Maybe monarchical power is not a charming and harmless anachronism after all.
RT @SkyNews@twitter.com
Two football teams who played the weekend after the Queen died are being investigated and will be "dealt with in the strongest possible terms" https://trib.al/pm58oOu
@JamesGleick It's a myth that the monarchy has no power. In reality they get tens of millions from tax payers and also get exemptions from laws such as equality legislation.
@mkwadee @JamesGleick interested to hear your side of the arguement
@skells @JamesGleick They cost at least tens of millions of pounds annually; the whole class system is based on the aristocracy being at the top with very little public scrutiny; the institution, by its nature is undemocratic; The monarch does not pay tax the same way as ordinary people do; the aristocracy own large chunks of land in the UK, which often is exempt from conservation and ecological legislation; they don't employ people under the same protection laws as other companies have to.
@skells @JamesGleick Maybe it does but arguments against are usually drowned out by so called patriotic monarchists who deny a proper discussion about the issue.