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GrimRob	May 25, 2015, 10:31pm
Moderator Posts: 12,666 Posts Per Day: 2.12 Reputation: 69.92% Rep Score: +76 / -34 Approval: +13,397 Gold Stars: 113	What should happen when the queen dies? Should Prince Charles/William continue in the current system, or should we use the opportunity to change the nature of our government? At present the Queen is head of state, in theory she has all sorts of powers which she never uses. It's not really appropriate to have such a dated system at the heart of our government. We could keep the royal family for the sake of tourism but make them symbolic only like a lot of European nations have done. That would mean having an elected head of state instead, a president, normally a senior politician like Tony Blair or John Major who has been PM. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.   ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Maringer	May 26, 2015, 9:45am
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 11,180 Posts Per Day: 1.87 Reputation: 82.93% Rep Score: +60 / -12 Approval: +16,399 Gold Stars: 184	Wouldn't want either one of those shitehawks as President, that's for sure. I think there is little doubt we will remain a constitutional monarchy when Liz moves on as there is no strong republican movement in the UK at present. If Charlieboy takes over and lasts 20-odd years, things may have changed by that point but I think, on balance, the monarchy probably just about brings more money in through tourism than they take out of the state. Unfortunately, it means we'll be stuck with some folks who are a complete waste of space such as Edward and Andrew for some years yet.
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grimsby pete	May 26, 2015, 10:38am
Exile Posts: 55,652 Posts Per Day: 9.81 Reputation: 81.7% Rep Score: +126 / -28 Location: Suffolk Approval: +17,779 Gold Stars: 222	The good thing about voting out a PM, Is they do not normally come back, You have only got to look at the interest of a royal event, To know how much they are loved by the general public, I think Charles is a bit of a bore myself, BUT I do like William and Harry, I can not see any change of the structure in my lifetime.                              Over 36 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.                              68 Years following the Town                               Life member of Trust                                First game   April 1955
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AdamHaddock	May 27, 2015, 11:38am
Main Stander Posts: 7,544 Posts Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 86.34% Rep Score: +36 / -5 Location: Middle Earth Approval: +2,803 Gold Stars: 25	Boot the monarchy out and use all the palaces as homeless shelters [img]https://images.app.goo.gl/bymuz36koLHofSn79[/img]
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psgmariner	May 27, 2015, 12:51pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 10,122 Posts Per Day: 1.69 Reputation: 73.33% Rep Score: +39 / -15 Approval: +5,480 Gold Stars: 33	More to the point will I get a day off work? http://www.miabcleethorpes.net
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FishOutOfWater	May 28, 2015, 9:11am
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 12,827 Posts Per Day: 2.15 Reputation: 87.01% Rep Score: +52 / -7 Location: Goole Approval: +6,564 Gold Stars: 37	I don't get this tourism notion?? Tourists can only very rarely get to see any of the monarchy - they just visit the palaces and castles instead To be honest I really couldn't care less what happens to the monarchy but I'm pretty sure that if they disappear tourists numbers would not be affected When I visited Versailles I wasn't expecting to see anything other than the grandeur that royalty have / had at their disposal
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barralad	May 30, 2015, 7:26pm
Mariners Trust Posts: 13,805 Posts Per Day: 2.32 Reputation: 79.47% Rep Score: +85 / -22 Approval: +9,268 Gold Stars: 121	Quoted from FishOutOfWater I don't get this tourism notion?? Tourists can only very rarely get to see any of the monarchy - they just visit the palaces and castles instead To be honest I really couldn't care less what happens to the monarchy but I'm pretty sure that if they disappear tourists numbers would not be affected When I visited Versailles I wasn't expecting to see anything other than the grandeur that royalty have / had at their disposal Bugg*r I was promised the ghost of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette... The aim of argument or discussion should not be victory but progress. Joseph Joubert.
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FishOutOfWater	May 30, 2015, 8:29pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 12,827 Posts Per Day: 2.15 Reputation: 87.01% Rep Score: +52 / -7 Location: Goole Approval: +6,564 Gold Stars: 37	Quoted from barralad Bugg*r I was promised the ghost of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette... I was disappointed not to see them floating around and about...but there was plenty of cake on offer to make up for it!
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KingstonMariner	May 31, 2015, 3:19am
Meths Drinker Posts: 22,096 Posts Per Day: 6.08 Reputation: 79.33% Rep Score: +42 / -11 Approval: +23,440 Gold Stars: 218	Quoted from barralad Bugg*r I was promised the ghost of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette... Carry on. Don't lose you head. Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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KingstonMariner	May 31, 2015, 3:22am
Meths Drinker Posts: 22,096 Posts Per Day: 6.08 Reputation: 79.33% Rep Score: +42 / -11 Approval: +23,440 Gold Stars: 218	We can achieve the tourism thing by keeping the chocolate box parades. I don't think the lack of a monarchy is doing Germany or France much harm. Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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