Is monarchy a good form of government?

[Laerod]

the royal family brings in about £176M to the UK treasury. And that does not include the money made by restaurants, hotels, cabs and stores. I think that is what is called a good investment.

Well it cost the UK economy 1.2Bn last year.

Yes, but Ifaltannia called it a good investment, so their point that it gets called a good investment technically still stands =P

[Ifaltannia]

the royal family brings in about £176M to the UK treasury. And that does not include the money made by restaurants, hotels, cabs and stores. I think that is what is called a good investment.

Well it cost the UK economy 1.2Bn last year.

the royal baby has brought in about £500 million
And it didn't cost 1.2bn. Bull At Max it would cost them 50mil to upkeep

Also Kate's wedding brought in a £2bn boost to UK tourism

[The UK in Exile]

Well it cost the UK economy 1.2Bn last year.

the royal baby has brought in about £500 million
And it didn't cost 1.2bn. Bull At Max it would cost them 50mil to upkeep

The Jubilee bank holiday alone cost 1.2bn

add on the cost of royal security (100m)

the upkeep (30m)

[The UK in Exile]

Well it cost the UK economy 1.2Bn last year.

the royal baby has brought in about £500 million
And it didn't cost 1.2bn. Bull At Max it would cost them 50mil to upkeep

Also Kate's wedding brought in a £2bn boost to UK tourism

the queens hats alone cost 5billion squillion million.

Making up numbers is fun, isn't it?

[Ifaltannia]

the royal baby has brought in about £500 million
And it didn't cost 1.2bn. Bull At Max it would cost them 50mil to upkeep

The Jubilee bank holiday alone cost 1.2bn

add on the cost of royal security (100m)

the upkeep (30m)

so now you've admitted that the royal family costs 130mil to keep, Makes 50 mil of profit. good investment. The Jubilee May of cost much but my god it was a good event, and it certainly made its money back, and brought £120,000 boost to local buisnesses.

[Indira]

Absolute monarchy? No, absolutely not. That never ends well and can you imagine how bad government would be if and when it fell into the hands of someone like Alex Jones?

Constitutional monarchy? Not a problem really.

[The UK in Exile]

The Jubilee bank holiday alone cost 1.2bn

add on the cost of royal security (100m)

the upkeep (30m)

so now you've admitted that the royal family costs 130mil to keep, Makes 50 mil of profit. good investment. The Jubilee May of cost much but my god it was a good event, and it certainly made its money back, and brought 120mil boost to local buisnesses.

except I haven't accepted of the numbers your making up.

in what world is 120m making back 1.2 bn? edit - in what world is £120,000 equal to 1.2bn?

[Ifaltannia]

so now you've admitted that the royal family costs 130mil to keep, Makes 50 mil of profit. good investment. The Jubilee May of cost much but my god it was a good event, and it certainly made its money back, and brought 120mil boost to local buisnesses.

except I haven't accepted of the numbers he 's making up.

in what world is 120m making back 1.2 bn?

The 120,000 boost was just for small buisnesses, the jubilee itself certainly made back it's money. -.- (and was an epic event)

[Ifaltannia]

Also A Monarchy Helps General Patriotism. Which is important in a day and age where people couldn't give a crap where they lived

[The UK in Exile]

except I haven't accepted of the numbers he 's making up.

in what world is 120m making back 1.2 bn?

The 120,000 boost was just for small buisnesses, the jubilee itself certainly made back it's money. -.- (and was an epic event)

it didn't. there are only so many commemmorative plates you can sell.

Also A Monarchy Helps General Patriotism. Which is important in a day and age where people couldn't give a crap where they lived

ah, the virtue of the vicious.

[Ifaltannia]

there are only so many commemmorative plates you can sell.

Don't judge, I brought one of those plates

[The UK in Exile]

there are only so many commemmorative plates you can sell.

Don't judge, I brought one of those plates

Im definitely judging.

[Seleucas]

Except I specifically mentioned there are monarchies today that don't tax as much as the US.

Such as?

Bahrain, for instance. (They do take a pretty large amount of revenue from oil, but that's only 25% of their economy nowadays, not so much more than Norway.)

[Laerod]

Such as?

Bahrain, for instance. (They do take a pretty large amount of revenue from oil, but that's only 25% of their economy nowadays, not so much more than Norway.)

Yeah, I figured it would be some country that had some rather unique criteria that can't actually be replicated. There aren't very many countries out there that can choose to be oil-rich.

[The UK in Exile]

Bahrain, for instance. (They do take a pretty large amount of revenue from oil, but that's only 25% of their economy nowadays, not so much more than Norway.)

Yeah, I figured it would be some country that had some rather unique criteria that can't actually be replicated. There aren't very many countries out there that can choose to be oil-rich.

Not to mention a population that is approximately 50% migrant labour and a dismal human right record.

[Seleucas]

Bahrain, for instance. (They do take a pretty large amount of revenue from oil, but that's only 25% of their economy nowadays, not so much more than Norway.)

Yeah, I figured it would be some country that had some rather unique criteria that can't actually be replicated. There aren't very many countries out there that can choose to be oil-rich.

But many Middle Eastern countries are trying to get away from oil dependency, actually, with an increasingly large amount of their GDP being unrelated to hydrocarbons. But a republican government in the same circumstances will levy an abundance of taxes alongside whatever revenues they might accrue from oil and gas.

In any case, Bahrain would probably not be my first choice, I might prefer to live in Dubai, which has pretty much no income from oil.

[Murkwood]

Constitutional, yes.

[Rutuba]

It is at least as much acceptable as any elected form of government.

[Distruzio]

Constitutional, yes.

Why merely constitutional?

Britain has no constitution. Would you say that the UK is a despotic nation of nations?

[Infected Mushroom]

It is acceptable.

I'd welcome a return to it for a change, so long as we pick a benevolent dictator to form the new lineage.

Its good if you want firm leadership, national unity, and decisiveness against the forces of evil.

[Rutuba]

Constitutional, yes.

Why merely constitutional?

Britain has no constitution. Would you say that the UK is a despotic nation of nations?

Of course Britain has a constitution. It is not codified, but it certainly exists.

[Immoren]

It is acceptable.

I'd welcome a return to it for a change, so long as we pick a benevolent dictator to form the new lineage.

Its good if you want firm leadership, national unity, and decisiveness against the forces of evil.

Only if one who's job is to pick monarch is slightly deranged woman from mental ward and she chooses new monarch by giving them Zweinhänder.

[Infected Mushroom]

It is acceptable.

I'd welcome a return to it for a change, so long as we pick a benevolent dictator to form the new lineage.

Its good if you want firm leadership, national unity, and decisiveness against the forces of evil.

Only if one who's job is to pick monarch is slightly deranged woman from mental ward and she chooses new monarch by giving them Zweinhänder.

no way...

[Immoren]

Only if one who's job is to pick monarch is slightly deranged woman from mental ward and she chooses new monarch by giving them Zweinhänder.

no way...

Yeah your right.
I forgot she should be given cabin at lake side

[Monkeykind]

Why merely constitutional?

Britain has no constitution. Would you say that the UK is a despotic nation of nations?

Of course Britain has a constitution. It is not codified, but it certainly exists.

I think this is it, not too sure: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/UK_Constit ... Government