The Greens are getting better at getting media attention. Of course they wouldn't get away with putting the Queen in a council house, but it highlights to the public that they're a party concerned about equality and on the side if the people.
The Greens are getting better at getting media attention. Of course they wouldn't get away with putting the Queen in a council house, but it highlights to the public that they're a party concerned about equality and on the side if the people.
This suggests they harbour the old International Socialists, Trotskists, Militants and communists in exile too. The point about the Queens wealth is that its family wealth- derived the same way as other major landed wealth was, and then grown the same ways anyone who has grown any money in the last 300 years has grown theirs. Its not the country's money any more than Downton, the Rusian Oligrachs , or Dyson's fortunes are public property . The monarchy actually gave away much of its wealth to the state in return for an annual payment from the state. Its an attempt to seize other people's wealth, not just to do away with the monarchy.
The Green utopia would hadly be on the side of the people. The anti nuclear/oil/modern farming/industry luddites would destroy the economy, at the same time as the far left social spending would drive any economy left down further. Trying to return to some hippie paradise, with the current population numbers would just produce famine and mass unemployment.
The Greens should ditch all this republican bollocks. It makes them sound like sixth form students. It's as bad as their plan to turn military bases into nature reserves.
I can't see that the Queen is ever going to be really poor, but I'm sure we can find a council house for her - we're going to build lots more.
Can someone please explain to me how the words above from the quote that she said actually says she is going to put the Queen into a council house. It is just the press lying and suckers lapping it up like the brainwashed sheep that they are.
From both articles all they claim to be doing is to abolish the monarchy. My thoughts is that they would have to have a referendum on the subject as I believe that the election manifesto would not sufficient for such a constitutional change.
There's too many policies for anyone to be remotely interested in which i think good and which bad (especially as i only partially agree with some). But basically some but not others.
The Greens are getting better at getting media attention. Of course they wouldn't get away with putting the Queen in a council house, but it highlights to the public that they're a party concerned about equality and on the side if the people.
I don't think its down to the Greens. The right wing media who dismissed them as a non-entity have now decided they're popular enough to be ridiculed. Even this giving the Queen a council house has been skewed by the media as that's not entirely the context of the comment.
With the written media having contempt for all but the main 2 (or 3?) parties you'd think they would have learnt their lesson by looking at what their many years of ridicule of UKIP did for Farage and his pals.
The Leader of the Green party has said in an interview in the Times they would put the Queen, Kate and Wills and the rest of the royal family into one of the new council houses they are proposing to build, confiscate £430m of the Queen's money, flog off Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and abolish the monarchy.
Given their recent rise in the polls I knew it was only a matter of time before we started seeing these sorts of stories! Given the media onslaught on UKIP I do have some sympathy - albeit mixed with a little schadenfreude.:D
And there is plenty more to come.
So who will they sell them to ? rich Russians . How many votes do they think they will get on that proposal.
And their inheritance tax ideas would not go down to well with many ordinary people as too many people fall into the bracket these days due to house prices.
If would be interesting to see a political party who opposes the royals, get a bit of clout.
It's not healthy only ever having one side of an argument represented.
Even if one agrees with keeping the Royals, there surely must be certain aspects of them that can be questioned.
At present we only have a very distorted representation.
As mentioned, even the SNP have said they wouldn't do anything while the Queen is alive. Presumably all bets are off after she passes though. Boris could no doubt become head of state and thus one step closer to world king. ;-)
Now we get to the heart of the matter. Extremist neer-do-well prepared to use military force to crush all resistance from the population.
It reminds me of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It started with the slaughter of the Russian royal family, which they followed up by starving millions of people to death, and finally delivered perfection on Earth.
The Greens will do likewise, just as sure as night follows day. And death follows life.
Do the Greens expect to win any seat except Brighton Pavilion at the election?
The likelihood of UKIP and the greens between them garnering about a fifth or more of the votes and only a tiny number of seats percentage wise is going to add to the longterm weakening of the legitmacy of the outdated FPTP voting system.
This suggests they harbour the old International Socialists, Trotskists, Militants and communists in exile too. The point about the Queens wealth is that its family wealth- derived the same way as other major landed wealth was, and then grown the same ways anyone who has grown any money in the last 300 years has grown theirs. Its not the country's money any more than Downton, the Rusian Oligrachs , or Dyson's fortunes are public property . The monarchy actually gave away much of its wealth to the state in return for an annual payment from the state. Its an attempt to seize other people's wealth, not just to do away with the monarchy.
The Green utopia would hadly be on the side of the people. The anti nuclear/oil/modern farming/industry luddites would destroy the economy, at the same time as the far left social spending would drive any economy left down further. Trying to return to some hippie paradise, with the current population numbers would just produce famine and mass unemployment.
If the Queen is the same as all the other rich families with inherited wealth, can we can all look forward to a massive windfall when the royal family has to pay an inheritance tax bill sometime in the near future?
Let me just say that even though I don't personally care about whether the Royal Family is retained in a democracy we should have a chance to decide for ourselves.
I do not agree with the Greens just abolishing the monarchy anymore than the other parties just keeping them. A decision as big as this should be one decided by the public.
My feeling is that the public would vote to keep them and if they did then the Greens should accept that. I also feel their manifesto should detail a referendum rather than a straight abolishment.
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What would they do? Send in the stormtroopers?
This suggests they harbour the old International Socialists, Trotskists, Militants and communists in exile too. The point about the Queens wealth is that its family wealth- derived the same way as other major landed wealth was, and then grown the same ways anyone who has grown any money in the last 300 years has grown theirs. Its not the country's money any more than Downton, the Rusian Oligrachs , or Dyson's fortunes are public property . The monarchy actually gave away much of its wealth to the state in return for an annual payment from the state. Its an attempt to seize other people's wealth, not just to do away with the monarchy.
The Green utopia would hadly be on the side of the people. The anti nuclear/oil/modern farming/industry luddites would destroy the economy, at the same time as the far left social spending would drive any economy left down further. Trying to return to some hippie paradise, with the current population numbers would just produce famine and mass unemployment.
Can someone please explain to me how the words above from the quote that she said actually says she is going to put the Queen into a council house. It is just the press lying and suckers lapping it up like the brainwashed sheep that they are.
From both articles all they claim to be doing is to abolish the monarchy. My thoughts is that they would have to have a referendum on the subject as I believe that the election manifesto would not sufficient for such a constitutional change.
There's too many policies for anyone to be remotely interested in which i think good and which bad (especially as i only partially agree with some). But basically some but not others.
I don't think its down to the Greens. The right wing media who dismissed them as a non-entity have now decided they're popular enough to be ridiculed. Even this giving the Queen a council house has been skewed by the media as that's not entirely the context of the comment.
With the written media having contempt for all but the main 2 (or 3?) parties you'd think they would have learnt their lesson by looking at what their many years of ridicule of UKIP did for Farage and his pals.
Still manage more than the Royals though.
As it stands, questioning the Queen is a non starter.
I guess you would want to rob all rich people.
So who will they sell them to ? rich Russians . How many votes do they think they will get on that proposal.
And their inheritance tax ideas would not go down to well with many ordinary people as too many people fall into the bracket these days due to house prices.
It's not healthy only ever having one side of an argument represented.
Even if one agrees with keeping the Royals, there surely must be certain aspects of them that can be questioned.
At present we only have a very distorted representation.
As mentioned, even the SNP have said they wouldn't do anything while the Queen is alive. Presumably all bets are off after she passes though. Boris could no doubt become head of state and thus one step closer to world king. ;-)
No, the job won't be done until we're all queuing for potatoes and getting excited about rumours of toilet paper to come.
Now we get to the heart of the matter. Extremist neer-do-well prepared to use military force to crush all resistance from the population.
It reminds me of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It started with the slaughter of the Russian royal family, which they followed up by starving millions of people to death, and finally delivered perfection on Earth.
The Greens will do likewise, just as sure as night follows day. And death follows life.
We can only hope so.
The likelihood of UKIP and the greens between them garnering about a fifth or more of the votes and only a tiny number of seats percentage wise is going to add to the longterm weakening of the legitmacy of the outdated FPTP voting system.
Its totally inadequate in a multiparty era.
If the Queen is the same as all the other rich families with inherited wealth, can we can all look forward to a massive windfall when the royal family has to pay an inheritance tax bill sometime in the near future?
No, republicanism is a perfectly sensible and reasonable stance to take. There is no point in making it a big issue at the moment though.
I see you've fallen for the media hype! Stop worrying, the Green Party has no plans to turn Britain into a dictatorship.
I do not agree with the Greens just abolishing the monarchy anymore than the other parties just keeping them. A decision as big as this should be one decided by the public.
My feeling is that the public would vote to keep them and if they did then the Greens should accept that. I also feel their manifesto should detail a referendum rather than a straight abolishment.