Thread: Royals cost Britain £37m a year
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Old 29-06-2005, 11:54   #94
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Re: Royals cost Britain £37m a year
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Originally Posted by Chris T
65p is good value for a head of state. As I said earlier, if I was a republican (and while I'm sure we need to overhaul our constitution, I'm not sure if I'm an out-and-out republican), I wouldn't be using the cost of the monarchy as an argument for getting rid of it. It's a very weak argument.
I'm not sure how weak the argument is (I don't trust the £37m figure for starters) but it is just one of many.
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