Ten Things

1. It's the Royal Wedding! Time to watch! 
No.

2. You're such a killjoy!
Get out of my face with your sinister ~but you're miserable if you aren't excited about it crap. This stupid argument has been used ad nauseum in the media to shut down debate over the last few weeks. It's so idiotic I can't even

3. It's a great day in history
Stupid presumption with little to no knowledge of how history works is stupid. [/pines for Anne Boleyn]

4.But they cost us so little and bring in soooo much money for tourism!
We're not allowed to know exactly how much we're paying for the royal family and the hundreds of hangers-on. We're not even allowed to know under the Freedom of Information Act. We also have the lost revenues from the vast, vast swarthes of land that less than 1% of the population owns. The British people don't get discounts on visiting royal buildings, though we pay for the upkeep. Yes, Buckingham Palace earns money - where does that money go? Of the top 20 tourist attractions in the UK (by numbers and revenue earned), only one is a royal building. Legoland is higher, which means we could build a palace out of lego and earn more money.

The most visited country in Europe is France, by the way. The most visited palace? Versailles.

5. They're paying for the reception themselves, you killjoy.
The reception. The taxpayer is footing the bill for everything else (to the tune of millions). This is at the same time as massive cuts have been made right across the public sector, the NHS, support for students, the elderly and the disabled because 'we're all in this together.' But we can still waste millions on a good old royal knees up. :D 

6. Don't like it? Don't watch
That's exactly what people are fighting to do. Hard with coverage on ALL the channels. Even Dave. This Friday is read a book day. :D 

7. But the British people love this!
I see you've fallen for the propaganda. *slow clap*. Poll after poll shows We Dunt Care. Unfortunately, royalist Brits like to shout louder. There are street parties today! 5,000!

Think of how many streets there are in Britain.

8. They're a symbol of the British people and it's an insult to the British to criticise
GTFO. Seriously.

9. It's easy to complain, huh? 
I'm going to say this only once. I personally have paid towards this bloody wedding. There was no opt-out button. I am not allowed to opt out of paying for these leeches directly from my monthly paycheque. I, like every other British taxpayer, have more right than anyone to complain about this. While it sucks for any of you lovely flist people abroad, it's doubly irritating and relevant for the people here. When you pay for something involuntarily, it's right to shout about it. 

10. Then why are you here on the internet complaining? You're taking advantage of the free holiday.
Off out to the park with the dog, to take in the sunshine and finish my book. No TVs there and a great thing about where I live is no street parties. Hurrah for the north! In Europe, the UK has one of the lowest amount of statutory holidays in the working year. We not only deserve this day off, but several more to bring us in line with the rest of the EU. I also offered to work today but my company would have to pay double time, so asked if people would work tomorrow, instead.


Comments are off. Not because I fear debate, but because you will not change my mind on this and I feel too strongly about it not to let it devolve into an epic argument. Ho hum.