I inferred it from the fact that you only mentioned “buying a washing machine or whatever” as a possible cost of the bank holiday. And yes, both bank holidays and weekends (and sick days, for that matter) do cost the economy. Is that news?
Well, people claim that they cost the economy money, but that doesn’t automatically mean it’s true. I guess this is the subject of a different thread though really.
Has the UK not adhered to the 4th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects property rights? (I can’t find a list of adherents to that particular protocol.)
UK governments have historically declined to apply certain provisions of the ECHR to certain groups. For example, in the UK, prisoners and the royal family are prohibited from voting, despite a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights seven years ago that a blanket ban on prisoner voting is illegal. (The royal family has so far elected not to bring a case before the Court, probably because they have never attempted to exercise their right to vote and never will in the forseeable future.)
who do you think paid for the warplane fly-by, first with the ww2 trio followed by the tornado-euro-fighter group?
The UK was an original signatory, although I can’t find when (or if) they ratified it.
The royal family are not prohibited from voting in the UK.
As for prisoners, I believe the UK’s position was that its legislation was in compliance with its treaty obligations.
I don’t think the cost would’ve been anywhere near £30 million. I would’ve thought dress designers, cake makers etc would pay to be seen providing their services; you can’t get any better advertising amongst your demographic (the very wealthy).
Security would be paid for mainly by the state - they have to protect the Royals (The Queen is the Head of the Commonwealth of 54 Nations and Head of State of 16) and also control the crowds for public safety - but I imagine the Royals have their own secret security watching what MI5 and the police are doing.
And I agree, the washing machine can be bought the next day. If everyone worked 7 days a week we wouldn’t need so many workers, creating unemployment and so less consuming, paying taxes and using services. The velocity of the money around would slow dramatically, possibly leading to deflation.
Correct, it’s only a tradition that they don’t vote, not a law. The only member of the Royal family who’s actually prohibited by law from voting is the Queen herself and that’s because she’s already part of Parliament (she could in theory vote in local elections, European elections, and referenda). Members of the House of Lords are also prohibited from voting in elections for the House of Commons (peers who are not members of the Lords are now allowed to vote and stand for election to the Commons).
From London’s point of view, sure, but bear in mind that the majority of Britain’s wealth and income is already pooled in London - and the publicly-borne cost of the wedding was paid for by the national treasury, not by London’s.
I am neither a lawyer nor a politician (and haven’t even visited Her Majesty’s dominions since she ceded Hongkong), but this question poses another.
Ms. Windsor inherited what she has from her ancestor William the Bastard, in much the same way that Paris Hilton inherited her wealth from her great grandfather Conrad Hilton. Or, like Carolyn Kennedy inherited her wealth from Joe the Bootlegger. A difference is that Ms. Windsor’s ancestor explicitly donated a huge portion of this wealth to the British people in return for a promise of entitlement to the residue.
Do those who want to confiscate the Windsor family fortune, also want to confiscate that of the Hilton and Kennedy families? I’m not necessarily opposed to Marxism, just curious where one wants to draw the line.
No, they just have no idea what they’re talking about. They don’t think their stupid kneejerk proclamations through, mainly because they haven’t the faintest idea about basic facts easily found with 30-seconds of Google searching. They actually prefer ignorance. They literally make up stuff to fill in their ignorance of the facts and actually believe - to the point that they’d do it without ever once looking into the facts involved - random memes which convince them that the Royal Family costs them money, rather than makes them hundreds of millions of pounds every year.
The sad thing is that these people are allowed to vote. I’d be so happy if voting involved a “have at least the basic comprehansion of what you’re talking about” exam beforehand.
A country ruled by idiots. well, I guess democracy is the best of the available systems, but even the best system means rule by the ignorant. But what can you do?