Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "Archbishop to miss Jubilee service" video.

  1. The Monarchy: an unelected, unaccountable, money-grubbing tribe of hangers-on. Free from public scrutiny, what have they ever really done for us? A symbol of ‘Britishness’? Not my idea of Britishness. The Queen is in a bind, as she can neither truly speak for herself or Britain. She cannot hold herself to account, or politicians to account. Ah, but the Monarchy promotes Britain abroad. Does it? How are we supposed to ‘promote’ democracy abroad through a deeply undemocratic institution? The internal contradiction is insurmountable. Finally, the monarchists chime in with ‘but they are so good for tourism’, but that idea may be demolished in a jiffy: look at France; a Republic for 250 years, and the Versailles Palace is the 3rd most visited tourist site in the whole of France, so the point that the tourist stream to Britain would run dry if we abolished the monarchy is a non-starter.
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