We'd get the tourism anyway - people got to Stratford Upon Avon and Shakespeare has been dead for years.
What we get from monarchy is an ever expanding line of spongers and hangers on who we're expected to support.
Someone will no doubt be along in a minute to say we don't support them financially as they are the crown and generate wealth that way but I'd argue that was all stolen from the common man anyway (plus there's lots of hidden costs such as policing and security that don't come out of the royal budget)
The French had it right with Louis XVI.
We need a non-political president like the Irish, German and Israeli's have.
people got to Stratford Upon Avon and Shakespeare has been dead for years.
There was only ever one Shakespeare. There have been hundreds of royal families- the British one is notable because it still exists today. Take that away and they're just one of many, and tourists would be far, far less interested.
What we get from monarchy is an ever expanding line of spongers and hangers on who we're expected to support.
Someone will no doubt be along in a minute to say we don't support them financially as they are the crown and generate wealth that way but I'd argue that was all stolen from the common man anyway (plus there's lots of hidden costs such as policing and security that don't come out of the royal budget)
The French had it right with Louis XVI.
We need a non-political president like the Irish, German and Israeli's have.