Originally Posted by Osem

The sort of people who whine about the excesses of the monarchy but have little or nothing to say about the excesses of champagne socialists like Blair and all the others who don't mind riding the gravy train when it comes to their allowances, perks, expenses, grace and favour apartments etc.

Yeah the UK would be so much better if we had someone like Blair as head of state and I'm sure he'd be happy to do it all from the spartan comforts of a 2 up 2 down in Scunthorpe.