Ron.M -> RE: Help me understand something (polotics) (Oct. 8 2010 8:57:01)
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Hi Flo, The Queen has no real political power even in the UK. The Office is as Head of State and is really just ceremonial. Governor General and all these flunky jobs are really just Ambassadorial roles. The Commonwealth now really just boils down to "special relationships" and trade agreements etc although even that is diminishing with the Global Economy. Even if any historical political power is still technically with Britain, no politician would ever dare get involved in the politics of Canada, Australia etc. Christ, they have a hard enough time just trying to run the UK.[:D] The poorer Commonwealth countries receive financial aid from the richer ones and it's interesting that Britain provides millions and millions of pounds in aid to India, yet India has Nuclear weapons and a Space program and is one of the most rapidly growing economies in the World. Yet Britain is skint. [:D] Christ we even give millions in overseas aid to CHINA! [:-] (What's that all about then?) cheers, Ron PS: The Queen and the major royals DO receive a (considerable) amount of money from the Taxpayer to fund their public duties and expenses etc. (I don't know if that comes from the Commonwealth or UK only.) However reducing that would only be a fleabite in solving the massive financial problems we face. Also, contrary to what most folk think, the Queen does not live a "luxurious" lifestyle and apparently lives fairly simply according to the various palace leaks. She is unbelievably rich, but as Richard Branson said "Yeah, I'm rich, but I can only eat one breakfast, one lunch and one dinner at a time..". The younger and minor royals are more guilty of the use of public funds for their own extravagent entertainment. I'm no "royalist", but to be fair, over the years, the Queen is the only one of that lot to take the job seriously and fulfil her public duties with dignity and and conduct herself in such a way as not to cause scandal and controversy like the rest of 'em IMO.
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