting penalised for having a long term view- it also punishes family loyalty. We need to get away from this short-term-instant-gratification society and abolition of inheritance Tax would be a good first step.