*** OFFICIAL BREXIT SUNLIT UPLANDS and #MEGA THREAD ***

[Poopadoop]

Yeah I don't care about Philip beyond it being a bit sad the Q lost her husband of 500 years or w/e. I just ignore the hoopla, but it does seem a bit excessive the way the royals are respected so much. It's not like they earned their jobs.

As for the shitshow in gov't, I have to agree people must be morons or seriously brainwashed. There has been a ton of Trump level shady shit going on since Boris got in charge, a disaster with the pandemic up to now, and people support him because the last thing he did was give the vax rollout to professionals instead of to one of his mates, like that's some kind of heroic move. I mean the standards can't get any lower if one decent thing makes up for ten bad things as long it happens last.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I just ignore the hoopla, but it does seem a bit excessive the way the royals are respected so much. It's not like they earned their jobs.

I thought the British royals pay out the ass to the British gov't and people. I mean... it's typical to think of a class of royals to be mooching off the taxation of its people to support a lavish lifestyle, but I thought the British did away with that a long time ago. I mean... the royal family actually gives a lot of money to the UK gov't for various things; it doesn't collect a bunch of money from the gov't.

As such... I'd argue that whatever else they're doing, they are earning their right to be respected - at least by some - or at least more than other monarchies which are a net negative to the economy.

Am I wrong about that?