I strongly suspect that Charles's coronation was the cheapest, relative to national income, in the history of the monarchy. Happy to be proved wrong. But a quick comparison with his mother'… (View Post)

Atlee most certainly would not have abolished the monarchy. You might find this piece on the Labour Party and the monarchy instructive: https://thecritic.co.uk/labour-and-monarchy/ "The British … (View Post)

Yeah but 70 years since the last one. It evens out over time. There are valid reasons to be a republican (although I am not one) but the cost just isn't one of them. (View Post)

This is a stupid argument. If you think the monarchy is useful then £72mn (a little over £1 per UK resident) really isn't a lot of money to spend on the coronation, an event that we should expec… (View Post)

Truss had many things but "a well-thought-out approach" wasn't one of them. (View Post)