The majority of UK doesn't approve of costly coronation

[Celerity]

8. profoundly disagree

Gobsmacked to see this bit:

without them all that will be left is a Conservative takeover and no voice for the people

LOLOLOL

So now the Crown is the voice for the people???



The UK monarchy is NOT an effective counterbalance to the conservative (small c) strata within British society. As an institution, it is the very epitome of it.

It is also a deeply racist institution when taken as a whole, including its shameful penumbra that reaches out deep into the national psyche, as has been evidenced right up until this very day.

Sad to see this rule-by-birthright, pro-monarchist tosh on an American (you know, the nation that was founded via a war to get out from under the bootheel of the Crown) nominally leftish political chat board.

You would be singing a different tune if Charles was a rabid reactionary force, and guess what, unless you do away with the monarchy, there is not a damn thing that can be done about it if he was.