Riots in the UK about tuition fee increases - an observation

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SamuelRSmith said:

The Fury said:

SamuelRSmith said:

Here's an idea... why don't we just get rid of the royal family in its entirety? Buckingham Palace is essentially the world's largest council house, anyway. And we'd also save money in other areas (for example, when the Government wants to erect wind turbines, they have to pay money to the Royals for the right to use the land.)

You'd also put thousands of people out of jobs, save money sure but a lot of people work for the Royal family.

Sorry to sound cold, but they're jobs that shouldn't have ever existed.

I'm a staunch republican.

How about the tourism industry? The royal family attracts thousands of tourists to the UK each year.

Places like Windsor castle, Balmoral castle and Buckingham palace are major tourist attractions, and, let's face it, half of our image overseas is represented by our royal family.