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• Commented on Fuck the Monarchy
  And on reflection Mountbatten was no doubt having quiet chats with Bertie in Buck Palace, but his later role was as much about keeping the Americans (who loved him) on side as defining any operational plans or strategy. Being royal...
• Commented on Fuck the Monarchy
  Re the Crown and the British Army, it's been under control of Parliament since 1689 and the Bill of Rights and the Mutiny Act, which can be paraphrased as "you can form an army, but we won't pay for it,...
• Commented on London Bridge
  Long-time consumer of content here delurking to add my own comment about the state of the blog - the fact I feel wary doing this is probably telling. The tone has sometimes been problematic across the years, but in a...
• Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
  Without furthering the digression into Mr McGuinness's legacy, it might be better to classify him as having been ruthlessly pragmatic, with occasional twitches betraying the inner reality, like the point in the campaign when he labelled a critic a West...
• Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
  DavidL @ 91: Think you're mixing domestic and foreign tourist interest here, and like all tourist revenue the vast bulk is generated from domestic tourism - UK 2020 tourism revenue from overseas visitors was £6b vs £35b from domestic tourists...